California Raisins are fat-free and have no cholesterol, low in sodium, and naturally sweet. That means you can lessen the cups of sugar required for your cakes and pastries and snack on the raisins while you bake and you won't gain a pound! I'm going to post some photos of baked goods stuffed with raisins to inspire you to bake with these sweet morsels!
Anyway, the recipe! California Raisins asked Chef Michael Aspiras of Le Petit Souffle and Scout Honor to come up with holiday baked goods for Noche Buena and Christmas parties.
Slices of bread with juicy raisins exploding in your mouth!
Photo by Jennifer Pallian on Unsplash
Mmm. Loaves of bread made sweet with chocolate chips and raisins!
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Oh, my absolute favorite! Raisin cookies!
Photo by Denisse Leon on Unsplash
California Raisin Modern Christmas Cake
For the cake:
240g California Raisins*
330g Good quality unsalted butter
125g Caster sugar.
300g Eggs (or 6 medium-size eggs)
45ml Fresh milk
350g Cake flour
3g Salt
3g Baking powder
3g Cinnamon powder
3g Garam masala
5g Lemon zest
5g Orange zest
45ml Orange juice
*For the California Raisins:
200g California Raisins
35ml Rum
100ml water
25g White sugar
1. Cook sugar in water until it turns into a light syrup, add in rum remove from heat.
2. Soak raisins in rum, soak overnight.
Procedure:
1. Grease, line with parchment paper, grease again and flour 4 6 by 3 by 2.5 height loaf pans.
2. Preheat oven to 160°C.
3. Sift all dry ingredients together.
4. Strain and remove excess syrup from raisins, set aside, save the syrup.
5. Using a planetary mixer with paddle attachment, cream butter, and sugar until light and fluffy.
6. Add in eggs one at a time.
7. Add in milk, then the orange juice.
8. Fold in dry ingredients, then the raisins.
9. Pour or pipe into the prepared loaf pans.
10. Bake for 35 minutes or until baked through.
11. Remove from oven, pour in excess syrup from soaked raisins.
12. Cool down to room temp, and then freeze.
For the Crispy California Raisin and Chocolate Dip coating
55g California Raisins (chopped)
55g Toasted walnuts (chopped roughly)
200g White chocolate
40g Red cocoa butter
40ml Vegetable oil
For the cake:
240g California Raisins*
330g Good quality unsalted butter
125g Caster sugar.
300g Eggs (or 6 medium-size eggs)
45ml Fresh milk
350g Cake flour
3g Salt
3g Baking powder
3g Cinnamon powder
3g Garam masala
5g Lemon zest
5g Orange zest
45ml Orange juice
*For the California Raisins:
200g California Raisins
35ml Rum
100ml water
25g White sugar
1. Cook sugar in water until it turns into a light syrup, add in rum remove from heat.
2. Soak raisins in rum, soak overnight.
Procedure:
1. Grease, line with parchment paper, grease again and flour 4 6 by 3 by 2.5 height loaf pans.
2. Preheat oven to 160°C.
3. Sift all dry ingredients together.
4. Strain and remove excess syrup from raisins, set aside, save the syrup.
5. Using a planetary mixer with paddle attachment, cream butter, and sugar until light and fluffy.
6. Add in eggs one at a time.
7. Add in milk, then the orange juice.
8. Fold in dry ingredients, then the raisins.
9. Pour or pipe into the prepared loaf pans.
10. Bake for 35 minutes or until baked through.
11. Remove from oven, pour in excess syrup from soaked raisins.
12. Cool down to room temp, and then freeze.
For the Crispy California Raisin and Chocolate Dip coating
55g California Raisins (chopped)
55g Toasted walnuts (chopped roughly)
200g White chocolate
40g Red cocoa butter
40ml Vegetable oil
1. Melt the chocolate, temper, add color, temper again, and then add the oil.
2. Fold in raisins and walnuts.
3. Dip the frozen cakes until fully covered.
3. Finish by decorating with Christmas ornaments and marshmallows.
Enjoy this cake and enjoy this season, mamas!
California Raisins are available in leading supermarkets nationwide. Learn more about California Raisins and recipes by visiting http://calraisins.org/ and www.caraisins.com or checking out their official Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/RACASEAN/.
2. Fold in raisins and walnuts.
3. Dip the frozen cakes until fully covered.
3. Finish by decorating with Christmas ornaments and marshmallows.
Enjoy this cake and enjoy this season, mamas!
California Raisins are available in leading supermarkets nationwide. Learn more about California Raisins and recipes by visiting http://calraisins.org/ and www.caraisins.com or checking out their official Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/RACASEAN/.
My Love of raisins too!
ReplyDeletei can finish a whole pack of eating it! Its always on my Grocery List.
My Hubby would always know.. You cannot go out of the grocery store without a Pack of Raisins 😊 sarap talaga e.. Snacking out!
I love to Bake too but without an Oven.. wala po kasi kami oven..
wow! thank you po sa pagshare nito...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this recipe! 😀 I love raisins on pastries!! Hope to try this someday pag kumpleto na ang baking equipments ❤️
ReplyDeleteYummy treat momshie. Ako honestlylove raisins :) kaya lahat ng food na meron nito love ko. Hehe
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the California Raisin Modern Christmas Cake Momsy. Can't wait to try it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the California Raisin recipes..
ReplyDeleteHope to share more tasty and yummy recipes..