Description
Indulgent white chocolate raspberry dream cake marries creamy white chocolate with tangy raspberries in a luscious dessert. Rich layers meld classic flavors for an elegant celebration of sweet and tart notes you’ll savor with pure delight.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened (227 g, 8 oz)
- 4 large eggs
- 1 ½ cups fresh or frozen raspberries (170 g, 6 oz)
- 1 cup white chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate (170 g, 6 oz)
- 1 cup whole milk (240 ml, 8 fl oz)
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour (313 g, 11 oz)
- 1 ¾ cups granulated sugar (350 g, 12.3 oz)
- 3 cups powdered sugar (340 g, 12 oz)
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar (67 g, 2.4 oz)
- 2 ½ tsps baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsps cornstarch (16 g, 0.6 oz)
- 34 tbsps heavy cream (510 ml, 17.2 fl oz)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsps water (for cornstarch mixture)
- 2 tbsps water
Instructions
- Preparation: Grease cake pans and line with parchment paper, ensuring smooth cake removal with meticulous attention to detail.
- Dry Ingredients: Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt, sifting thoroughly to create a uniform, lump-free mixture for optimal cake texture.
- Butter Integration: Blend softened butter into dry ingredients until the mixture resembles delicate, fine crumbs, establishing a foundational texture.
- Batter Formation: Whisk eggs, milk, and vanilla extract into the mixture, folding in melted white chocolate until a silky, homogeneous batter emerges.
- Baking Process: Evenly distribute batter across prepared pans and bake in a preheated oven at 350°F, watching for a golden-brown surface and clean toothpick test indicating perfect doneness.
- Cooling Phase: Transfer cakes to wire racks, allowing complete cooling to stabilize structure and prevent moisture accumulation.
- Raspberry Filling: Simmer raspberry jam with fresh raspberries, reducing to a rich, concentrated sauce that intensifies flavor and provides luscious texture.
- Ganache Creation: Heat heavy cream and pour over white chocolate chips, stirring gently until achieving a glossy, smooth, and luxurious coating.
- Cake Assembly: Layer cakes with raspberry filling, then enrobe entirely with white chocolate ganache, creating a seamless, elegant exterior.
- Final Touches: Decorate with fresh raspberries, optionally drizzling additional ganache for enhanced visual and gustatory appeal. Briefly refrigerate to set ganache and marry flavors before serving.
Notes
- Prevent Cake Sinking: Avoid overmixing batter and ensure accurate baking powder measurement to maintain cake’s light, fluffy texture.
- Temperature Matters: Use room temperature ingredients for smoother batter integration and more consistent cake rise.
- Raspberry Filling Hack: Strain raspberry seeds for a silkier, more refined filling texture if preferring a smoother consistency.
- Ganache Perfection: Allow white chocolate ganache to cool slightly before frosting to achieve optimal spreadability and prevent running.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 460
- Sugar: 56 g
- Sodium: 140 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 13 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 63 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 120 mg