I have promised one of my best friends I would make her a cake involving her favourites white chocolate and raspberry. I want to make something special as it is for her birthday but need some ideas? It only needs to feed up to 20 people. Any recipes or decorating ideas - especially photos - would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Shelly

Hi Shelly. I'm new to the site and am quickly becoming an addict! A favorite that I make often is a red velvet cake...it has that subtle chocolate flavor, not to overwhelming...German chocolate would probably be similar, but I like the red color of the red velvet. After the cakes are cooled and set in the frige, I stack and spread each with a thin layer of raspberry jam. (I use Polaner All-Fruit seedless raspberry, it's not as sweet as some and has a great raspberry flavor). I then make a white chocolate cream cheese frosting to frost with. I have considered using a white chocolate ganache, but haven't tried it yet. If you are interested, PM me for the recipes.

Oops I left out a step...after the cake is spread with jam, I spread cream cheese and white chocolate frosting. Stack and repeat. Sorry.

Check under the recipes section -- there are many awesome cake and filling recipes!

I recently did 6 months worth of practice cakes on my poor family and friends preparing for a Christmas wedding I used the Swiss White Chocoloate Cake recipe from this website for one of the layers and used the all fruit raspberry fruit spread. I frosted with white chocolate cream cheese frosting found in the Wilton Wedding Cake Cookbook and a close match found in the Cake Bible by Rose Levy. That became one of the favorites during the practice. I still ended up chickening out at the last minute and used a mix for that layer. I was afraid that with the advance prep time it would end up being too dry or just call it first time jitters . The cake disappeared at the wedding (even though the jam bled through all the layers). Your friend is going to be so happy that you are doing this for her. I'm sure no matter what you choose she will cry with joy when she sees the finished product made with love. Good luck, & keep one finger on the mousepad during your creation. This website has truly been a blessing! It's also highly addictive (read the disclaimer)

I made this cake for my best friend's wedding. It's from: Wedding Cakes You Can Make: Designing, Baking, and Decorating the Perfect Wedding Cake by Dede Wilson

Everyone LOVED it. I used raspberry liquor liquid and fresh raspberries too... so yummy and pretty too.

Melissa

I had no bleeding issues and it sat overnight in the refrigerator and half the next day and then sat out for a couple hours at the reception.

The liquor was used as a moistening syrup (brushed on each torted layer) and the raspberries I mixed with some of the buttercream for the icing between layers. I made a really good dam on each torted layer and then crumb coated and final coated. Since then, I've discovered the icer tip by Wilton and no longer crumb coat though.

Melissa

Thanks Melissa, I will give the syrup a try next go around. I think I can convince my family to give it ONE more bite

Have you thought of a small cake wrapped in white chocolate and fill the top with fresh raspberries?

Where did you purchase the raspberry liquor??? A liquor store?

For the raspberry liquor i buy Chambord. It comes in a round bottle adorned with gold. It is really tasty! I get it at grocery stores and liquor stores. If you have a Beverages and More store nearby they sell many different types of flavored alchohol. I like the red velvet cake idea maybe with chamord and raspberries and white chocolate frosting.

Good Luck!

I made a cake filling in the summer using a recipe from Wilton for Raspberries/cream filling.
It is essentially raspberries frozen in syrup thawed and cooked with whipping cream with cornstarch to thicken..I used liquor in it too..it was very, very yummy and didn't soak into the cake..I let it thicken before use.

I will send the recipe if you want

Jane