4.5
- Avinguda de Canaletes, 36, 08719 Jorba, Barcelona
- "I'm from Marseille. In the south of France for Epiphany, traditionally, we don't eat the French "Galette". We eat a "couronne", which is a brioche in the shape of a crown topped with candied fruits. In the cake are hidden a king figure and a bean. Whoever finds the figure is the king, gets a crown and buys the next cake. Whoever finds the bean buys the champagne the following year (there are several versions of this tradition but this is the one we follow in my family)... When I arrived to Barcelona, I was glad to find the same tradition... Well, almost the same because here the king doesn't pay anything (this is Spain, after all!) and whoever finds the bean buys the following cake. But the main difference, in my opinion, is that the brioche is filled with marzipan. And I don't like marzipan At least I don't like industrial marzipan. But last year, my wife’s parents bought a huge "tortell" (that's the name of this cake here). They said it was artisanal, made only with local ingredients, etc. so I tried it again, convinced I wouldn't like it anyway... But it turned out I loved it and when they told me they would buy another one this year I really looked forward to trying it again and maybe tell everybody about it. As I said earlier, at Forn de Jorba, they only use local products, even for the candied fruits which exclusively are oranges (as opposed to common tortells that mainly have melon which can't be found locally) and even for the beans and the crown, made of real leaves! The cake is excellent and can be eaten over several days without getting dry (I personally can't make it last more than 3 days ). The marzipan really tastes like almond, not so much sugar and artificial flavors like in the ones you can find in standard bakeries. And there's a lot of marzipan so you really can feel it. Finally, the price is more than fair: €27 for a 1Kg cake, suitable for a party of 8 to 10 officially (12 seems more accurate to me). One last thing: if you want one for next year, take in account that they only made 100 this year and it will probably be like that next year. Quality & taste: 10/10 Quantities: 10/10 Atmosphere: n/a Originality: 8/10 Ratio price / quality: 10/10 Service: n/a How I felt afterwards: 10/10 More on IG @runnerandfoodie"