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As I said in a previous post, I am experimenting with cake baking. I found this recipe and just had to give it a try. I absolutely love white chocolate and raspberries and to put them together is even better! The cream cheese frosting is creamy and smooth. All around the cake was a delicious hit!

Prep: 30 minutes
Bake: 25-30 minutes
Yields: 16 servings

Ingredients
Cake

• 6 oz. white baking chocolate squares (chopped) or chips
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 3-4 Tbsp. seedless raspberry jam
• 1/2 cup raspberries (preferably fresh, but frozen will work too)
• 1/2 teaspoon of raspberry extract
• white chocolate cream cheese frosting

Either:

• 1 box of white cake mix
• 1 cup milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Or:

• white cake made from scratch

Steps

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 2 (9-inch) round cake pans and set aside.
2. Make cream cheese frosting and refrigerate until ready to use.
3. Microwave the white chocolate and butter in medium bowl on HIGH for 2 minutes or until the butter is melted. Stir until chocolate it is completely melted; cool slightly.
4. Beat cake mix, milk, eggs, vanilla, raspberry extract and chocolate mixture in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed just until moistened, scraping side of bowl frequently. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes or until well blended. Pour evenly into prepared pans.
5. Bake 25 to 28 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely on wire racks.
6. Place 1 cake layer on serving plate and spread the raspberry jam. Place second cake layer on top.
7. Frost top and side of cake with frosting. Top with raspberries just before serving. Keep the cake stored in your refrigerator.

Credit! Thanks to Kraft Foods for this recipe (thought it’s a little altered here on Eatables).

Note! The frosting pictured on the cake is actually buttercream because I didn’t have cream cheese on hand. The buttercream is okay with the cake, but the cream cheese frosting is a much better match.

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