torte
nounUK /tɔːt/ · US /tɔɹt/
Etymology Borrowed from German Torte. Cognate to tart. Doublet of torta.
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A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).
- The football discussion had cut off as soon as Lacey entered the room. Now they just sat silently eating torte and sipping tea.1994, Shanna Swendson, chapter 3, in Runaway Hearts (An Avalon Romance), New York, N.Y.: Avalon Books, →ISBN, page 32:
- Call Natalie at Glorious Foods and tell her no for the 40th time. No! I don't want dacquoise. I want tortes filled with warm rhubarb compote.2006, Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, spoken by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep):
- Derived terms
- blitz torte, Dobos torte, Esterházy torte, Linzer torte, Sacher torte, schmoo torte
- Related terms
- Linzertorte, Sachertorte