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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chocolate-raspberry polka dot cake using 25 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chocolate-Raspberry Polka Dot Cake:
- Take 3/4 cup Cocoa Baking
- Get 3/4 cup water boiling
- Prepare 3/4 cup unsalted butter , softened
- Prepare 1 - 1/2 cups sugar
- Get 1 packed brown sugar - 1/2 cups
- Prepare 3 eggs
- Make ready 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Get 3/4 cup buttermilk
- Take 3/4 cup water
- Prepare 3 cups cake flour
- Take 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Get 1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Take 4 ounces chocolate semisweet , chopped
- Make ready 1 cup whipping cream heavy
- Take 1 teaspoon raspberry extract
- Take 1 package raspberries frozen sweetened , thawed (10 ounces)
- Get 1 - 1/2 cups whipping cream , whipped heavy
- Prepare 1 pound chocolate semisweet , chopped
- Get 1 - 1/2 cups unsalted butter , cubed
- Prepare 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- Take 2 teaspoons raspberry extract
- Get 2 ounces white candy coating , melted
- Make ready 1 ounce dark chocolate candy coating , melted
- Make ready optional Blue food coloring ,
Instructions to make Chocolate-Raspberry Polka Dot Cake:
- Line three 9-in. round baking pans with waxed paper; grease and flour the pans and paper. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350°.
- Dissolve cocoa in boiling water; cool. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in cocoa mixture and vanilla. In a small bowl, combine buttermilk and water; set aside. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beating well after each addition.
- Transfer to prepared pans. Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- For ganache, place chocolate in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over chocolate; whisk until smooth. Stir in extract. Refrigerate until chilled. In a small bowl, beat chocolate mixture until soft peaks form, about 15 seconds.
- For raspberry cream, place raspberries in a food processor, cover and process until blended. Strain raspberries, reserving juice. Discard seeds. Gently fold juice into whipped cream.
- Cut each cake horizontally into two layers. Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1 cup raspberry cream. Top with another cake layer; spread with half of the ganache. Repeat raspberry and ganache layers. Top with another cake layer; spread with remaining raspberry cream. Top with remaining cake layer. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until set.
- For glaze, in a microwave, melt chocolate, butter and corn syrup; stir until smooth. Stir in extract. Cool slightly, stirring occasionally. Pour over cake.
- For garnish, in a microwave, melt candy coating in separate bowls; stir until smooth. Tint half of the white coating using blue coloring if desired. Pipe or spoon melted coating onto waxed paper in different sized circles; let stand until set. Press circles onto cake. Refrigerate cake until serving. Yield: 16 servings
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