Another childhood favorite, here we go! I have to admit something here first, I kind of don’t like cake… At least the kind of cake everyone pictures when they think of cake, like birthday cake. Basically that fluffy “cake” part, which I like to refer to as “sweet bread” instead because I don’t really know how else to describe it. My friends all think I’m crazy. Anyway…
The reason I bring this up is because this “cake” is actually more of a torte, but some people don’t realize there’s a pretty big difference and have never even heard of the word “torte” before. So a traditional cake recipe is made from sugar, eggs, butter, and flour. A torte usually has no flour and uses nuts or crumbs (hence the oatmeal and nuts we use in this recipe).
Also tortes are much more dense, in taste and in texture. Which is why I love this torte so much! Absolutely delicious. And it’s a family recipe but I guess the secret is out now :)
We’ve tried to make it in several different shapes and forms now to see how it would look the best. The recipe below is for the traditional style, where you would build the torte on a plate. We realized pretty quickly that you can still achieve the same beautiful layers in a trifle pudding cup and the overall effect is much nicer, I’d say.
Whichever way you do it, as long as you achieve layers of oatmeal cookie and cognac buttercream, it really doesn’t matter what it looks like. Have fun!
