White Chocolate Raspberry Loaf Cake!
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A simple and delicious white chocolate raspberry loaf cake with white chocolate buttercream frosting and fresh raspberries!
White chocolate and raspberry
So… white chocolate and raspberry… it’s been a while. The last time I posted a white chocolate and raspberry related recipe was 10 months ago, and quite frankly… that’s far too long. It’s one of the best marriages of flavours in the world.
The sweetness of white chocolate with the freshness and sharpness of raspberry makes such a wonderful combination that I just can’t avoid.
I’ve done several recipes with it already, including my white chocolate & raspberry rolls, my white chocolate & raspberry cheesecake and also my white chocolate & raspberry blondies just to name a few
The loaf cake
Either way, it was time to post another recipe. I thought I would go all out, and do a recipe that has been requested over and over for the longest time… this beauty. My white chocolate raspberry loaf cake. Oh hey huns, it’s heaven time.
This beauty is a marriage of various different ideas. I always think loaf tin cakes are similar to bundt tins in a way, as they take an age to bake, but are so easy to decorate! This beauty takes an hour to bake in the oven, and it’s not even that big in size.
The Tin
One thing about baking loaf cakes, is that the tin can be the bit to let you down, almost straight away. I used the Tala 2lb loaf tin for this, as I just love it. It’s the perfect tin for loaf cakes, for bread, and even for ice creams! I utterly love it. It’s heavenly. And.. bonus.. it can go in the dishwasher which is always good in my eyes!
For reference, the Loaf Tin I have used is 24.4 x 14.4 x 6.9 cm in size. I’ve noticed when shopping that some ‘2lb loaf tins’ are TINY and I have no idea how they’re all meant to the same size – I wish there was consistency within these, but unfortunately there is not. The main rule to follow is, only fill your tin 2/3 full, and adjust the baking time slightly if you don’t use all of your mixture.
Raspberries
For this cake, I used fresh raspberries, as I just love to bake with them. Also, it’s summer, so they’re in peak season which means they taste amazing! You can try frozen raspberries, but they can often make the cake take a little longer to bake – and you can also switch the raspberries to freeze dried raspberries to make it even easier.
Say you wanted to have a delicious berry bake, but you didn’t crave raspberries, you can also use any other berry you like. I have tried this bake with blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and even a combination as it happens to be what I had in the fridge – and it worked wonders. Also, adding a little lemon zest to the sponge can be delicious.
White Chocolate
The cake mix itself is just a regular basic cake sponge. It’s the best kind of sponge to use, and why mess with what isn’t broken?! Add in the raspberries, and white chocolate and boom you’re done. It’s so easy and so delicious.
I decided to flavour the sponge slightly with some white chocolate chips, instead of melted the chocolate into the cake mixture. I wanted to make sure that the cake mix was light and fluffy and sometimes I find adding melted chocolate can make it a bit dense. However, you can easily leave the white chocolate chips out of this bit as it is in the decoration quite heavily.
Decoration
For decoration, you can do pretty much anything you want. I went for a white chocolate buttercream because I wanted a swirling/ribbon effect on the top with the buttercream. I used a medium leaf tip to get the effect, and I am obsessed!
For the decoration, I just used some fresh raspberries, some freeze-dried raspberries, and some mini white chocolate chips. I just adore how the freeze-dried raspberries look on all my bakes, which is why I use them so often! They’re prettty. You can buy the freeze-dried raspberries online, or in stores such as Waitrose, Lakeland, or Sainsburys.
Tips & Tricks
- This cake will last for 3+ days once baked
- You can freeze this cake for 3+ months
- I use this loaf tin in this recipe
- I use this piping tip for the decoration
- I use these freeze dried raspberries
If you struggle with fruit sinking in your bakes, you can coat the berries and white chocolate chips lightly in some extra flour before mixing into the cake mix. You can also sprinkle some of the berries on top of the cake in the tin.
Anyway, this recipe has been very sought after for a very long time, so I hope it’s a hit for you guys. The latest recipe that I posted that was SO unbelievably requested was my bakewell blondies, and they went a little crazy, so ENJOYYYY! x
White Chocolate Raspberry Loaf Cake!
Ingredients
Cake
- 200 g unsalted butter
- 200 g caster sugar
- 200 g self raising flour
- 4 medium eggs
- 200 g raspberries
- 150 g white chocolate chips/chunks
Decoration
- 125 g unsalted butter (room temp)
- 250 g icing sugar
- 125 g white chocolate
- Raspberries
- Freeze dried raspberries
- White chocolate chips
Instructions
For the Cake
- Preheat your oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan, and line a 2lb loaf tin with parchment paper!
- Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in the self raising flour and eggs and beat again until smooth and lovely
- Fold through the raspberries and white chocolate
- Pour the mix into the tin, and bake the cake in the oven for 55-65 minutes
- Leave the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, and then turn onto a wire rack to cool fully
For the Decoration
- Melt the white chocolate until smooth, and leave to cool.
- Beat the butter in a mixer for a few minutes so it's really smooth.
- Add in the icing sugar and beat again until smooth
- Add in the white chocolate and beat again.
- Ready your piping bag and nozzle, and pipe your buttercream onto your cake however you fancy!
- Add some fresh raspberries, freeze dried raspberries and white chocolate chips and enjoy
Notes
- This cake will last for 3+ days once baked
- You can freeze this cake for 3+ months
- I use this loaf tin in this recipe
- I use this piping tip for the decoration
- I use these freeze dried raspberries
ENJOY!
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Made this today but so wet and soggy on the bottom. Not sure what I have done wrong
That means it probably wasn’t finished baking – next time give it more time in the oven! A good tip – when you think the cake is done, make sure to carefully ‘listen’ to the cake, if it’s making lots of bubbly sounds, it’s not finished baking.
Hi,
I made this cake tonight & I found it came out really greasy from the tin & lining paper. I used the correct amount of ingredients & it was cooked through. I’ll have to see what it’s like once cooled down, decorated and sliced.
How small was your chocolate? Sometimes if it’s too small and depending on brand it can melt into the cake and make it a little greasy on the outer, but it won’t affect the taste of the cake!
Hi Jane, I think your creations are always beautiful and inspirational. I wanted to ask, could I use strawberries in this recipe instead? I accidentally picked up the freeze dried strawberries instead so I thought I’d ask? Thank you! Cannot wait to attempt this! Lots of love
The freeze dried strawberries will still be perfectly okay to use with the raspberries in the sponge, I often use freeze dried strawberries on top – I personally find things with strawberries in can take a little longer to bake, but definitely give it a go! (I have not tried it in a loaf cake though!)
I made this today for my brothers birthday- went down a treat! Thanks Kane for another delicious recipe 🎉
So glad it was a hit! x
The recipe looks good, but I have never seen so many pictures of the baked product.
Way too many, especially since you only used a couple of different shots over and over again.
I put the same amount of photos on a blog post, every time… and they are all different photos? So I’m not sure of the problem?
your recipes are so interesting, but the amount of each item in recipe is hard for me to translate to cups, teaspoons, tablespoons, etc.
I think I will stop reading your recipes. I did try to figure amounts and think I did a pretty good job, but a challenge. Thanks
I refuse to measure anything in cups or spoons, as it’s incredibly inaccurate.
If it helps, my baked goods have only been improved when I measure by weight and a digital kitchen scale can be had at a range of prices.
Thank you for posting this Can’t wait to bake it. Jane do I chop the white chocolate to go in the cake mix, Or use chocolate chips?
Use either! x
Looks lovely!
Do you chop the raspberries before incorporating them in the mix? Or just leave them whole?
Just leave them whole!
Please post more loaf recipes! I love how easy and quick they are! Can’t wait to try this x
That’s the plan! And I hope you love it!
Can you use frozen raspberries for the cake .
Yep, as mentioned in the post.
Looks so yummy!
Thank you!!
Could I do this as a tray bake? If so what would the quantity of ingredients be please?
I will be posting a traybake version in the future. x
Any tips on making the buttercream without a mixer? Thanks
Make sure your butter is at room temp – and mix as much as you can each stage. I would use a spatula! The aim is to get it to lighten and be fluffy at each stage!
I’m thinking a bit of lemon curd mixed in might be quite nice too?
Thanks for the recipe
It’s up to you! I think it would be better on top.
Substitute for 200g selfraising flour please. 2 tsp baking powder?
Do you mean with plain flour? I would use 1.5tsp.
Hi Jane,
I was wondering if I could turn this cake into a swiss roll? Do you think it will work? If so, please advise on the measurements or how long to bake it for. Thanks in advance!! 🙂
Not this recipe – I would say you need to look for a Swiss roll sponge recipe, but then fill it with the topping from this cake.
This White Chocolate and Raspberry Loaf cake looks delicious. I have a number of cakes to make for next weekend this has just been added to the list. Do you think I could make this weekend and freeze Undecorated ?
Thank you! And I’m sure you can!