Raspberry Cream Cake

I told you that my sister Elizabeth was the one who you wanted to bring the cake, and this recipe is the reason why (IMHO). There is a fancy-pants bakery near her apartment that makes this divine multi-layered torte, with layers of butter cream, whipped cream and raspberries. One year for my birthday she set out to create her own version of this delicious dessert, and I think that the result is even better than the original! I strongly recommend sitting down with a slice of this cake, a cappuccino and a good book. You won't regret the indulgence.

Raspberry Cream Cake
For the Sponge Cake

• 4 eggs
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup boiling milk
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. Beat eggs until very light, then beat in sugar, salt and vanilla. Beat in melted butter and boiling milk.
3. Sift together flour and baking powder, beat in to liquids quickly.
4. Immediately pour into greased and floured 9 inch cake pans (two).
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. When done, it will be golden brown and will spring back to the touch.

For the Butter Cream Frosting

• 1/4 cup Crisco
• 1/4 cup butter (unsalted)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1-3 Tbsp milk, added one at a time

1. Cream together Crisco, butter and vanilla.
2. Add sugar.
3. Add mile 1 Tbsp at a time, until frosting reaches spreadable consistency.

For Whipped Cream

• 1 1/2 pints heavy whipping cream
• powdered sugar to taste
• vanilla to tast

Beat all ingredients together until very stiff.

Raspberry topping: 1/2 jar of room temperature raspberry jam
Fresh raspberries for garnish.

Assembly:
1. Place one 9" layer cake on cake tray.
2. Cover top with 1/4" later of buttercream frosting.
3. Cover top with thin layer of raspberry jam.
4. Cover with 1/2" layer of whipped cream.
5. Place second layer cake on, and repeat steps 2 and 3 (leaving jam exposed on top of cake).
6. Completely coat the sides of the cake with whipped cream. Pipe around edge of top of cake with star tip if desired.
7. Add raspberries to top of cake for garnish.

Sorry about the lack of photos, apparently we devoured this before we could managed to take any good pics! I guess that means we'll just have to make it again soon, and I see absolutely no problem with that.