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White Chocolate Raspberry Cake

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 12 people

Recipe Ingredients

  For Cake
3 oz 85gWhite chocolate - chopped
3/4 cup 177mlMilk - divided
1 3/4 cups 109g / 3.8ozAll-purpose flour
2 teaspoons 10mlBaking powder
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlSalt
1/3 cup 65g / 2.3ozButter - at room temperature
1 cup 198g / 7ozGranulated sugar
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla
4   Eggs
  For Frosting and Filling
4 oz 113gWhite chocolate - chopped
8 oz 227gCream cheese - at room temperature
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozButter (1 stick) - at room temperature
1 1/2 lbs 681g / 24ozPowdered sugar - (abt)
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla
1/4 cup 59mlSeedless raspberry jam
  For Garnish
2 cups 474mlFresh or frozen raspberries
1   White chocolate bar or white
  Baking bar - (3 to 4 oz) - shaved into curls,
  Optional

Recipe Instructions

To prepare cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8- or 9-inch round baking pans.

Melt white chocolate with about half of the milk in a small, heavy saucepan over very low heat, stirring constantly until chocolate starts to melt. Remove from heat; stir until smooth. Stir in remaining milk. Let cool.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl; set aside.

In large mixing bowl, beat butter with electric mixer until soft and smooth. Add sugar and vanilla; beat well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition until well-combined. Alternately add flour mixture and white chocolate mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined.

Spread batter in pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until cake tests done. Let cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and let cool completely.

To prepare frosting: Melt chocolate in microwave on medium setting, stirring every 30 seconds. Let cool slightly. Transfer to a large mixing bowl. Add cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Add powdered sugar; beat until smooth and stiff enough to spread.

To fill and frost cake: Place bottom layer on cake plate. If desired, pipe a thick bead of frosting around edge of layer (this will keep the jam between layers). Spread bottom layer with jam, then with frosting. Add top layer. Frost sides and top of cake. Garnish with fresh raspberries and chocolate curls.

Yield: 12 servings.

Tester's note: A real special-occasion cake that is not difficult to make. For more raspberry flavor, split each layer horizontally and fill with more raspberry jam.

Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 06-22-1998

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