Cake Recipes Using Freeze Dried Raspberries

As mentioned before i love cream cheese frosting with strawberry cake.

Cake recipes using freeze dried raspberries. I absolutely love raspberries but only the real thing no artificial flavorings come close to the amazing flavor of the fresh fruits. For the strawberry flavor i used freeze dried strawberries. That pretty pink color is 100 natural just from the powdered freeze dried raspberries. 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. 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. Strawberry cake from scratch made with freeze dried strawberries makes for a cake full of flavor and a tender crumb. 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 could certainly use regular cream cheese frosting but i decided to add even more strawberry flavor. 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. Once your cake is baked and cooled it s time to slather it in the best strawberry frosting. The secret to this amazing raspberry frosting is freeze dried raspberries.

You can also use freeze dried fruit as a mix ins in recipes. Pile on whole berries and help yourself. Coarsely chopped freeze dried fruit is a good choice for muffin and cake recipes but pulverizing it into a powder is a better option in recipes like my strawberry limemade bars. During my strawberry cake recipe experiments i tested out a strawberry cake from scratch recipe using freeze dried strawberries.

I use freeze dried raspberry powder. There s so much to love about snacking cakes those single layer confections meant to be sliced into any time of day. 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. Serve with a cuppa for a perfect mid morning pick me up or freeze for a later date 35 mins.

Floral twist on the classic sponge cake. Dried rose petals rose icing and raspberries make for a showstopping decoration 1 hr. So 1 4 cup of freeze dried strawberries would mean 1 4 cup freeze dried strawberry powder. Use a food processor to grind the freeze dried raspberries into a fine powder.

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.