Raffaello cake recipe, a soft spongy vanilla cake soaked in a creamy sweetened milk frosted with white chocolate coconut cream and topped with toasted almonds and coconut flakes. A decadent Eggless Raffaello cake taste so rich and makes your day even more special.
Raffaello Cake Recipe
I have been wanting to make this cake for like months. Ferrero rocher and Raffaello are my favorite chocolates on earth. I wanted to bake cakes inspired by them for a long time. Finally I made it and it turned out delicious.
It was my dream to bake this cake, Finally I did it and it was so delicious and decadent. I am telling you, this is one of the best ever cake I ever baked.
About Raffaello Cake (Eggless)
Raffaello cake is a coconut almond cake inspired from the popular Raffaello chocolates. These confectioneries are coconut coated truffle like chocolate which taste so decadent and delicious. The filling is milky and filled with chocolates.
When I decided to bake a cake with the chocolate as inspiration. I wanted it to have a white chocolate filling with coconut. And to my surprise the cake tasted so delicious. I suggest you to check my Ferrero Rocher cake.
I baked an eggless sponge milk cake, soaked in sweetened condensed milk and cream sauce. Then the frosting is made using condensed milk, white chocolate and cream.
The frosting is thick and sweet and luscious. To give the taste of raffaello, i added some coconut in the middle of the cake. Then the whole cake is frosted and topped with almonds and coconut and finally the crowning flory raffaello chocolates.
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The cakes are baked and done in few steps which I have covered in this blog post. SO it will be easy to follow for you. You can take 2 days to bake this cake, so it is not hectic for you.
Start by baking the eggless sponge cake. You can bake my regular sponge cake with eggs too. Once cakes are baked, cool it completely, wrap it with plastic wrap and store in fridge.
You can even make the cream a day in advance. It is easy two step process as melting white chocolate, whipping cream and then combining both. You can use heavy whipping cream or use non dairy whip topping as well.
Extra Personal Touches for Best Cake
Now for soaking the cake, I used cream and condensed milk as soaking liquid. But if you prefer to store the cake longer, I recommend soaking the cake in simple syrup.
But the sweetened condensed milk and cream mixture made the cake extra milky and so soft. Since we used milk as soaking liquid, you have to store the cake in fridge all the time.
Now comes the coconut part, use shredded, dried, sweetened coconut for the intense coconut flavour. Be generous with the coconut flakes.
Ingredients
- For Cake Batter - I used basic ingredients to make eggless sponge cake like sweetened condensed milk, sugar, butter, plain flour, vanilla, coconut extract, plain flour, raising agent and milk.
- For Filling - white chocolate, cream, coconut extract and shredded coconut is used for filling.
- Soaking Liquid - to make the cake extra moist, soak the cake in a cream and sweetened condensed milk mix.
- Topping - To replicate raffaello flavour, add shredded sweetened coconut, chopped almonds, and raffaello chocolate as decoration.
Step by Step Pictures
Make Cake Batter
1)Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Line two 8 inch round cake pan with parchment paper and grease it with some oil.
I am making an eggless sponge cake for this Raffaello cake. First lets mix dry ingredients. Take plain flour in a sieve, add in baking powder.
2)Add in baking soda.
3)Sieve this well so the dry ingredients is mixed evenly.
4)Now lets mix the wet ingredients. Take sugar, sweetened condensed milk in a bowl. Pour in melted butter.
5)Add in pure vanilla extract and mix until combined. if you want, you can add coconut extract and almond extract too.
6)Pour in milk and mix well.
7)This is your wet ingredients.
8)Now add in the sifted dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
9)Fold gently to form a smooth batter. If your batter is too thick, you can add some milk to get the right consistency.
10)Divide the batter between 2 prepared cake pans. Place it into the preheated oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes until cooked.
11)Once the cake is baked, remove from oven and allow it to cool completely.
Cream Filling
12)While the cake is cooling. Lets make the cream. Take sweetened condensed milk in a sauce pan.
13)Add in chopped white chocolate.
14)Heat this on very low heat and cook until chocolate is melted completely. Set this aside so the chocolate can cool.
15)Whip heavy whipping cream in a bowl, add in coconut extract and whip till stiff peaks.
16)Take a spoonful of the whipped cream and add it into the cooled chocolate.
17)Mix this well, this lightens the chocolate so it mixes evenly into the whipped cream.
18)Now pour the lightened white chocolate into the whipped cream.
19)Mix it well so the chocolate is mixed into the cream. This is the cream which we are going to fill the cake layers and spread outside the cake.
Milk To Soak the Cake
20)Take condensed milk in a bowl.
21)Add in some cream or milk to loosen the condensed milk. Add in vanilla or coconut extract.
22)Now the soaking milk is ready.
Assembling cake
23)Slice each baked and cooled cake in the middle into two half. So you have 4 slices.
24)Place one cake slice on a serving plate. Place few sheets of parchment paper around the cake. So once the cake is frosted, you can remove the parchment for clean plate.
25)Pour some milk mixture all over the cake to soak the cake.
26)Top with the whipped cream and sprinkle with sweetened shredded coconut flakes.
