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Triple Charlotte Russe

Triple Charlotte Russe with blueberry raspberry and while chocolate cream.
Photo by Maja Smend

This is a multilayered, rich, and colorful cake for special occasions. It takes some effort to make, but since the sponge cake and ladyfingers can be made a day in advance, the effort can be spread out. It is important with this cake, as with all Charlotte-style cakes, to have enough time and space for proper cooling.

This recipe was excerpted from 'The German Baking Book' by Jurgen Krauss. Buy the full book on Amazon.

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