White Chocolate Raspberry Cake
White Chocolate Raspberry Cake features tender vanilla cake layers filled with tart raspberry filling and frosted with a silky white chocolate buttercream. Elegant, decadent, and perfect for any special occasion.
- Author: Ava
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour (+ cooling & assembly)
- Yield: 12 slices
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: European-Inspired
- Diet: Vegetarian
- All-Purpose Flour: 2 ½ cups
- Baking Powder: 2 ½ teaspoons
- Salt: ½ teaspoon
- Unsalted Butter: ½ cup (softened)
- Granulated Sugar: 1 ¾ cups
- Eggs: 4 large
- Vanilla Extract: 2 teaspoons
- Milk: 1 cup
- Fresh Raspberries: 2 cups
- Sugar (for filling): ½ cup
- Cornstarch: 2 tablespoons (mixed with 2 tbsp water)
- Lemon Juice: 1 tablespoon
- White Chocolate: 8 ounces (melted & cooled)
- Unsalted Butter (for frosting): 1 cup
- Powdered Sugar: 3 cups
- Heavy Cream: 3 tablespoons
- Vanilla Extract (for frosting): 1 teaspoon
- Preheat Your Equipment: Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line 2–3 8-inch cake pans with parchment.
- Combine Ingredients: Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Alternate adding dry mixture and milk until smooth.
- Prepare Your Cooking Vessel: Divide batter into pans and smooth tops.
- Cook to Perfection: Bake 25–30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
- Make Raspberry Filling: In saucepan, cook raspberries, sugar, and lemon juice until bubbling. Stir in cornstarch slurry, cook until thickened, and cool fully.
- Make Buttercream: Beat butter until creamy. Add powdered sugar, melted white chocolate, cream, and vanilla. Whip until fluffy.
- Assemble the Cake: Layer cake, frosting, and raspberry filling. Frost outside with remaining buttercream.
- Finishing Touches: Garnish with fresh raspberries and white chocolate curls.
- Serve and Enjoy: Chill or serve at room temperature.
Notes
- Chill cake layers before frosting for easier assembly.
- Cool raspberry filling fully to prevent soggy cake.
- Use full-fat white chocolate for best results.
- Decorate with ganache drip for a bakery-style finish.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 480
- Sugar: 42g
- Sodium: 190mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 58g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 95mg
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