Raspberry White Chocolate Cake
Calories: 28
Adjust Servings Here: 18 servings
Description
Chocolate and raspberries in a cake is a flavor combination that doesn’t need any improvement. But add nutty white chocolate frosting, and you’ve created a cake that’s completely irresistible. This raspberry white chocolate cake is made with raspberry cake layers and white chocolate buttercream.
Ingredients
Cake
- 340 g (2¾ cups) Cake flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- 3 large Eggs
- 180 ml (¾ cup) Cooking oil
- 300 g (1½ cups) Sugar white
- 240 g (1 cups) Sour cream
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp Almond extract
- 170 g (6 oz) Raspberries (up to 8 oz) fresh or frozen
White chocolate buttercream
- 226 g (1 cup) Butter unsalted room temperature
- 360 g (3 cups) Powdered sugar confectioners sugar
- 3 tbsp Whipping cream or milk, for consistency
- 170 g (6 oz) White chocolate melted
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp Salt
Filling
- 4 oz Raspberries (Up to 8 oz) fresh or frozen for filling
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 325°F/165°C/Gas Mark 3. Grease and line 2 x 8-inch round cake pans or 2 x 9-inch round cake pans with parchment paper.
- Dry ingredients - Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Set aside340 g Cake flour, 1 tsp Baking Soda, ½ tsp Salt, 2 tsp Baking Powder
- Eggs - In a large bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment whip the whole eggs on medium speed. Gradually add the sugar a little at a time. One call the sugar is in whip until light and fluffy or ribbon stage.3 large Eggs , 300 g Sugar white
- Oil - Next, gradually add the oil and sour cream followed by the vanilla and almond extract.180 ml Cooking oil, 240 g Sour cream, 2 tsp Vanilla extract, ¼ tsp Almond extract
- Dry ingredients - Finally, add the flour in three batches but do not overmix340 g Cake flour, 2 tsp Baking Powder, 1 tsp Baking Soda, ½ tsp Salt
- Pans - Divide the batter between the prepared baking pans. Sprinkle the chopped fresh or frozen raspberries. Give it a gentle swirl and tap a few times to help them sink in.170 g Raspberries
- Bake in a preheated oven for about 35 to 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 5 minutes then remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack before you store or decorate.
White chocolate buttercream
- Chocolate - Melt the white chocolate in a heatproof bowl in the microwave or over a double boiler – set aside to cool.170 g White chocolate
- Cream - In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until light and foamy. Add the vanilla extract and salt.226 g Butter, 360 g Powdered sugar, 2 tsp Vanilla extract, ¼ tsp Salt
- Combine - add the melted and cooled white chocolate with a spatula. Add some heavy cream if needed for consistency170 g White chocolate, 3 tbsp Whipping cream
Assemble
- Using a bread knife or cake leveler cut the domes off the cake layers. Torte the cakes horizontally in half. Then, brush each layer with the cooled simple syrup.
- Place a cake layer on the cake board or cake stand.
- Filling - Top with a big dollop of the frosting and spread evenly with a straight-edged spatula. Sprinkle some chopped fresh raspberries4 oz Raspberries
- Top the second cake layer on top followed by more frosting until you have used up all the layers
- Place the cake in the fridge for 15 minutes so the layers hold together.
- Frosting - Next, spread the remaining frosting on the top and around the cake. A straight-edge spatula for the top, an off-set spatula, and a bench scraper for the sides work better.
- Bottom pattern - Tint about 1 1/2 cup buttercream with red color. Add to a piping bag with a round tip (or no tip) to create the bottom pattern. Pipe dots and spread them upwards with a spatula as shown in the video.
- Top piping - Put the remaining buttercream in a piping bag with a star tip to pipe swirls on top. Sprinkle with more fresh or frozen raspberries.
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