I have worked in a bakery, and by no means am I a pro, but I keep seeing the word come up everywhere around here, and I have never heard it before. What is it, and should I be doing it??

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Torting is slicing a cake into layers, such as taking a 2" single layer of cake and slicing it into two 1" layers of cake. Here's a simple how to video:

Oh yeah, we did this at the bakery but just called it splitting, lol.

Thanks!

Don't want to be seen to be correcting the Forum Matriarch...

BUT.... a torte is actually the name for the CAKE not the process.

The word "Torte".

A torte is a cake, YES - it is cut into layers and filled - think Sachertorte etc.
Its not how a cake is cut & filled with something that is a technique called "torting" - it really IS cutting & filling & layering - not "to torte a cake"

It's one of those words that seems to have just been used in the wrong sense and run like wildfire - so it becomes so commonplace to hear it used wrongly that you believe it to be true

Okay--I see people saying I bake the cakes, cool them, tort them, and crumb coat them.

What does it mean in this sense?

Another example of the word being used incorrectly LOL

"Okay--I see people saying I bake the cakes, cool them, tort them, and crumb coat them."

In this example the word "tort" has been used to describe the process of slicing a cake into even layers and reassembling it with filling in between - which is what a TORTE .... CAKE .... is

Ty! I meant Tort, so I understand what it means now. I have heard of Torte being a tart or something very sweet, but I have never heard of the word Tort.

Thanks!!

I see you have got the gist .... and we could all argue the toss about word meaning forever and still not agree -

It's one of the basic terminology TAUGHT (pun intended) at Pastry school

I am happy that I am correct - others who choose to disagree are completely free to do so!!
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DEFINITIONS
Noun
1. tort, civil wrong
((law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought)

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Noun
1. torte
(rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria)

Ditto Bluehue, couldn't have said it better myself.

But she's right, a tort is a law term and torte is a type of cake. I don't know why people don't want to grasp that, but anyone who wants to misspell and misuse a term is obviously free to do so.

Malakainrop, I agree with You too!

"Tort" (without the 'e') is a legal term and has nothing to do with cake. "torte" (with an 'e') is a noun, not a verb. BUT, "torte" is commonly used as a verb in the same way that "trash" is. "trash" is a noun, not a verb. But many people use it as a verb..."I'm going to trash this." "he really trashed her."

Of course it's slang. But language is not static. It evolves with the way we choose to use it as a group. As demonstrated by the fact that the OP did not ask, "what dost thou meanest by torting thou torte?"

So, everybody's correctish. (it's a word!)

Would this be something like when I say "I Melvira my cakes"?

Just because a term has been used doesn't mean it's correct. I'm sure if Indy looks up "Melvira a cake" it wont be found. I hope you aren't holding yu\\our breath waiting for us to go metric.

Really?? 2 pages of this. If you want to use, then use it. If you don't, because you feel that it is not "correct" then don't. Geesh.

Wow. And they call Americans rude. I always like seeing the U.S. get attacked for our "know it all" attitude. Yet, when the worls needs help they don't seem to mind our "know it all" U.S. azzes coming through. And hey, this is an U.S. based forum. Don't come on here if you don't care for our "know it all" attitude.

My goodness, I didn't read any replies that would have evoked such a passionate post from down under! I guess it's because I didn't make a comment earlier so it doesn't feel personal?

Bluehue, I don't think citizens of the USA think the world revolves around us. It's great to have members from all over the planet giving their two cents, their culture, their tips on a hobby/career that binds us all together.

No one gets to be be right or wrong when it comes to tradition.

Dictionaries record language, they don't prescribe it. They scramble to keep up with what people are saying, and language continually changes. I'm surprised (but, as a professional linguist, not unduly so) that dictionaries haven't caught up with our specialized use of "tort", but they eventually will.

Bluehue, did it ever occur to you that the verb form of the word "torte" is spelled "torting"? You're still misspelling "torte" every time you spell it. Like I said before, a tort is a legal term, a torte is a cake.

Also, you refer to the ganache thread like nobody in the world other than Australians use ganache or know what it is. If I'm correct, isn't ganache a French term? I guess other countries do know about it, and in the thread that you're referring to you were telling people to NEVER refrigerate cakes with ganache. You seemed to be unaware that in other countries people use perishable fillings with ganache-covered cakes, so you were wrong on that too.

Don't criticize other people for giving different advice than you do, since you seem to be misinformed a lot.

let's change the tone of....hahaha. what a crab!

The meanings of words evolve over time with common usage. Many of the words we use today did not mean what they now do when they first came into use. Language is not static, it's constantly changing and evolving (if it was, Merriam-Webster wouldn't really have much work to do these days), and words take on new meanings over time.

Is there a "Who gives a flying fart" icon?? I've seen some silly arguments here but this one....jeebus.

But Americans do know everything, in fact we know so much that we know that we know everything.
See there that's proof that we know everything, what more do you need, plus we invented the Internet so a thank you would be appreciated.

Well I don't know about anyone else I'm off to cut my cake horizontally into multiple layers and then alternate the layers of individual cake with filling in which I will then cover with a thick layer of ganache that I invented about 12 months ago.

WOW. I have been a member for some time now, and never posted when I first joined because all of the posts ended badly.Not too long ago I started posting things, noticing that the tone had changed and everyone was helpful. Now I log in this week and see this, the disco dust discussion and the ganache topic. What is the point in all of this? I feel very sorry for the new members who join and ask simple questions and have their topic turned into a battlefield. I am not a professional baker, nor am I even a hobby baker. I bake about once a year, if I feel like it. But I LOVE this site, and I love all the different information I gain from it. However, if things continue to go the way they are going, I dont know how much longer this site will be informative.