Huguenot Torte

Charleston’s most famous dessert is its misbegotten “Huguenot Torte,” an apple and nut cake that first appeared in print in Charleston Receipts. In researching the recipe I finally tracked down the author, Evelyn Florance, who confirmed my suspicions that the cake was not local. She told me that it was adapted from a recipe for Ozark pudding from the Mississippi River delta (where pecans are indigenous). Mrs. Florance used to make the dessert for the Huguenot Tavern