CONTEMPORARY AND CLASSIC CAKES

October 24 , 2013

This week we made three different torte cakes. The first torte we made was a Chocolate Caramel Maxine Torte. This consisted of a Chocolate Sponge Cake on the bottom, a layer of Chocolate Mousse, a layer of Caramel Filling, and a final layer of Chocolate Mousse, topped with a filigree and gold leaf. 

Chocolate Caramel Maxine Torte 

We had used a whipped topping due to a shortage of whipping cream so the mousse had a chocolate Cool Whip taste.  It would have been a much better torte if it was made with whipping cream. 

The second torte we made was a Tiramisu Torte Cake. This consisted of a Lady Fingers soaked in a coffee simple syrup, with a Marscarpone Cream Mousse, topped with whipped cream and Lady Fingers.

Tiramisu Torte Cake

This torte was good but had a very strong coffee flavor to it.  I am guessing this was because the coffee was made with an instant coffee.

The third torte made was a Sacher Torte. This consisted of a Chocolate Sacher Torte Cake.  We split the cakes in half and filled half the cakes with Raspberry Jam and the other half with Apricot Jam. The cakes were also crumb coated with the jam and then a layer of Chocolate Glaze poured on top.  

This torte was a sweet cake with sweet jam and seemed a bit too sweet to me. 

All in all the tortes made were good but none stood out in taste in particular.