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    Raspberry and White Chocolate Cake

    Published by: Adina May 5, 2022 Leave a comment
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    This festive raspberry and white chocolate cake is moist and delicious, irresistible, and a fantastic treat for special occasions.

    long image of sliced cake with raspberry filling and berries on top.

    I love combining raspberries and white chocolate; I find that the tartness of the berries complements the mellow white chocolate flavor and sweetness perfectly, making any baked good featuring them something extraordinary. Check out this White Chocolate and Raspberry Loaf, the Raspberry Tartlets, or the White Chocolate and Raspberry Muffins, for instance.

    Todayโ€™s raspberry and white chocolate cake is indeed unique, a cake worth spending a little bit of time making. With three layers of soft cake, tangy raspberry filling, and sweet white chocolate frosting, it can hardly get any better. The perfect cake for Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, a baby shower, or a bridal shower.

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    Expert tips

    Most important tip: Please use a digital kitchen scale in baking (the Amazon affiliate link opens in a new tab). Baking is a science that requires precise measurements. Measuring by volume can produce different results, especially when it comes to flour, cornstarch, and butter. If you use those inaccurate amounts, youโ€™re more likely to get inaccurate results. A kitchen scale will give you the most precise measure, ensuring the best bake possible.

    Time management: Work methodically and follow each step in precise order.

    • Start with baking the base for the white chocolate and raspberry cake; it needs to cool completely before slicing. Itโ€™s even better if you can bake it a day ahead, it will be even easier to cut into clean slices.
    • Make the white chocolate frosting next. If you make it in advance and keep it refrigerated until needed, make sure it has a couple of hours to come to room temperature. Otherwise, you will not be able to spread it nicely.
    • Make the raspberry sauce when you are ready to fill the layers; the sauce needs to be used while still hot before it sets.
    • The whole cake can be baked, filled, and decorated one day in advance. Keep it refrigerated, and if decorating it with fresh raspberries, place them on top of the torte before serving.

    Temperature: All the ingredients needed for the batter and the frosting should be at room temperature.

    Recipe ingredients

    Cake batter ingredients

    listed ingredients for making simple cake batter on a white table.
    • I use my go-to recipe, which I use for all the fondant cakes I make and for many other layered cakes. Itโ€™s moist and delicious, cuts perfectly, holds any filling, and is economical and super easy to make.

    You will need:

    • Flour: I prefer to use cake flour, but all-purpose flour is also fine.
    • Oil (room temperature): it makes and keeps the cake moist for longer; I love baking with oil. You will need a neutral-tasting oil like canola.
    • Other ingredients: eggs (room temperature), buttermilk (room temperature), sugar, and baking powder.

    Frosting ingredients

    bowls with white chocolate, butter and cream cheese for making frosting.
    • I adore this frosting; I filled more cakes with it than I can even count. Check out the Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting or the green Spinach Cake; they are both delicious.
    • You will only need three ingredients: white chocolate, cream cheese, and unsalted butter.

    Raspberry sauce ingredients

    bowls with raspberries, syrup, sugar and cornstarch for making berry sauce.
    • I always use frozen berries to make the sauce; fresh would be way too expensive, and you will not notice any difference in taste or texture.
    • Syrup: Its use is optional. If you use it, thin it with water 1:1; if not, use water; the sauce will still taste great.
    • Other ingredients: cornstarch, sugar, lemon juice, and more water.

    Decoration:

    • Fresh berries, sugar pearls, white chocolate shaves, icing sugar. All are optional and replaceable.

    Step-by-step instructions

    Cake base

    • Preheat the oven and prepare the baking tin (greased and floured) (1).
    springform greased and floured.
    • Wet ingredients: Beat the eggs and the sugar in a large mixing bowl and add buttermilk and oil in two batches. Mix well with the electric mixer (or in a stand mixer with a paddle attachment) (2).
    • Dry ingredients: Mix flour and baking powder in a separate bowl and sieve them over the wet ingredients. Fold the flour mixture into the egg mixture with a spoon or spatula (3).
    collage of two pictures of mixing cake batter.
    • Pour the batter into the prepared tin (4).
    • Bake for 35 to 40 minutes; the baking time depends on your oven. Check with a toothpick; it should come out clean.
    • Rest in the tin for about 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely (5).
    collage of two pictures of unbaked and baked cake batter.

