Katie Metz de Martínez's Posts Tagged 'torta' (3)

Although Argentines possess a tremendous sweet tooth and love of baked goods, Argentina doesn’t have a strong baking tradition. Instead, when a craving for something sweet strikes, people here tend to run to the neighborhood bakery to get…

When perusing the case filled with assorted tarts and cakes at the neighborhood bakery just around the corner, the torta de ricota, with its snow-white layer of powdered sugar and enticing fluted crust, never fails to attract my attention. The Argentine dessert torta…

Torta de Ochenta Golpes

Yields two 9” cakes



Ingredients



Sponge

1 oz. fresh yeast [also…