Raffaello Cake / Coconut Almond Cake

Raffaello cake is a snow white cake resembles the Raffaello candy. Just like the candy it also tastes finger licking good. The flavors of coconut, almond and white chocolate makes the cake so yummyyy...

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Ingredients:

1. Eggs-3 large (room temp)


2. Powdered Sugar-1 cup


3. Flour-3/4 cup


4. Powdered almond-1/2 cup


5. Coconut oil-1 tbsp


6. Vanilla essence-1 tsp

• Grease the cake pan with butter and dust with flour.


• Keep all the measured ingredients near by.


• For pre-heating; Heat a pan with tight lid on low flame until the batter gets ready (Or for 10 minutes.). Place a stand inside.


• Separate three whites and egg yolks.


• Beat the egg whites on high speed; add powdered sugar in three intervals and beat until thick and fluffy.


• Mix egg yolks with vanilla essence and coconut oil; mix well and slowly add it in to the egg white bowl.


• Also add powdered almond and flour.


• Beat on lowest speed for few seconds only.


• Then gently fold the batter to combine well.


• Pour the batter in to greased pan and place it inside the pre-heated pan.


• Cook on low flame for another one hour. 


• Cool the cake completely before frosting.

Note:

• The cake batter must be fluffy after mixing all the ingredients; (For that; dont over beat after adding flours; fold it gently)If the batter falls; the cake also falls. If your batter falls; try to add a teaspoon of baking powder also.


• The cooking time may vary 10 minutes more or less depends on the stove you used; so check them when it reaches almost 50 minutes. The top part of the cake gets nice golden color; only when the pan is pre-heated, the flame must be lowest and the lid of the pan is tight (only a narrow hole to escape the steam).

Ingredients for Frosting the Cake:

1. Soften butter-100 gm


2. Melted white chocolate-1/2 cup


3. Whip cream-1 cup


4. Desiccated coconut-2 tbsp

• Beat soften butter until creamy.


• Add melted white chocolate and mix well.


• Next Beat the whip cream (i used frozen thawed whip cream; no need to add sugar) until thick and fluffy.


• Fold it gently with the butter cream in three additions.


• Keep in fridge for 15 minutes.

Ingredients For Garnishing Cake:

1. Thick coconut milk-1/2 cup (without any water content) or use coconut cream.


2. Melted white chocolate-1/4 cup


3. Raffaello candies


4. White chocolate curls


5. Desiccated coconut


6. Sliced almonds

• After cools down the cake cut them in to two or three equal circles.


• Mix coconut milk with melted white chocolate.


• Add  little frosting on the cake board and place a cake circle on top.


• Soak the first layer of cake with sweetened coconut milk .


• Apply a dollop of frosting on top and level it.


• Above the place the another two layers of cake by repeating the soaking and frosting.


• Cover the cake completely with cream and chill for 20 minutes.


• After that garnish on all the sides with desiccated coconut.


• Garnish on top of the cake with Raffaello candies, white chocolate curls and sliced almonds.


• Chill the cake for two hours to set.


• Cut them in to slices and enjoy!!