    White chocolate cream cheese frosting

    • Finely chop the white chocolate and place it in a small heatproof bowl.
    • Bain-marie: Pour some water into a saucepan that can hold the heat-proof bowl on top (6). Place the bowl with the chopped chocolate on top of the saucepan containing the water, but make sure that the bowl doesn't touch the water (7).
    collage of two pictures of melting chocolate at bain-marie.
    • Melt the chocolate slowly, stirring often. Set aside while you prepare the rest (8).
    • Combine: Mix cream cheese shortly to make it softer. Add the soft butter and mix well with the hand mixer until pale and creamy (9).
    collage of two pictures of melted white chocolate in a bowl and butter and cream cheese mixture in another.
    • Slowly add the melted chocolate, one tablespoon at a time, mixing well after each addition (10).
    • Once you have incorporated all the chocolate, mix well until fluffy (11).
    collage of two pictures of making white chocolate frosting in a white bowl.

    Raspberry sauce

    • Place thawed raspberry, syrup mix (or just water) in a small saucepan. Simmer for about 10 minutes, often stirring (12, 13).
    • Push the sauce through a fine-meshed sieve to remove the seeds.
    • Return the sauce to the saucepan, and add sugar, lemon juice, cornstarch, and water. Whisk well until the mixture is smooth.
    • Bring to a simmer and cook gently on low heat for about 4-5 minutes or until the mixture thickens.
    collage of two pictures of frozen raspberries in a sieve and raspberry sauce.

    Assemble

    • Cut the cake into three even layers using a long serrated knife (14). Place the bottom cake layer on a serving plate or platter and the middle one on a plate. Leave the third one (the nicest one) alone for the time being.
    • Fill: Pour ยฝ of the still hot raspberry sauce on the cake layer on the platter and the rest on the middle cake layer. Let the sauce cool and set slightly; it might take about ยฝ an hour. The sauce should be cool when you add chocolate frosting (15).
    collage of two pictures of a sliced layer of cake and then topping it with berry sauce.
    • Add about two heaped tablespoons of the chocolate frosting to each layer covered with raspberry sauce. Gently distribute the frosting evenly over the sauce. It works well with an offset spatula or a spoon, and itโ€™s okay when the sauce and the white chocolate are slightly combined (16).
    • Tip: You can add a bit more frosting on the sauce-covered cake layers; make sure you still have enough left to cover the top layer at the end.
    spreading raspberry sauce and frosting on a layer of cake.
    • Place the middle cake layer on top of the first one and press gently.
    • Place the last layer (the one thatโ€™s still โ€œnakedโ€) on top. Cover it with the remaining white chocolate frosting.
    • Decorate the raspberry and white chocolate cake with fresh raspberries, sugar pearls, or white chocolate curls. Dust lightly with powdered sugar if desired.

    Recipe FAQ

    Can I make the raspberry white chocolate cake in advance?

    Yes. You can bake and fill the entire cake and keep it refrigerated until the next day. Only add the fresh raspberries on top when you serve the cake.

    How to store the cake?

    Refrigerate the leftovers in an airtight container; they will be fine for 2-3 days.

    Can I freeze the leftovers?

    I never did, but I think it works fine. Defrost in the fridge.

    overhead view of white chocolate frosted torte with fresh berries on top.

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    Recipe

    layered raspberry cake with white chocolate and fresh berries on top.

    Raspberry and White Chocolate Cake

    A festive raspberry and white chocolate cake, this moist and delicious cake is irresistible, a fantastic treat for special occasions.
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    Course: Cakes
    Cuisine: American, German
    Prep Time: 1 hour hour
    Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Servings: 14
    Calories: 586kcal
    Author: Adina

    Equipment

    • springform about 24-26 cm/ 9.5-10 inches
    • Fine-meshed sieve
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    Ingredients 

    Cake batter (Note 1):

    • 4 eggs
    • 200 g granulated sugar 7 oz/ 1 cup
    • 200 ml buttermilk 6.7 fl. oz/ scant 1 cup
    • 200 ml canola oil neutral tasting 6.7 fl. oz/ scant 1 cup
    • 300 g flour 10.5 oz/ 2 ยฝ cups, Note 2
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder

    White chocolate frosting:

    • 250 g white chocolate 9 oz
    • 330 g cream cheese 11.5 oz
    • 120 g unsalted butter 4.2 oz

    Raspberry sauce:

