Doberge Cake (Dobash)

Doberge Cake is a traditional Louisiana cake, just right for Mardi Gras. The thin layers of white cake are spread with chocolate pudding, and the whole cake is iced with homemade chocolate frosting.

• Preparation Time: 40 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 586 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 3 egg whites
• 2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 tablespoon milk, or as needed
• 1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix (such as Duncan Hines®)
• 0.25 cup butter, softened
• 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.5 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1.3333333730698 cups water
• 1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 2

Whisk cake mix, flour, sugar, and baking powder together in a large mixing bowl. Add water, egg whites, and vegetable oil; beat with an electric mixer on low speed until thoroughly mixed. Increase speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes. Pour 1 cup 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 turn cakes out onto wire racks to finish cooling.

Step 4

Whisk 2 cups milk and pudding mix together in a bowl until combined; let stand 2 minutes to thicken. Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread about 1/2 cup pudding on top. Stack 1 cake layer on top; repeat with remaining pudding and cake layers, ending with cake layer.

Step 5

Mash cream cheese and butter together in a bowl until thoroughly combined; mix in confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and milk, slowly adding and mixing in milk to reach a spreadable frosting consistency. Frost top and sides of cake. Refrigerate leftovers.