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About Beulah Levy Ledner
- Beulah Levy Ledner (January 5, 1894 – March 30, 1988) was a dessert and pastry chef in New Orleans, Louisiana, who was most noted for her invention of Doberge cakes, which were an adaptation for Louisiana tastes of the Hungarian/Austrian dish dobos torte.Ledner was born in St.
- Rose, Louisiana, to a family of Hungarian-Jewish immigrant bakers.
- She started her own bakery business in New Orleans in 1931.
- The Ledner bakery was initially known as "Mrs.
- Charles Ledner's Superior Home Baking," operating out of the family's home.
- The bakery relocated several times subsequently as it grew.
- She sold her bakery business to Gambino's Bakery as a result of the hardships of World War II but subsequently opened a new bakery in Metairie, Louisiana, following the war's end.
- Ledner's recipes reflected the German and Jewish influence on New Orleans cuisine in the mid-20th century.Ledner's recipes have been collected and published, and various versions of the Doberge recipe are available on-line,including a photograph of the traditional multiple thin layers used in the authentic Doberge recipe.
- A video narrative of the preparation of Doberge cakes in the tradition of Ledner is available on-line.
- Ledner has at times been referred to as the "Doberge Queen of New Orleans".Ledner's son Albert C.
- Ledner was a noted architect.
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