Raspberry filling for wedding cake

[stuartlikesstrudel]

Hi,

I'm making a friend's wedding cake and am getting a bit stuck with fillings: The cake itself is a rich chocolate cake and I originally planned to use a coconut filling along with a raspberry filling (alternating layers) however they now don't want coconut, so i'm reverting to just raspberry as the flavour profile.

 

Tonight, in some experimenting, I mixed up some white chocolate raspberry ganache (using white chocolate and raspberries) as well as a batch of raspberry filling from this fantastic post.

 

I love the taste of the second filling, the ganache not so much (though i'm going to try whipping it tomorrow and see if light-and-fluffy suits it). However I don't like the idea of just using the raspberry filling - it will require a LOT of raspberries and is quite strong tasting. I wonder if anyone has a dark chocolate ganache recipe using raspberries or something like this filling mixed with chocolate. My ideal filling would be smooth and not too sharp tasting, but still with a fresh burst of raspberry. And of course, needs to be stable for multi-tiered construction.

 

Alternatively, I'm wondering about spreading a little ganache and then a bit of the raspberry filling on top, so two mini-fillings between layers.

 

Any ideas?! I have found a number of raspberry ganache recipes online but would rather not just try a whole bunch aimlessly if someone here has a good one... and most of those online seem to use jam, which in my head wouldn't be so tasty, but who knows...

 

Thanks so much!

[CatPoet]

I would do alternating layers of raspberry jam or jellie and  dark chocolate  ganache instead of mixing it.  Good   raspberry jam can be amazing,  trust me.

[Darienne]

  This is simply a raspberry ganache which I have used for raspberry truffles for a long time now.  Certainly not fancy, but we like it.  I guess more cream could be added for a softer ganache.  Sorry, it isn't tested for long time storage at all.  Good luck. 

 

        9 ounces bittersweet chocolate

        3/4 cup seedless raspberry jam

        1/3 cup heavy cream

        1 teaspoon vanilla

[ChocoMom]

While I have not tested this on chocolate cake, I've had great success with using good quality raspberry jam as a filling with lemon or French vanilla cakes. Jam has a stronger flavor than say, Solo (canned) raspberry filling. The jam isn't quite as thick, but the flavor would stand up to the chocolate better, I would think.

 

Best wishes!

[Lisa Shock]

Raspberry bakery jam is what you need to use. It will make a tasty ganache, it can also be added to buttercream for a tasty icing filling.

[stuartlikesstrudel]

Thanks for the replies everyone - after all your agreement r.e jam I went out and got a nice one (couldn't find bakery jam) and it was a much better result than i expected. I also tried mixing the cooked raspberry filling with some buttercream and that was a fresh and creamy tasting filling so I might go with that, or the jam ganache.

 

Cheers,