A Cake for Megan

The next cake I made was for a Megan's birthday. She's a co-worker and she requested the white chocolate raspberry torte. Wow! This one was really moist. Instead of piping frosting along the top edge for decorating, I drizzled some of the raspberry filling over the top of the cake as you can see below. This cake was 1/2 eaten when I took the picture.
Messy, but aren't those the best kind?

White Chocolate Raspberry Torte
Prep: 1 hour Bake: 30 Min. Yield: 12 Servings

Cake:

3/4 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup white baking chips, melted and cooled
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups cake flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup buttermilk

Filling: I doubled this recipe to use filling over the cake too.

2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch

Frosting:

1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 cup vanilla or white chips, melted and cooled
1 carton (12 0z.) frozen whipped topping, thawed
Fresh raspberries for garnish if desired

Cream butter and sugar til fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder and soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.

Transfer to 2 greased and floured 9 in. round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 28-32 minutes or til toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

In a small saucepan, bring raspberries and water to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minutes. Strain raspberry mixture and discard seeds. Cool. In the same pan, add sugar and cornstarch; return the raspberry puree into this same pan and combine til smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes til thickened. Cool. Then spread between cake layers.

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese til fluffy. beat in melted chips; fold in whipped topping. Spread over top and sides of cake. Pipe frosting over top edge of cake and garnish with berries if desired. Store in frige.
* I doubled the filling and used it to decorate the top of the cake instead of the piped frosting.