prinzregententorte

noun

A Bavarian torte having thin layers of sponge cake separated by chocolate buttercream, topped with apricot jam and covered in a dark chocolate glaze.

OriginGerman Prinzregententorte →
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Meanings

nounprinzregententorte (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA Bavarian torte having thin layers of sponge cake separated by chocolate buttercream, topped with apricot jam and covered in a dark chocolate glaze.

    'I am an expert of apfelstrudel, pretzels and prinzregententorte!'

    2015, Clémentine Beauvais, The Royal Bake Off
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    We toasted my future with schnapps and prinzregententorte, the chocolate cake that my father claimed could bring back the dead.

    2015, Pamela Schoenewaldt, Under the Same Blue Sky

    For dessert we will have the prinzregententorte with the ground coffee. Also a bottle of white house wine to go with the meal.

    2016, Tom Cronin, Smoke and Mirrors

Origin

  1. GermanPrinzregententorte
  2. Englishprinzregententorte

German Prinzregententorte, literally "prince regent's cake", after Prince Regent Luitpold.

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prinzregententorte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prinzregententorte

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“prinzregententorte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prinzregententorte. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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