Cake Recipes Using Freeze Dried Raspberries

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.

Cake recipes using freeze dried raspberries.

In a large mixing bowl beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy and smooth about 5 minutes. During my strawberry cake recipe experiments i tested out a strawberry cake from scratch recipe using freeze dried strawberries. Use a food processor to grind the freeze dried raspberries into a fine powder. 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.

Dried rose petals rose icing and raspberries make for a showstopping decoration 1 hr. 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. 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. Pile on whole berries and help yourself.

You could certainly use regular cream cheese frosting but i decided to add even more strawberry flavor. I use freeze dried raspberry powder. As mentioned before i love cream cheese frosting with strawberry cake. Here lemon juice and zest brighten the batter and ground freeze dried raspberries give classic cream cheese frosting a natural rosy tint.

You can also use freeze dried fruit as a mix ins in recipes. Floral twist on the classic sponge cake. So 1 4 cup of freeze dried strawberries would mean 1 4 cup freeze dried strawberry powder. The secret to this amazing raspberry frosting is freeze dried raspberries.

For the strawberry flavor i used freeze dried strawberries. 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. I absolutely love raspberries but only the real thing no artificial flavorings come close to the amazing flavor of the fresh fruits. 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.

Serve with a cuppa for a perfect mid morning pick me up or freeze for a later date 35 mins. That pretty pink color is 100 natural just from the powdered freeze dried raspberries. This competition is now closed. 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.

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.