Schmoo torte

Schmoo torte

Schmoo torte on a plate
Type	Cake
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	Canada
Region or state	Western Canada
Main ingredients	Whipped cream, brown sugar, nuts

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Schmoo torte is a Canadian dessert. Although it is relatively popular and well-known nationwide,^[1] it is most famous in Western Canada, especially Manitoba.^[2][3][4] It is a torte with layered whipped cream, brown sugar, and nuts, commonly made using angel food or sponge cake.

The schmoo torte was first invented in 1948 by a Winnipeg mother, Dora Zaslavsky, for her son Murray's Bar Mitzvah in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[3][5] Zaslavsky was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who arrived to Canada in 1914.^[5] She started introducing her recipes to Winnipeg via a catering business to support her family financially when her husband became ill.^[5] Zaslavsky's catering business eventually expanded across North America.^[5] Her schmoo torte became a favourite of singer Harry Belafonte.^[5]

Murray's daughter Shannon Aceman stated in an interview that her grandmother's schmoo torte "was basically a mix of about three or four of her other best-known recipes for cakes with the rum torte."^[5] Jewish food historian Kat Romanow told CTV News Winnipeg that schmoo is reminiscent of a central-European dessert called nusstorte.^[5] Romanow told CTV News: "In many cases, the dishes that Ashkenazi Jews brought with them to Canada came to be iconic dishes of their new homes."^[5]

How the schmoo got its name is unknown, however, some claim it comes from the name of the comic book creatures from Al Capp’s Li’l Abner.

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