Best Black Raspberry Almond Birthday Cakes Recipes

RASPBERRY ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spray 2 8-inch round cake pans with cooking spray. Line the bottoms of the pans with parchment, spray the parchment, and set pans aside.
• Put the butter in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium for 30 seconds, until very creamy. With mixer still on medium speed, add the sugar 1/4 cup at a time. Continue beating until very well combined.
• Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl and beat in the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and almond extract, baking powder, and salt and beat to combine.
• Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl again. Turn mixer to low and beat in half of the flour, followed by half of the milk. Mix until just incorporated.
• Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl and beat in the remaining flour and remaining milk until just combined.
• Divide batter between the prepared cake pans and bake 30 to 35 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean.
• Cool in pans for 20 minutes then carefully invert onto a wire rack to cool completely. (Run a knife around the edge of the pans a couple times to loosen the cake layers first.)
• Cool cake layers to room temperature before filling and frosting.
• Puree the berries in a blender or food processor. Pour into a small saucepan and set the pan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
• Turn heat to low and simmer, stirring often, until puree reduces by about half (8 or 9 minutes). You'll have about a 1/2 cup of puree.
• Remove from heat and transfer a scant 1/4 cup of the puree into a small bowl.
• Pour the rest into a second bowl through a fine mesh sieve to remove the seeds. Use a rubber spatula to press the puree through the sieve, extracting as much of the raspberry juices as possible. (This is what you'll use in the frosting.)
• Set both bowls aside to cool to room temperature.
• Once puree is cool, place the butter in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until very smooth.
• Add the seedless puree, 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons milk, and the salt and beat to combine. (Depending on how sweet your berries are, you may want to add a little more salt than this recipe calls for.)
• Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl, then turn mixer to medium and beat until smooth. Add additional powdered sugar if frosting is too thin. If frosting is too thick, add additional milk 1 tablespoon at a time to achieve desired consistency.
• If your cake layers have domed, use a long serrated knife to trim them.
• Set 1 cake layer on a cake stand or cardboard cake circle and spread the puree (with seedon top, without going all the way to the edge of the cake. Top with the second cake layer.
• Frost the top and outside of the cake with the frosting and decorate as desired. Slice and serve.

RASPBERRY ALMOND COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8 inch round cake pan with cooking spray.
• Combine raspberries and brown sugar in a bowl. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Combine sour cream, butter or margarine, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and egg, and add to flour mixture. Stir just until moist. Spoon 2/3 of the batter into the prepared pan. Spread raspberry mixture evenly over the batter. Spoon remaining batter over raspberry mixture. Top with almonds.
• Bake for 40 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack.
• Combine confectioners' sugar, milk, and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla. Stir well. Drizzle glaze over cake. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BLACK RASPBERRY ALMOND BIRTHDAY CAKES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease 2 6-cup oversize (Texas) muffin tins with softened butter and dust with flour, tapping out the excess.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
• In an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar with the paddle attachment on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating for one minute after each addition. Beat in the extracts.
• Reduce mixer speed to low and add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture, and mixing just until dry ingredients are incorporated.
• Spoon batter evenly into 10 cups of the muffin tins (pour water 3/4 full into the 2 empty muffin cups for even baking) and bake 20 - 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
• Cool pans on a rack 15 minutes before turning cakes out to cool completely.
• Top with berries and dust with sugar.

RASPBERRY-ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, whisk the first 6 ingredients. In another bowl, whisk eggs, buttermilk, applesauce, butter and extract; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Gently fold in raspberries., Transfer batter to a 13x9-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. In a small bowl, mix topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Serve warm.

RASPBERRY ALMOND BABY CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Using pastry brush, generously grease 36 mini muffin cups with melted butter. Place 3/4 cup butter in microwavable clear glass bowl; cover with microwavable paper towel. Microwave on High 5 to 6 minutes, stirring after 3 minutes, or until milk solids turn light brown. Cool 10 minutes.
• In medium bowl, mix almonds, 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar, the flour and salt. Add browned butter, egg whites and vanilla; stir just until blended. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Place 1 raspberry in center of each cup.
• Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until center is set and edges are browned. Run knife around edges of cakes to loosen. Immediately remove from pans to cooling racks; cool completely. Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar before serving.