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Torte

Rich, usually multilayered, cake

Field	Value
name	Torte
image	Sachertorte DSC03027.JPG
image_size	250px
caption	A serving of Sachertorte at the Hotel Sacher, Vienna
type	Cake
main_ingredient	Cake base
Filling: buttercream, mousse, jam, or fruits

Filling: buttercream, mousse, jam, or fruits

A torte (; from (), in turn from Latin via ) is a rich, usually multilayered, cake that is filled with whipped cream, buttercreams, mousses, jams, or fruit.

Tortes are commonly baked in a springform pan. Sponge cake is a common base, but a torte's cake layers may instead be made with little to no flour, using ingredients such as ground nuts or breadcrumbs. Ordinarily, the cooled torte is glazed and garnished.

Origin

The best-known of the typical tortes include the Austrian Sachertorte and Linzertorte, the German Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, and the many-layered Hungarian Dobos torte and Esterházy torte, but other well-known European confections are also tortes, such as the French Gâteau St. Honoré.

In Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Russia, cakes are usually called tortes without differentiating between cake and torte. In Polish, as an example, the word torte is translated into Polish as tort, but tort can be also translated as layer cake or cream cake.

Icing

An element common to some tortes is sweet icing (exceptions are several French tortes, such as Gâteau Mercédès and Gâteau Alcazar). When the cake is layered, a thick covering of icing is placed between the layers, with almost always icing on the tops and sides of the torte. An example is the whiskey cake. A number of European tortes do not have layers. Some, for instance German-style Käsesahnetorte, are unbaked.

Well-known European tortes

Dobos torte
Sachertorte
Esterházy torte
Kyiv torte
Linzer torte
Swiss roll
Napoleon torte
Gâteau Pithiviers
Princess cake
Prinzregententorte
Runeberg torte
Tarta de Santiago
Black Forest Gateau
Smörgåstårta
St. Honoré cake

References

"Torte". Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary Online.
"torte". easteuropeanfood.about.com.
(2014-04-14). "Thank You, Pittsburgh, For The Greatest Cake America Has Ever Made". Huffington Post.
"tort - tłumaczenie słowa – słownik". Ling.pl.

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