Raspberry White Cake

Name: Raspberry White Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 80 min
Ingredients: Vegetable-oil cooking spray; 2 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising); 1 teaspoon salt; 1 cup sugar (½ cup plus ½ cup); 1 cup heavy cream; 2 tablespoons whole milk; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 4 large egg whites, room temperature; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 0.25 teaspoon pure almond extract; 1.5 cups raspberries (8 ounces); 0.667 cup raspberry jam; Meringue Frosting for Raspberry White Cake; 0.5 cup large-flake dried unsweetened coconut

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Martha Stewart Test Kitchen

Updated on February 12, 2021

Raspberry White Cake — Photo: Jonathan Lovekin

Prep Time:

45 mins

Total Time:

1 hr 20 mins

Servings:

12

In this classic layer cake, egg whites serve as a leaven; they also give the mountainous frosting all its loft. Cake flour keeps this fruity dessert light and airy, and fresh raspberries are folded into the batter for a pop of color and juicy, tart flavor.

Ingredients

Vegetable-oil cooking spray
2 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising)
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar (½ cup plus ½ cup)
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons whole milk
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 large egg whites, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon pure almond extract
1 ½ cups raspberries (8 ounces)
⅔ cup raspberry jam
Meringue Frosting for Raspberry White Cake
½ cup large-flake dried unsweetened coconut

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Coat three 8-inch round cake pans with cooking spray, line bottoms with parchment, and coat again. Whisk together flour, salt, and 1/2 cup sugar. In a separate bowl, combine cream, milk, baking powder, and egg whites. Whisk in vanilla, almond extract, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar.
Fold in flour mixture. Fold in raspberries, then divide among pans. Bake until golden and top springs back when touched, about 25 minutes. (Each cake layer will be approximately 1/2 inch in height.) Let cool in pans 30 minutes. Remove; let cool completely on a wire rack.
Spread half the jam over top of 1 cake layer, and sandwich with another layer. Repeat with remaining jam and layer. Swirl frosting over top and sides of cake. Sprinkle top with coconut.