Raspberry Torte – Recipe
The Raspberry Torte has been my daughter’s favorite Ukrainian torte for many years now, so I try to make it for her special occasions.
She received this recipe from a very nice lady in our church, who is an excellent baker and prepares her own rose petal jelly, which makes her baked goods so decadent, and irreplaceable.
This torte requires some delicate handling of the baked cake layers, since each layer is baked separately, and somewhat challenging to remove from the cake pan, similar to Irene’s Torte.
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup sweet butter, softened
- 5 egg yolks
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 4 cups flour
- ½ pint heavy cream
- 1 heaping Tbs. of sugar
- 1 cup ground nuts (I use walnuts)
- 3-4 Tbs. seedless raspberry jam, or rose petal jelly
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 1 Tbs. of sour cream
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tsp. of lemon juice
Instructions
- Mix egg yolks and sugar together until light color.
- Add butter and vanilla, beat well.
- Add flour and mix until smooth and well blended.
- Place dough in a bowl, and refrigerate for a couple of hours, to set. Grease, and flour, 5 cake pans.
- Divide dough into 5 equal balls and fill pans.
- Bake at 325 degrees F for 15 min.
- Cool off slightly.
- Place in the freezer for 30 minutes, for easier removal.
- Invert each pan onto a cooling rack.
- Use a plastic knife to loosen up the sides of the cake from the pan.
- Firmly tap on the back of the pan to remove cake.
- Whip the cream to form a firm mixture.
- Mix in all remaining ingredients.
- Store in the fridge until ready to use.
- Spread the filling on the first cake layer.
- Cover with another cake layer
- Repeat the above process with each layer.
- Frost the top and sides of the cake with the prepared frosting.
- Decorate with cake candy, or your favorite cake decor.
- Keep it cool in the fridge until ready to serve.
Notes
To store this torte in the freezer, keep in the the fridge for several hours, or overnight, so the frosting sets well.
Wrap the whole cake in waxed paper, then in foil paper, to prevent it from frost bite. Place it in a plastic bag, and keep it in the freezer for up to 3 months. Unwrap fully before thawing. Thaw it overnight, in the refrigerator.