{"id":1728,"date":"2009-06-19T09:01:35","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T14:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymouse.com\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2009-08-13T13:35:17","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T18:35:17","slug":"white-chocolate-raspberry-lady-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/2009\/06\/19\/white-chocolate-raspberry-lady-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"White Chocolate Raspberry Lady Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We don’t make birthday cakes very often here. It’s not that I myself don’t enjoy and appreciate cake. My kids don’t. I know, what kid wouldn’t want to shove their face in a piece of frosting-covered sweetness? Mine. Now, don’t get me wrong. They like the idea <\/strong><\/em>of cake. They may even take their piece happily. Then a bite or two into it, abandonment. They’ve traded up to a side of celery or a pile of strawberries. I made a cake once for Kiwi. She didn’t eat a single bite. Never again. Cupcakes with tootsie roll trains on top for a train-themed party for Kola Nut. He ate the trains and left the rest. We do ice cream. They do <\/em><\/strong>eat ice cream.
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That’s why I was so excited when Niki agreed to let me bake her daughter, Cocoa Bean, her first birthday cake. I started my search by looking for something natural, per Niki’s request. I had already decided I could use fruit for the coloring, and the grocery stores being void of any decent pomegranates this time of year, I’d settled on raspberries as my food coloring of choice. Then there was the chocolate matter. I was leaning in the white chocolate frosting direction. Deb at Smitten Kitchen had just what I was looking for, a fruit-based cake<\/a> with no questionable ingredients like Jell-o, which would definitely break the no food dye restriction I was working with.
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Start by preparing your pans. As I demonstrated before<\/a>, this is easily achieved by tracing the bottom of the pan to the parchment, cutting it out and sticking it in there. Your cakes come out in one perfect piece. It’s worth it.
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The friends that will be joining the party.
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I was kind of sad to squish my berries, until I saw what they looked like pur\u00e9ed. Then I started dreaming of eating them with a bowl of vanilla ice cream or spreading them on french toast. Surely the cake didn’t need all <\/em><\/strong>of them.
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Yes, the pur\u00e9e and the butter were creamed into the dry ingredients. Be sure to give your dry ingredients a mix to make sure they’re evenly distributed, and as long as your butter is sufficiently softened, I don’t believe you should have any problem in this process.
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Kola Nut had been waiting to make this cake all week. He demanded to be involved at every step of the way, and the adding of the milk was a great opportunity to have him be a part of it.
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Of course, I couldn’t just let him help. Kumquat was soon clamoring to get her hands dirty.
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I like the purplish shade of pink it turned out as. Could it have been more pink? Yes. I could have even sprung for a natural food dye or two from Whole Foods<\/a>. I chose to leave it as is.
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This frosting is what I consider a fake buttercream. No eggs. You can call it simple buttercream or American buttercream if you want. Perhaps the lazy man’s buttercream.
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I did add a tablespoon of heavy cream at the end. It really depends on what consistency you were going for. I’m not sure it needs it. You can decide on your own.
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I had a platter for the large cake, but I did not have an appropriately-sized small one. This is a piece of cardboard that would normally have gone to the recycling. Wrap it in a piece of foil and tape on the bottom to create a suitable serving surface. I’ve seen people use high gloss wrapping paper for this as well, but it has to be the expensive stuff that barely wants to fold around the box you’re wrapping because it’s so thick and stiff. You don’t want to end up eating it after you cut into the cake.
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After cutting my larger square in half, I spread on a layer of raspberry preserves of the homemade variety. I then added a thin layer of frosting and stuck the second half on top. You’ll have to excuse the lack of pictures of actually frosting the cake. I was working under a time constraint and Ole was wrangling the kids to get them ready to leave; therefore, he was unable to help me with the pointing and shooting.
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I had originally planned on layering another large layer on this, but Niki was having cake guilt and told me to only make enough for some of the 50 or so people attending the party. I complied, but I do think extra layers would have been more stunning. The recipe does originate from Sky High, after all.
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Cocoa Bean was hesitant at first to believe that her mom would put an entire cake in front of her and let her eat it, but she soon gave in and got her hands dirty.
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I don’t think she was very happy when it came time to clean those hands, though.
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And while all this was going on? Kidney Bean was capitalizing on her toys, unaware that there was cake to be had. Maybe he’ll be my cake lover.
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White Chocolate Raspberry Lady Cake<\/strong><\/font> adapted from Smitten Kitchen<\/a>, originally from Sky High<\/a>\n<\/td>\n
\nIngredients<\/strong>
\nFor the cake:
\n4 1\/2 cups cake flour
\n3 cups sugar
\n5 1\/4 teaspoons baking powder
\n3\/4 teaspoon salt
\n12 ounces (1 1\/2 cups) unsalted butter, softened
\n18 ounces fresh raspberries (can substitute frozen \u2013 1 1\/2 cups pur\u00e9e)
\n8 egg whites
\n2\/3 cup milk
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For the lazy man’s buttercream:
\n2 cups softened butter
\n12 ounces white chocolate, melted
\n2 cups confectioner’s sugar
\n1 Tablespoon heavy whipping cream
\nRaspberry preserves
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Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Butter three 9″ or 8″ round cake pans or two 9″ square cake pans and line with parchment paper. Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together. Cream in butter and raspberry pur\u00e9e, start slow and then blend for 2 to 3 minutes. The batter will be very thick at this point, and also very tasty. (Deb was right; it’s like ice cream only better.)
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Beat together egg whites and milk. Slowly add the egg and milk mixture to the batter, blending after every 1\/3 cup or so. Be sure to scrape the ice cream mixture down off the sides, as it tends to want to hang there instead of joining the party. When all the milk has been added, pour batter into the pans, dividing evenly.
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Bake at 350\u00b0F for 35 to 40 minutes until a toothpick in the center comes out clean. Cool completely.
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While the cake is baking, melt white chocolate in double boiler or in the microwave in small intervals, stirring after every 20-25 seconds. Cream together chocolate and butter. Add confectioners sugar and mix thoroughly. Mix in heavy whipping cream if desired (for desired consistency).
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Trim top of cake so it creates a flat base. Between the layers spread raspberry preserves, followed by 1\/4 or so of the frosting. Frost sides and top of cake with remaining frosting. For the birthday girl’s cake, I reserved a small amount of frosting and mixed in the raspberry preserves to create a pink color.
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Garnish cake with fresh raspberries or white chocolate curls. Serve to a special birthday girl or boy or man or woman. Enjoy.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

For more fresh raspberry recipes, visit Tammy’s Recipe’s In-Season Recipe Swap<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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