torte
{{Short description|Rich, usually multilayered, cake}}
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A torte ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɔr|t}};{{cite web |url=http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/torte |work=Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary Online |access-date=June 23, 2007 |title=Torte }} from {{langx|de|Torte}} ({{IPA|de|ˈtɔrtə}}), in turn from Latin via {{langx|it|torta}}) is a rich, usually multilayered, cake that is filled with whipped cream, buttercreams, mousses, jams, or fruit.{{cite news |url=http://easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/qz/g/torte.htm |work=easteuropeanfood.about.com |title=torte |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=June 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630005846/http://easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/qz/g/torte.htm |url-status=dead }}
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
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The best-known of the typical tortes include the Austrian Sachertorte and Linzertorte, the German Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, and the many-layered Hungarian Dobos torte. But other well-known European confections are also tortes, such as the French Gâteau St. Honoré.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
In Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine,{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://ling.pl/tort |title=tort - tłumaczenie słowa – słownik |publisher=Ling.pl |access-date=2016-01-24}}
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, and there is 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.