    • 300 g frozen raspberries thawed, 10.5 oz
    • 50 ml raspberry syrup 1.7 fl.oz/ scant ยผ cup, Note 3
    • 50 ml water 1.7 fl.oz/ scant ยผ cup
    • 50 g granulated sugar 1.8 oz/ ยผ cup
    • 3 tablespoons lemon juice fresh
    • 70 g cornstarch 2.5 oz/ ยฝ cup + 1 tablespoon
    • 100 ml cold water 3.4 fl.oz/ scant ยฝ cup

    Decoration:

    • 125 g fresh raspberries 4.5 oz/ 1 cup
    • 1 tablespoon sugar pearls optional, Note 4

    Instructions

    Cake batter:

    • Preheat the oven to 180ยฐC/350ยฐF.
    • Butter the springform and sprinkle it with flour. Shake the tin well to coat it with the flour, then shake out the excess flour (over the sink).
    • Wet ingredients: Beat the eggs and the sugar with a handheld mixer until light and frothy. Add ยฝ of the buttermilk, mix well, then add ยฝ of the oil. Mix again and repeat with the rest of the buttermilk and oil.
    • Dry ingredients: Mix the flour and the baking powder. Sieve the flour mixture over the wet ingredients, folding it in with a spoon or spatula until combined.
    • Bake: Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Check: a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake should come out clean.
    • Rest cake: Remove from the oven and leave it in the form for about 15 minutes.
    • Cool cake: Remove from the tin, place on a wire rack, and leave to cool completely. The cake can be made one day in advance.

    White chocolate frosting:

    • Melt chocolate at bain-marie: Pour some water into a saucepan that can hold a heat-proof bowl on top. Finely chop the white chocolate and place it in the heat-proof bowl. Place the bowl with the chocolate on the saucepan containing the water, but make sure that the bowl doesn't touch the water. Melt the chocolate slowly, stirring often. Set aside while you prepare the rest.
    • Combine: Mix cream cheese shortly to make it softer. Add the soft butter and mix well until pale and creamy. Slowly add the melted chocolate, one tablespoon at a time, stirring well after each addition. Once you have incorporated all the chocolate, mix well until fluffy.

    Raspberry sauce:

    • Make the sauce once you are ready to fill the cake; you have to spread it onto the cake layers while itโ€™s still hot before it sets.
    • Simmer: Place the raspberries, syrup, and water (or just water) in a small saucepan. Simmer for about 10 minutes, often stirring.
    • Push the sauce through a fine-meshed sieve into a bowl to remove the seeds. Discard the seeds.
    • Add ingredients: Return the sauce to the saucepan. Add sugar, fresh lemon juice, cornstarch, and water. Whisk well with an eggbeater until the mixture is smooth.
    • Thicken sauce: Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook gently on low heat for about 4-5 minutes (while stirring very often) or until the mixture thickens.

    Assemble the cake:

    • Cut the cake into three even layers using a long serrated knife. Place the bottom cake layer on a serving platter and the middle one on a plate. Leave the third one (the nicest one) alone for the time being.
    • Fill cake: Pour ยฝ of the still hot raspberry sauce on the cake layer on the platter and the rest on the middle cake layer. Let the sauce cool and set slightly; it might take about ยฝ an hour. The sauce should be cool when you add chocolate frosting.
    • Add about two heaped tablespoons of the chocolate frosting to each layer covered with raspberry sauce (Note 5). Gently distribute the frosting evenly over the sauce; itโ€™s okay when the sauce and the white chocolate are slightly combined/marbled.
    • Place the middle cake layer on top of the first one and press gently.
    • Place the last cake layer (the one thatโ€™s still โ€œnakedโ€) on top. Cover it with the remaining white chocolate frosting.
    • Decorate the top with fresh raspberries, sugar pearls, chocolate shavings, etc.

    Notes

    1. A digital kitchen scale will give you the most precise measure ensuring the best bake possible; use it to measure the ingredients for the batter, frosting, and sauce.
    2. I prefer to use cake flour in baking, but all-purpose is also fine.
    3. If you donโ€™t have the syrup, use only water instead. You will need a total amount of liquid of 100 ml/ 3.5 fl. oz/ scant ยฝ cup.
    4. You can also decorate the cake with white chocolate curls or other decorations.
    5. You can add a bit more white chocolate frosting to the sauce-covered cake layers; make sure you still have enough to cover the top layer generously.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 586kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 94mg | Sodium: 192mg | Potassium: 195mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 638IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 130mg | Iron: 2mg
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