Raspberry Chocolate Cookie Stack Cakes

I gauge yous tin nation this is non a meatless-Monday meal!  We’ve been pretty proficient this week, eating lots of fruits in addition to vegetables but similar a shot it’s fourth dimension for a exceptional Valentine’s Day dessert.  If you’re planning a romantic repast for that somebody exceptional inwards your life – possibly you’d similar to endeavour this recipe.  This is roughly other actually cool dessert that transforms afterward the layers are assembled.  In fact these cookie stack cakes must live made 24 hours ahead of fourth dimension inwards guild for the cookies to soften into amazing sparse layers of cake.  The whipped cream adds wet to the cut-out cookies in addition to they move fork tender.  The stack cakes are non overly sugariness in addition to inwards fact convey a zing of tartness from the fresh raspberries.

 

Process fresh raspberries inwards a nutrient processor in addition to then strain the mixture through a fine network sieve removing the seeds.  You tin assist this procedure along yesteryear pressing on the pulp amongst the dorsum of a spoon forcing the puree through the sieve.  Refrigerate the puree until needed.

 

 

This is a uncomplicated chocolate cookie dough made amongst cocoa in addition to a piddling reddish nutrient color for effect.  They are non reddish velvet cookies which would require buttermilk in addition to baking soda or vinegar.  When rolling out the dough dust the operate expanse amongst a mixture of cocoa in addition to flour.  This helps move along the white flour from discoloring your cookies.

 

 

Bake for 8-10 minutes in addition to then cool completely on a wire rack.  Once the cookies are room temperature, stack them upward in addition to position them inwards the fridge until you’re ready to get together the stack cakes.

 

 

Place a cookie on the bottom in addition to move yesteryear amongst a heaping teaspoon of whipped cream swirled amongst the raspberry puree.  Repeat amongst roughly other cookie in addition to to a greater extent than whipped cream until yous convey a stack of 5 cookies.

 

 

You tin add together the raspberry puree to the whipped cream in addition to flexure it all together for a lovely pinkish whipped cream.  Or drizzle the puree on move yesteryear of the sweetened cream in addition to swirl for the marbled effect.

 

 

Refrigerate the fully assembled stack cakes for 24 hours earlier serving.  To freshen add together a dollop of whipped cream in addition to a whirl of raspberry puree simply earlier serving.

 

 

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Raspberry & Chocolate Cookie Stack Cakes

Prep Time

1 hr

Cook Time

8 mins

Total Time

1 hr 8 mins

 

Chocolate cut-out cookies are layered betwixt dollops of sweetened whipped cream swirled amongst raspberry puree in addition to then refrigerated for 24 hours. The cookies move soft in addition to "cake-like" in addition to gustatory modality amazing!

Course:

Dessert

Servings: 6 stack cakes

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

For the cookies:

• 
  1
  cup
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  1/2
  cup
  unsalted butter,
  room temperature
  


• 
  3/4
  teaspoon
  salt
  


• 
  1/2
  teaspoon
  baking powder
  


• 
  1
  large egg
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  pure vanilla extract
  


• 
  1 2/3
  cups
  unbleached all-purpose flour
  


• 
  1/3
  cup
  natural unsweetened cocoa
  


• 
  1/2 to 1
  teaspoon
  red gel nutrient color,
  optional
  

For the filling:

• 
  1
  cup
  fresh raspberries,
  plus to a greater extent than for garnish is desired
  


• 
  2
  tablespoons
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  1
  cup
  heavy whipping cream
  


• 
  3
  tablespoons
  powdered sugar
  


• 
  1/2
  teaspoon
  pure vanilla extract
  

Instructions

To laid the cookie dough:

1. 
   
   Prepare 2 pieces of parchment newspaper to jibe your baking sheet.
   
   


2. 
   
   In the bowl of a stand upward mixer combine the sugar, butter, tabular array salt in addition to baking powder. Blend until fluffy, nigh 2 minutes
   
   


3. 
   
   Add the egg in addition to vanilla in addition to mix on medium until blended.
   
   


4. 
   
   Add the flour in addition to cocoa in addition to mix on depression until the dry out ingredients are incorporated.
   
   


5. 
   
   Add the nutrient color, if using, in addition to trounce on medium until all ingredients are blended.
   
   


6. 
   
   Wrap the dough inwards plastic twine in addition to refrigerate for thirty minutes.
   
   


7. 
   
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
   
   


8. 
   
   Lightly dust a slice of parchment newspaper amongst a mixture of cocoa pulverization in addition to flour. Roll out one-half the dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into pump shaped cookies using a 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter.
   
   


9. 
   
   Bake for 8-10 minutes taking tending non to burn. If yous tin aroma chocolate, they are done. Allow the cookies to cool on a wire rack in addition to then refrigerate until ready to get together the stack cakes.
   
   


10. 
    
    (May live made 1 24-hour interval ahead)
    
    

To laid the filling:

1. 
   
   Process the raspberries inwards a nutrient processor until smooth. Strain into a pocket-size bowl using a fine sieve pressing the pulp through the network using the dorsum of a spoon. Discard the raspberry seeds. Stir inwards 2 tablespoons granulated saccharide (more or less to taste) in addition to refrigerate until needed.
   
   


2. 
   
   In the bowl of a stand upward mixer fitted amongst the whisk attachment, blend the confectioners' sugar, whipping cream in addition to vanilla until soft peaks form. Drizzle amongst nigh 3/4 of the raspberry puree in addition to flexure to utilization swirls.
   
   


3. 
   
   To get together the stack cakes house 1 heaping teaspoon of the whipped cream on move yesteryear of 1 cookie. Add roughly other cookie on move yesteryear in addition to press slightly to compress the shipped cream to nigh 1/4" thick. Repeat amongst iv to a greater extent than cookies. Top each stack amongst a large dollop of the whipped cream in addition to drizzle amongst the remaining raspberry puree. Swirl decoratively. This recipe volition brand thirty cookies, plenty for half-dozen stack cakes. When assembled refrigerate the cookie stack cakes for 24 hours earlier serving.
   
   


4. 
   
   Raspberry whipped cream adapted from Martha Stewart
   
   

We had the pleasance of attention our grandson’s third birthday political party this yesteryear weekend.  There were a bunch of kids in addition to the menage was total of immature parents amongst babies in addition to toddlers.  The political party was a “Paw Patrol” themed event, 1 of Isaac’s favorite shows.  I made Rice Krispy treats shaped similar domestic dog bones in addition to a pasta salad amongst star cut-outs made of cheese.  My miss did a dandy undertaking in addition to decorated the cake similar a Paw Patrol Shield.  Such fun – the kids are all adorable.  Wild … but adorable.

 

 

Isaac checking out 1 of his many gifts – amongst our miss Allie.  He is a Thomas fan!

Hope yous all had a proficient weekend.  We likewise enjoyed 67 bird conditions on Sunday.  What a gorgeous 24-hour interval it was but I’m afraid the wintertime conditions in addition to mutual frigidity temperatures are coming dorsum 1 time to a greater extent than this week.  I’m ready for saltation – how nigh you?

Are yous baking for Valentine’s day?  Do yous convey a favorite recipe?  Feel gratis to shipping service links inwards the comments in addition to thank yous thence much for stopping by!

Tricia

Source: savingdessert.com