Where has Halloween been all my life? It’s officially my favorite holiday. Except it’s not a holiday. Why is that by the way? Why isn’t Halloween a national holiday? Growing up in New Zealand and Australia, Halloween was never really a big deal. I mean we do have parties and candy on sale and etc., but costumes and trick-or-treating were never a big part in that culture. And that happens to be my favorite part! That and all the fun spooky Halloween recipes of course! Mr K is hardly any different and that’s totally why we work. And maybe also why we both got excited by the idea of making a deliciously creepy cake for Halloween. So while this could also work very well for a Valentine’s day celebration, I love that I was able to stay true to my nature, and turn that sentiment into something that worked even better for Halloween! 😀 The result – this glorious Raspberry and White Chocolate Lava Cake, aka The Bleeding Heart! We got to eat a few failed attempts in the making of this, since I kept retesting the recipe till I got consistently delicious results that looked both creepy and great at the same time. While I love making chocolate lava cake, making a white chocolate lava cake proved to be slightly more challenging than I expected. Plus I wanted a really healthy dose of raspberry in there too. So what I realized was that the addition of raspberry puree and white chocolate made it a little harder to get the desired results in the conventional way of making molten lava cake. Instead, you could think of this as a cheat’s version of molten lava cake where I add raspberry ganache in the middle to replicate the “molten lava” or the “bloody insides” of a bleeding heart cake. This way you get consistently good results.
More delicious Valentine’s day recipes
Molten chocolate lava cake Vanilla rose and white chocolate cocktail Chocolate champagne truffles Gold shimmery champagne cocktail Blood orange crepes suzette Chocolate crepes Salted caramel chocolate crepe cake Fudgy chocolate brownies Perfect French toast Butter lobster risotto
How to decorate this white chocolate lava cake
The white chocolate discs you see here are completely optional, but I loved making them. I just tempered white chocolate and colored 3/4 of it with red coloring powder. Next I dolloped this with the rest of the tempered plain white chocolate on acetate paper and spread it out to a thickness of roughly 3-5 mm. Once they were set, I cut out circles with a warmed cookie cutter and piped my decoration and message using regular colored buttercream. And you can pipe whatever message you want on those discs too. And this is the final result. I have to say I was giddy with excitement over this and it turned out to be oh so delicious and decadent! But my most favorite part of course is what you see in that GIF below. Taking it hot out of the oven, and then cutting into it and watching that ooey-gooey “bloody” center just ooze out and spread out over my plate. Oh so bloody satisfying! 😀 The raspberry and white chocolate ganache works perfectly in this recipe when it’s melted like this. It’s got that perfect texture and consistency for a very creepy “bloody” effect! The lava cake has a very healthy dose of raspberry flavor too, and boy that ganache in the middle is just so addictive. Did you ever think a bleeding heart could taste this good? Unless of course, you’re the kind that Halloween’s all about. In that case, dig in. Don’t mind me standing here, smacking my lips, looking at that bloody mess. So much bloooood. So much goooood. Mmmmmm….. If you liked this recipe don’t forget to subscribe for new (and free) recipes and updates by entering your email address below (and get all these recipes delivered straight to your inbox), so you don’t miss out on a thing. You can find me on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST and GOOGLE-PLUS.
