Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blitz torte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: blitz -torte
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cake with five layers: two layers of sponge, two layers of meringue, and cream filling, which can be made with the same effort as a two-layer cake.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Yes—there are blitz’ and blitz torten—and when they are blitz torten they are sweet! Everyone who has ever eaten a torte loves it. It is tops in the dessert field. Our blitz torte recipe is the basic torte recipe—and from it you can make various torten."
"For layers of goodness, try any of the above rich tortes for late-evening entertaining: strawberry blitz torte, lemon schaum torte, sour cream chocolate torte, poppy seed torte, chocolate-rum butter cream torte, and quick candy bar torte."
"Allow me to introduce you to the blitz torte: a two-layer cake in which cake batter is covered in glossy, soft meringue, and baked."
"The beauty of blitz torte is that you get five impressive layers — cake, meringue, fruit-and-cream filling, more cake, and more meringue—for about the same amount of work as a two-layer cake."

Etymology

From German Blitz (“lightning”) + torte.

Origin

Source language: German

Usage

Inflected Forms

blitz tortes (plural) blitz torten (plural)

Questions

What does blitz torte mean?: A cake with five layers: two layers of sponge, two layers of meringue, and cream filling, which can be made with the same effort as a two-layer cake.
Where does blitz torte come from?: It is traced to German.

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