Raspberry White Chocolate Ganache Recipes

WHITE CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH RASPBERRY AND CHOCOLATE GANACHE FILLINGS AND BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat two 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray.
• Whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pudding mix in a medium bowl. Set aside. Bring the milk to a boil and add the white chocolate chips. Let stand, covered, for 5 minutes, then stir until completely incorporated. Allow the white chocolate mixture to cool completely. Beat the oil, eggs and white chocolate mixture in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fully incorporated, about 2 minutes. Add the vanilla and reduce the speed to low. Gradually add the flour mixture, beating until combined, about 3 minutes.
• Divide the batter evenly among the prepared pans. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then turn out on wire racks to cool completely, about 45 minutes.
• For the raspberry filling: Combine the raspberries, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Place over medium-high heat and slowly bring to a boil, stirring constantly until thickened. Let cool completely, about 45 minutes.
• For the chocolate ganache: Heat the heavy cream to boiling. Pour over the chocolate in a heat-proof bowl. Stir until completely smooth. Allow to cool to room temperature, about 45 minutes.
• For the buttercream: Beat the butter, shortening and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer until combined and smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the confectioners' sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• To assemble the cake: Level both cakes by running a sharp knife around the top edge of each cake, scoring it, then carefully cutting through the cakes along the score lines. Fill a piping back fitted with a No.12 tip with buttercream icing. Pipe a dam around the inside of the bottom layer of cake. Inside the dam, spread a very thin layer of raspberry filling, about 3 tablespoons (for this filling, less is more). Then top with a more generous layer of chocolate ganache, about a quarter-inch thick. Stack the other cake layer on top and cover the whole cake with buttercream icing.

CHOCOLATE-RASPBERRY GANACHE FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small, heavy saucepan over medium heat, bring the heavy cream to a simmer; remove pan from heat.
• Add the chocolate chips, preserves, and butter, shaking the pan to immerse the chocolate and as much of the preserves and butter as possible.
• Let stand for 1 1/2 minutes, or until the chocolate has melted.
• Beat the mixture with a wire whisk until smooth.
• Cool until thick enough to use as a glaze; or, cool completely and whip to desired spreading consistency using an electric mixer on medium speed.
• *Trywith milk chocolate or white chocolate chips.
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RASPBERRY AND WHITE CHOCOLATE GANACHE TART

Steps:

• CRUST: Combine flour, cocoa and icing sugar in a medium sized bowl unitl pea sized lumps appear. Mix in egg yolk and heavy cream. Knead gently on floured board until a soft dough forms. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°F Press dough into bottom and up sides of 10-inch flan pan or springform pan with removeable sides. Prick with fork and line with parchment paper. Fill with pie weights. Bake 30 minutes.
• Carefully remove parchment paper and pie weights and continue, baking 5 minutes linger. Remove to wire rack.
• FILLING: Combine vanilla and cream and heat cream until boiling on top of double boiler. Add white chocolate and stir until melted. Remove from heat.
• ASSEMBLY: Place frozen raspberries in a single layer on bottom of baked tart shell. Cover with chocolate filling. Chill at least 1 hour.

WHITE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY TART!

Steps:

• Mix the digestive biscuits in a food processor or break the biscuits into a fine crumb in a bowl with a rolling pin.
• Add the melted unsalted butter and mix together until combined.
• Spread onto the bottom and sides of an 23cm loose bottomed tart tin. I usually start on the sides, and then cover the bottom last.
• Add your raspberries, sugar and water to a pan. Heat on a low-medium heat until the fruit starts to break down and soften.
• Once heated for about 3-4 minutes, remove from the heat and puree to a liquid.
• Pass the coulis through a sieve to remove the seeds and let the mixture cool.
• Add the white chocolate and butter to a large bowl.
• Pour the cream into a small pan, and heat the cream until just before boiling point.
• Pour the cream onto the chocolate and butter and leave to sit for five minutes.
• Whisk the mixture until it smooths - if any lumps of chocolate remain, add the mixture back into the pan and heat on a low heat until smooth.
• Pour the ganache into the tart case - dollop in about half of the raspberry coulis, and swirl the mixture together with a cake skewer.
• Set the tart in the fridge for a couple of hours until set.
• Remove the tart from the tin carefully, and put onto a serving plate.
• Decorate the tart with some fresh raspberries and freeze dried raspberries, and some grated white chocolate!
• Serve with an extra drizzle of coulis!

WHITE CHOCOLATE-RASPBERRY GANACHE

Steps:

• Place chopped white chocolate into a heat-resistant bowl. Pour heavy cream into a microwave-safe bowl and heat in the microwave in 10 second intervals, making sure it doesn't boil. Pour hot cream over white chocolate and let sit for 3 minutes. Slowly stir until chocolate melts and combines with cream. Stir in raspberry extract and mix until smooth. Stir in food coloring.