27)spread it evenly. Now place another cake slice on top, brush with milk mixture. Spoon cream and coconut. Repeat this until you have all 4 layers stacked.
28)Now lets frost the entire cake.
29)Brush the top layer with milk too.
Crumb Coating Cake & Decorating
30)Now lets crumb coat the cake, which seals the crumb of the cake. Add the cream on top.
31)Spread evenly all over the cake. Place the cake into the fridge for atleast 1 to 2 hours.
32)Once the cake is set, remove it from fridge. Add some more cream on top.
33)Spread evenly. You can frost them evenly, but since we are covering it with coconut, you can be messy too.
34)Sprinkle chopped toasted almonds all over the cake.
35)Sprinkle with coconut flakes.
36)I made some white chocolate curls to decorate the cake.
37)Top the entire cake with chocolate curls.
38)Now gently remove the parchment from sides. This gives clean serving plate.
39)Now take some raffaello chocolates.
40)Decorate the cake with chocolate. Place the cake in fridge and let them set in fridge overnight.
41)Slice and serve.
42)Enjoy.
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Raffaello Cake Recipe (Eggless Raffaello Cake Recipe)
Equipment
Ingredients
For Eggless Sponge Cake
- 1 cup Sweetened Condensed Milk 300 grams
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar 100 grams
- ½ cup Melted Butter 110 gram
- ½ cup Milk 125 ml
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ½ teaspoon Coconut Extract optional
- ¼ teaspoon Almond Extract optional
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour (Plain flour) 240 grams
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
For Frosting (Cream)
- 1 cup White Chocolate chopped
- ½ cup Sweetened Condensed milk
- ½ teaspoon Coconut Extract
- 2 cups Whipping Cream (Non dairy whipping cream)
- 1 cup Shredded Sweetened Coconut flakes uses when layering cakes
For Soaking Milk
- ¼ cup Sweetened Condensed Milk
- ¼ cup Cream or Milk
- ¼ teaspoon Vanilla Extract or Coconut Extract
For Decorations (Filling & Topping)
- 1 cup Shredded Sweetened Coconut flakes
- 10 no Rafaello Chocolates
- ½ cup White Chocolate Curls
- ½ cup Roasted Almonds chopped finely
Instructions
- Pre preparation - Preheat oven to 180 degree C (360 degree c). Line two round cake pan with parchment paper and grease it lightly with oil. Set aside.
- Dry Ingredients for Cake Batter - Take plain flour, baking powder and baking soda in a sifter and sieve it. Set aside.
- Wet Ingredients for Cake Batter - Take sweetened condensed milk, sugar, milk, melted butter, vanilla extract, coconut extract, almond extract in a bowl and whisk well.
- Make Cake Batter - Add the dry ingredients into the wet and fold gently using a spatula. if the batter is too thick, add some milk to loosen the batter.
- Baking Cakes - Divide the cake batter between the baking pans and bake for 25 to 35 minutes. Insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is baked or not. If the tooth pick comes out clean then the cakes are baked. Remove the cakes from oven and let it cool completely.
- Make Cream Frosting - Meanwhile make frosting, take white chocolate and condensed milk in a sauce pan and melt it down gently. Set aside so the chocolate cools completely.
- Meanwhile whip some cream till stiff peaks. Take a ladleful of the whipped cream and add it into the chocolate and fold gently to loosen the chocolate. Now add the loosened chocolate to the bowl of whipped cream and beat this again till thick and stiff. Place this in fridge until needed.
- Soaking Milk for cake - mix sweetened condensed milk, milk or cream in a bowl and mix well. This is your soaking milk.
- Layering Cakes - Now take the two cakes and slit it in half in the middle. So you have 4 layer of cakes. Take a cake slice and place it in a plate. Cover the sides with parchment paper. Now drizzle some soaking milk on top of each cake layer to moisten the cake.
- Now spread some frosting, top with some coconut and spread in an even layer. Place another cake on top, soak with milk, spread cream and coconut and spread. Repeat this till the last layer.
- Crumb coating & Frosting - Now cover the whole cake with some frosting to seal the crumbs. Place the cake in fridge for 1 hour. Remove the cake from fridge. Frost again the whole cake with the rest of the frosting as per your liking.
- Decoration - Now place roasted chopped almonds around the sides of the cake. Top with coconut and white chocolate curls. Now place Rafaello chocolate on the top of cake. Place the cake in fridge and let it set for 6 to 10 hours. or overnight. Slice and serve.
brintha
awesome...
Rosu George
Hai..
Just a doubt..what's the pan size you used for raffelo cake. And can I use normal vanila sponge cake for this recipe!!??
Aarthi
it is 8 inch round pan, yes u can use vanilla cake
Sujitha
Wonderful cake aarthi.. could you please make a video or post of how to make that white chocolate curls.?
Thanks
Pavi
How much does it cost to buy all those things for doing this cake
Aarthi
Not sure, but it is a pretty expensive cake. It is meant for special occasions.
Fermie Praisid
Hi Aarthi,
Is this fresh coconut or desiccated coconut??
Aarthi
it is desicated
Bhadra
My cake turned out really well
Only problem was the frosting which did not turn out right, it became like over bitten cream even though I followed each step as advised