Spicy Chocolate Raspberry Upside Down Cake With Raspberry Chantilly Cream Recipes

RASPBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In 9-inch round or 8-inch square pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar evenly over melted butter. Arrange raspberries with open ends up over sugar mixture; sprinkle with almonds.
• In medium bowl, beat remaining ingredients except whipped cream with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 4 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter over raspberries and almonds.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake a few minutes so sugar mixture can drizzle over cake; remove pan. Cool at least 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm with whipped cream. Store cake loosely covered.

RASPBERRY UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the melted butter and brown sugar, spread into the bottom of a 9" high sided pan or springform pan.
• Top the brown sugar mixture with an even layer of raspberries, Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.
• In another bowl, beat together the softened butter, sugar, egg and vanilla extract until combined.
• Add in the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until combined. It will look crumby at this point which is normal.
• Lastly, add in the milk and beat until incorporated.
• Spoon the batter over the raspberries and gently spread using an offset spatula.
• Bake in the oven for about 35-40 minutes until golden and toothpick comes out clean.
• Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan 5-10 minutes before flipping out onto a serving tray. Don't skip the cooling down time!
• Let cool and dust the top with powdered sugar, if desired.

CHOCOLATE-RASPBERRY CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• With sharp knife, carefully slice off rounded top of 1 cooled, baked cake layer, creating a flat surface. Gently transfer cake layer to plate.
• In medium bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups cream with electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy. Reserve 1 raspberry for garnish; add remaining raspberries and the powdered sugar to cream. Beat on low speed just until folded together.
• Using metal spatula, spread raspberry-cream mixture on top of cake layer on plate, spreading to edge. Top gently with second cake layer. Run spatula around edge of cake to smooth cream layer.
• In medium microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate ganache ingredients on High 1 minute; stir until creamy. If chocolate is not completely melted, microwave 30 to 60 seconds longer. Spoon ganache over top of cake, allowing some to run down side.
• Place 1 raspberry in center of cake. Allow ganache to harden at room temperature before serving. If not serving for more than 30 minutes, cover cake gently and store in refrigerator until ready to serve.

UPSIDE-DOWN RASPBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In another bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Add eggs and beat until creamy.
• Incorporate gradually dry ingredients to the mixture, alternating with the milk. Mix well.
• Put raspberries in a square pyrex baking pan of 8 inches and sprinkle with sugar. Put the dough on the raspberries and cook in oven 50 to 60 minutes.
• Let cool the cake in the pan. Serve room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.