White Chocolate Raspberry Smores Food

WHITE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY S'MORES

Steps:

• 1. Get your s'more ready by setting two squares of the white chocolate on top of one of the graham crackers. Add four fresh raspberries around the chocolate. After you roast your marshmallow just right, set it between the graham cracker goodness and enjoy!

RASPBERRY WHITE CHOCOLATE S'MORES

Steps:

• Lay 4 halves of graham cracker on a serving platter. Place a square of white chocolate on each one.
• Heat the marshmallows over a flame until toasted. Put a marshmallow on each chocolate and place 3 raspberries on the melty marshmallows. Top with another graham cracker.
• Enjoy immediately.

WHITE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Chop 4 oz of white chocolate in small pieces and set aside.
• Over a double boiler, melt 4 oz of chocolate; set aside to cool.
• Combine the butter, sugar, salt and baking soda in a large mixing bowl; cream until fluffy.
• Add the eggs and melted white chocolate; mix well.
• Gradually add in the flour and mix well.
• Stir in the 4 oz of chopped white chocolate.
• Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough 2" apart on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 7-9 minutes or until the cookies are lightly browned.
• Cool for 1 minute on the baking sheet before moving to a cooling rack.
• Make a small indentation in the center of each cookie and spoon on a small amount of jam.
• Combine 3 oz of white chocolate and the shortening in a double boiler; melt and drizzle a small amount on each cookie.
• The cookies can be refrigerated 10-15 minutes to help the chocolate set.

WHITE CHOCOLATE-RASPBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare pastry cream: Puree raspberries in a blender. Strain to remove seeds. Set aside pulp; you should have 1 cup.
• Whisk egg yolks, sugar, flour, and cornstarch in a bowl until completely smooth.
• Warm cream in a small saucepan over low heat until just hot enough to steam. Once steaming, add 1/2 of it to the egg mixture, whisking constantly to avoid scrambling the eggs. Add that mixture back into the hot cream mixture and continue to heat and stir until custard is very thick, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the reserved raspberry pulp. Let sit until cooled to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Place parchment or waxed paper over the surface to prevent a skin from forming and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease the sides and bottoms of two 9-inch round, metal or glass cake pans.
• Prepare cake: Blend cake mix, water, oil, and eggs in a large bowl at low speed until moistened, about 30 seconds. Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 23 to 28 minutes. Cool in the pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove cakes from the pans and cool completely, about 15 to 20 more minutes.
• Prepare the frosting: Beat butter and confectioners' sugar in a large bowl on medium speed until creamy. Beat in melted white chocolate. Add vanilla and beat on low speed, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl, until light and fluffy. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a #18 star tip.
• Level the tops of the cooled cake layers with a large serrated knife. Pipe a small amount of frosting onto the center of a serving plate. Put one layer, cut-side down, on the plate. Pipe a thick ring around the top edge of that layer; this will keep the filling in the cake and prevent the layers from sliding. Spread raspberry pastry cream onto the cake. Place to remaining layer, cut-side down, on top. Frost the top and sides with remaining frosting, decorating as desired.
• Hold white chocolate bar in one hand with a paper towel (to stop it from melting in your hand). Use a vegetable peeler and slowly and carefully shave along the length of the bar to form pretty curls. Put chocolate curls on the sides of the cake and place raspberries in a ring around the top edge.

RASPBERRY & WHITE CHOCOLATE SCONES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Mix the flour, salt, baking powder and sugar in a bowl, then rub the butter into the dry ingredients using your fingertips, until it looks like fine breadcrumbs. You can also gradually pulse it in a food processor until it resembles breadcrumbs. Gently fold in 75g of the white chocolate.
• Gradually stir the milk into the flour mixture, and use your hands to bring it together until you have a smooth dough. You may need to add an extra 15-20ml milk until you have a soft dough. Gently stir in the raspberries. Working quickly so the raspberries don't completely melt, lightly dust a baking sheet lined with non-stick baking parchment and the top of the dough with flour. Gently roll out the dough to a 2cm-thick circle (ours was 22cm). Cut into 8-10 triangles, like a pizza, spreading them all out so they're about 5cm apart but still in a circle.
• Bake for 18-20 mins until golden brown. Set aside to cool. Melt the remaining white chocolate either in a bowl over a pan of gently simmering water, or in 20-second bursts in the microwave. Drizzle the melted chocolate over the scones before serving.