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Doberge Cake: A Slice of New Orleans Immigrant History.

Posted on 6/26/23 at 10:55 am
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
9584 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 10:55 am


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In a city known for sweets, there is little that makes local mouths water more than the towering, historic doberge cake.

“It has to be at least six layers,” insists Charlotte McGehee, co-owner of Bakery Bar and Debbie on the Levee, two bakeries in New Orleans, Louisiana, that specialize in doberge (DOH-bash) cake. “In my opinion, fewer than six is just a regular ol’ layer cake. You miss out on that feeling of your fork working through each alternating texture, and the nervousness you get because you don’t want that beautiful tower of cake to topple before you make it to the bottom.”

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This post was edited on 6/26/23 at 11:04 am
Posted by jamiegla1
Member since Aug 2016
7025 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 11:03 am to
I love lemon doberge cakes. I get one for my birthday every year
Posted by liz18lsu
Naples, FL
Member since Feb 2009
17362 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 11:07 am to
I don't like cake, but this one is legit. This and flourless chocolate cake. Never dry.
Posted by whoa
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
4670 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 11:27 am to
Love doberge cakes.

Tried one from the place in the article and was not impressed. Ambrosia’s is light years better.
Posted by Got Blaze
Youngsville
Member since Dec 2013
8815 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 12:02 pm to
every year for my BD I get a chocolate doberge cake. Been a BD tradition for 50+ years as it's usually from Gambino's
Posted by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
5047 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 12:14 pm to
my favorite cake is doberge.

ambrosia's strawberry cake is a very very strong contender to that title though.
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
12716 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 12:21 pm to
The famous place for dobege cake when I was a kid was Beulah Ledner's. I believe it was where Maurice's French Bakrey is now.

We went there all of the time to get the half and half. I used to love the chocolate and hate the lemon.
Posted by AkronTiger
Rubber City
Member since May 2021
1552 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:15 pm to
Chocolate doberge from Gambino's is the best dessert I've ever had.
This post was edited on 6/26/23 at 3:16 pm
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
50071 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:16 pm to
Ya'll need to try Russian Honey cake
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
21704 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:39 pm to
Interesting read, thanks. Before reading that, I would have bet you a dollar it was related to the French dacquoise.
Posted by BigPapiDoesItAgain
Amérique du Nord
Member since Nov 2009
2836 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 7:00 pm to
Partial to the lemon version.
Posted by NyCaLa
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2014
1023 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 5:14 am to
Beulah Ledner's was the best ever.
Posted by NOLATiger71
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2017
1703 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:30 am to
Still my favorite however. I do remember when the chocolate pudding filling was thicker between the layers, than it is today.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
67477 posts
Posted on 6/27/23 at 9:49 am to
the best Doberge I ever had was from Poupart Bakery in Lafayette. insane
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