Soulful Creations

This is my first DB challenge and for various reasons, I decided to go vegan on this one. This month we had to make a Dobos Torte, the absolutely divine sponge cake layers divided by chocolate buttercream and filled with nuts. The origin of this torte is also quite interesting, you can read all about it here . The August 2009 Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella . They chose the spectacular Dobos Torte based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers' cookbook Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague . For my version, I used an eggless sponge cake recipe from the lovely Sunita's blog Sponge cake Ingredients 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat pastry flour 3/4 cup of brown sugar 2 tsp baking powder 6 tbsp of canola oil 1tsp vanilla essence 1 cup of water a pinch of salt Method Preheat the oven to 350F. I cut out two parchment sheets each about 8 inches diameter and laid them out ...