doberge cake

plural doberge cakes

1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Doberge cake.

   Beulah Ledner began making doberge cake in New Orleans during the Depression to supplement her income. Ledner replaced the buttercream filling in the original with a custard one, and used fondant[…]

   2012 April 5, James Newton, Creole and Cajun Cookbook - New Orleans Cuisine, Springwood emedia, →ISBN

   1 more example

   In a city that thrives on celebrations, New Orleans boasts its own birthday cake, the extravagant doberge cake. Doberge is a multilayered round sponge or butter cake filled with a kettle-cooked custard and[…]

   2017, Dixie Poché, Louisiana Sweets: King Cakes, Bread Pudding and Sweet Dough Pie, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 46

plural Doberge cakes · alternative doberge cake

1. countableuncountableA dessert made of alternate layers of cake and pudding, often half chocolate and half lemon, and covered with a fondant shell or poured glaze.

   Lord, my Aunt Elva was evil and I wished her dead! But I smiled sweetly instead and offered her another piece of Doberge cake.

   2016, Belinda Alexandra, “Ruby”, in Southern Ruby, Sydney, N.S.W.: HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 28

   Synonyms: doberge