Simple Way to Make Quick Chocolate-Raspberry Polka Dot Cake

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chocolate-raspberry polka dot cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chocolate-raspberry polka dot cake using 25 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chocolate-Raspberry Polka Dot Cake:

1. Make ready 3/4 cup Cocoa Baking
2. Take 3/4 cup water boiling
3. Make ready 3/4 cup unsalted butter , softened
4. Get 1 - 1/2 cups sugar
5. Take 1 packed brown sugar - 1/2 cups
6. Prepare 3 eggs
7. Take 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
8. Prepare 3/4 cup buttermilk
9. Get 3/4 cup water
10. Prepare 3 cups cake flour
11. Take 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
12. Get 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
13. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon salt
14. Get 4 ounces chocolate semisweet , chopped
15. Make ready 1 cup whipping cream heavy
16. Make ready 1 teaspoon raspberry extract
17. Get 1 package raspberries frozen sweetened , thawed (10 ounces)
18. Make ready 1 - 1/2 cups whipping cream , whipped heavy
19. Take 1 pound chocolate semisweet , chopped
20. Take 1 - 1/2 cups unsalted butter , cubed
21. Take 2 tablespoons corn syrup
22. Prepare 2 teaspoons raspberry extract
23. Take 2 ounces white candy coating , melted
24. Prepare 1 ounce dark chocolate candy coating , melted
25. Take optional Blue food coloring ,

Instructions to make Chocolate-Raspberry Polka Dot Cake:

1. Line three 9-in. round baking pans with waxed paper; grease and flour the pans and paper. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. For glaze, in a microwave, melt chocolate, butter and corn syrup; stir until smooth. Stir in extract. Cool slightly, stirring occasionally. Pour over cake.
8. 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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