Doberge Cake (Dobash)

Mardi Gras - Holidays and Events

Also known to a friend as Jewell Cake, named after her mother, this cake is a tower of moist cake layers with icing and is no easy feat to take on! However, this recipe helps simplify it a bit!

Brief

Prep 40 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Additional: 1hr

Total: 1hr50 mins

Servings: 10

Yield: 1 cake

Doberge Cake (Dobash)

Ingredients

1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix (such as Duncan Hines®)

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon white sugar

1 ⅓ cups water

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

3 egg whites

1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix

2 cups milk

1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese

softened

¼ cup butter

softened

1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar

½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon milk

or as needed

Cajun Style Meatloaf

Holidays and Events

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 5 8-inch cake pans and line them with parchment paper.

Step 2

Whisk together the cake mix baking powder flour and sugar in a large mixing bowl. With an electric mixer beat the mixture with water vegetable oil and egg whites at low speed until thoroughly mixed; increase speed to medium and beat 2 minutes. Scoop 1 cup of batter into each of the 5 prepared cake pans.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until cakes are set in the middle about 8 minutes; watch carefully so the thin cakes don't burn. Cool in pans for 10 minutes then remove to wire racks to finish cooling.

Step 4

Whisk the chocolate pudding mix with 2 cups of milk in a bowl until thoroughly blended; let stand 2 minutes to thicken. Place a cake layer on a serving dish and spread with about 1/2 cup of pudding; repeat with remaining layers and pudding ending with a cake layer.

Step 5

In a bowl mash the cream cheese and butter together until thoroughly combined; mix in confectioners' sugar cocoa powder vanilla extract and milk slowly adding and mixing in milk as needed to make a spreadable frosting. Ice the top and sides of the cake with the frosting. Refrigerate leftovers.

Nutritional Information

Doberge Cake (Dobash)

Servings Per Recipe:10

Calories: 585.8

% Daily Value *

Protein: 7.1g 14%

Carbohydrates: 101.1g 33%

Dietary Fiber: 2.3g 9%

Sugars: 82.9g

Fat: 18.7g 29%

Saturated Fat: 7.7g 39%

Cholesterol: 28.7mg 10%

Vitamin A Iu: 390.1IU 8%

Niacin Equivalents: 2.2mg 17%

Vitamin C: 0.3mg

Folate: 54.2mcg 14%

Calcium: 203.5mg 20%

Iron: 1.7mg 10%

Magnesium: 40.1mg 14%

Potassium: 260.2mg 7%

Sodium: 649.8mg 26%

Thiamin: 0.2mg 15%

Calories From Fat: 168.1

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.