Cake Recipes Using Freeze Dried Raspberries

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Cake recipes using freeze dried raspberries.

The secret to this amazing raspberry frosting is freeze dried raspberries. As mentioned before i love cream cheese frosting with strawberry cake. Although on the packet there is a recommended amount i use a whole packet for a 10 cake for a tart taste and fill with white chocolate ganache. There s so much to love about snacking cakes those single layer confections meant to be sliced into any time of day.

I use freeze dried raspberry powder. Strawberry cake from scratch made with freeze dried strawberries makes for a cake full of flavor and a tender crumb. During my strawberry cake recipe experiments i tested out a strawberry cake from scratch recipe using freeze dried strawberries. Floral twist on the classic sponge cake.

I honestly did not think this cake would turn out at all but i was surprised by the texture and the flavor that came through. This competition is now closed. Use a food processor to grind the freeze dried raspberries into a fine powder. You can place the fruit in a ziploc bag and crush it with a rolling pin until it becomes a powder however pulsing it in a food processor is a quicker way if you need.

That pretty pink color is 100 natural just from the powdered freeze dried raspberries. If they are not available at your local grocery store or through amazon i would recommend finding a recipe that uses fresh raspberries and going with that as altering this recipe to. Before added to something pipeable like a frosting or pastry cream i like to put it through a fine mesh sieve to get rid of any large bits that could get stuck in a pastry bag when piping. Dried rose petals rose icing and raspberries make for a showstopping decoration 1 hr.

Whole fruit becomes rehydrated once it s mixed in with the other ingredients so i should think it will taste much like it s fresh counterpart or perhaps slightly. You can also use freeze dried fruit as a mix ins in recipes. So 1 4 cup of freeze dried strawberries would mean 1 4 cup freeze dried strawberry powder. Pile on whole berries and help yourself.

You could certainly use regular cream cheese frosting but i decided to add even more strawberry flavor. The reason why i love freeze dried raspberries is because all of the water has been removed from the berries making them easier to incorporate into buttercream. Here lemon juice and zest brighten the batter and ground freeze dried raspberries give classic cream cheese frosting a natural rosy tint. For the strawberry flavor i used freeze dried strawberries.

I absolutely love raspberries but only the real thing no artificial flavorings come close to the amazing flavor of the fresh fruits.