INGREDIENTS
Ingredients for Vanilla Bean Cake:
12 tbsp
unsalted butter, room temperature
4
large egg whites, room temperature
1
whole large egg, room temperature
1 cup
whole milk, room temperature
2 tsp
good quality vanilla extract
1
vanilla bean, split lengthwise
3 cups
cake flour, sifted
2 cups
superfine sugar
1 tbsp
+ 1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp
sea salt
1 cup
boiling water
2 tsp
baking soda
2 tsp
white vinegar
Ingredients for Filling:
1 12 ounce can
Solo Raspberry Filling
3 1/2 tsp
Chambord liquor
Ingredients for Frosting:
1 cup
unsalted butter, softened
3 cups
confectioners' sugar
1 tsp
good quality vanilla extract
8 oz
good quality white chocolate, chopped, melted and cooled (Ghirardelli bars are recommended, do not use chocolate chips or candy melts because the wax coating will affect the frosting texture)
4 tbsp
heavy whipping cream
1/4
to ½ tsp sea salt *optional
2 1/2 cups
sweetened, flaked coconut (for topping the cake)