Elegant Easy Torte

This is a beautiful dessert that’s great for any party and can easily be decorated to suit any occasion,such as red and green cherries for Christmas.

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Hungarian Chestnut Cake

This rich dessert is full of all sorts of wickedness, and is a bit labor-intensive, but well worth the work. Chestnuts and marrons glace are available in specialty food stores and gourmet stores.

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Ukrainian Prune Torte

Great-Grandma used prunes and prune fillings in many goodies of her own creation. Prune torte is one of them. The filling is even more delicious when made with an equal quantity of dates and prunes.

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Schaum Torte

This is a simple recipe that tastes as wonderful and ethnic as the dessert you would get in a German restaurant. I prefer to use strawberries, but anything goes with this one! You can make smaller mounds to have meringue cookies …a low-fat snack!

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Sybil’s Old Fashioned Lemon Layer Cake

This is one of my grandmother’s recipes, a Southern classic. It is similar to a doberge–six thin layers with a tart lemon filling. Tips: after separating the eggs, let the egg whites sit in the fridge until you’re ready to whip them. I usually need 3 large fresh lemons for this recipe to produce the zest and juice.

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Sacher Torte

This is pretty darn close to the original classic dessert produced by the Sacher Hotel in Vienna, Austria. It is a dense, not-too-sweet, apricot and chocolate concoction. It is a lot of work but WELL worth the effort!

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Doberge Cake

          

Based on the Hungarian Dobos torte (pronounced Do-bash), this cake was developed in New Orleans and is now a staple throughout Louisiana. It’s my husband’s all-time favorite and has become a birthday tradition.

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Chocoberry Torte

The flavors of strawberries and chocolate mingle together in this lovely dessert. This is an easy to make sweet torte. You may increase the amount of fruit to your liking. Raspberries or blueberries are awesome additions to this delicious torte.

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Sachertorte

This German cake recipe makes an icing with apricot preserves to deliver an elegant chocolate cake.

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Sour Cream Torte

This torte is legendary at work; one time it caused a near riot and disappeared in 5 minutes! It’s very unusual and tastes like those small butter/nut cookies rolled in powdered sugar. It’s not hard to make, it just takes some time, but I guarantee it’s worth it!

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