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Raspberry Cake Filling
photo by Khristy Kelly-Male




- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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1 cake
ingredients
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Raspberry Filling
- 1 1⁄2 cups frozen raspberries
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice (fresh is best, but...)
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
directions
- In a small sauce pan, combined all of the ingredients and slowly bring to a boil over medium-high heat (keep stirring until thickened for best results).
- Let cool completely before spreading onto cake.
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Reviews
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This is one of my favorite recipes from this site. After making the raspberry a few times, I used this recipe as the basis of developing other fruit fillings for cakes. The only thing was it wasn't thick enough to use in a tiered cake. Instead of adding extra cornstarch, I added one packet of bloomed gelatin per bag of fruit used. This helped make it a little thicker than the consistency of jelly and kept it from getting cloudy from the cornstarch. In addition to the berry fillings, minus the lemon juice, this recipe also makes a really good pineapple or mango filling.
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I've made this recipe several times now and it is definitely a winner. As written it makes a very tart filling that works really well to cut the sweetness of white cakes, especially when iced with a really sweet buttercream frosting. I have increased the sugar to 1/3 cup when I want a slightly sweeter filling. After trying it both ways I do think that it is better to remove the seeds. I cook the raspberries with the sugar and lemon juice, pour the mixture through a metal sifter to remove the seeds, and then put it back into the pan with the corn starch to thicken up. I have made this up to 2 days before and stored it in the fridge before using... and my family eats the leftovers on toast or ice cream for another week after that. Thanks so much for a great recipe!
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Very good recipe, just found it to be a bit thin for my preferences. Because there were so many seeds, I cooked the raspberries and lemon juice together, then put the mixture through a sieve. I then put the mixture back over the heat and added the sugar and cornstarch. This made removing the seeds a breeze and only took a minute to do!
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Woowwww!! This is such a yummy recipe! Made this for a cake filling and wow, is it delicious! I doubled the recipe, subbed the raspberries for strawberries, added 1 extra tbs of cornstarch and 1 1/2 tbs sugar. Now I'm going to have a hard time saving it for the cake and not eating it all! 6 stars if I could!
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This is one of my favorite recipes from this site. After making the raspberry a few times, I used this recipe as the basis of developing other fruit fillings for cakes. The only thing was it wasn't thick enough to use in a tiered cake. Instead of adding extra cornstarch, I added one packet of bloomed gelatin per bag of fruit used. This helped make it a little thicker than the consistency of jelly and kept it from getting cloudy from the cornstarch. In addition to the berry fillings, minus the lemon juice, this recipe also makes a really good pineapple or mango filling.
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Excellent and easy to make! Made this filling for a moist chocolate cake and they matched perfectly. Followed the suggestion to add an extra tsp of cornstarch, however, I found I was out of that as well as lemon juice. I was able to substitute with flour for the cornstarch and Rose's Key Lime syrup with an added tsp of water. Even with the changes it tasted wonderful! Thanks!
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