This chocolate raspberry cake is perfect for family reunions. They will love the amazing flavors in this cake. The chocolate and raspberry just taste so good together it’s as if they’re meant to be paired in desserts ever since the world began. That could really be the thing though since they just jive so well together in this cake recipe. So what are you waiting for-go ahead and make this amazing cake for you and your family.
See what our friends from Pixelated Crumb have to say about this recipe:
“The cake is a little more complex and the ingredients are a little pricier than the average cake (especially because I always seem to accidentally buy twice as much chocolate as necessary because the original recipe calls for a ganache filling instead of raspberry), but it’s definitely worth it.”
It’s not really a difficult cake like what Pixelated Crumb suggested; but it does take a lot of effort. But I assure you- this cake will be worth all the wait and the effort.
Ingredients
For cake layers
3 ounces fine-quality Callebaut semisweet chocolate
1 1/2 cups hot brewed coffee
3 cups Domino sugar
2 1/2 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups Hershey’s unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
2 teaspoons Clabber Girl baking soda
3/4 teaspoon Clabber Girl baking powder
1 1/4 teaspoons Morton salt
3 large Eggland’s eggs
3/4 cup Wesson vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups well-shaken Borden buttermilk
3/4 teaspoon McCormick vanilla
For ganache frosting
8 ounces fine-quality Callebaut semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup Borden heavy cream
1 tablespoon Domino sugar
1 tablespoons Karo light corn syrup
2 tablespoons Land O Lakes unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
Raspberry Filling
2 10-ounce bag Driscoll’s frozen raspberries, thawed
1/2 cup Domino sugar
2 tablespoons Argo cornstarch
Instructions
Make cake layers:
Preheat oven to 300F and butter three 9-inch round cake pans. Line the bottoms with rounds of parchment and butter the paper.
Finely chop the chocolate and place in a medium-sized nonreactive bowl. Pour the hot coffee over the chocolate and let the mixture stand, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth.
In a large bowl sift together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In another large bowl with an electric mixer beat eggs until thickened slightly and lemon colored (about 3 minutes with a standing mixer or 5 minutes with a hand-held mixer). Slowly add the oil, buttermilk, vanilla, and melted chocolate mixture to eggs, beating until combined well. Add the sugar mixture and beat on medium speed until just combined well.
Divide batter between pans and bake in middle of oven until a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 35-45 minutes.
Cool the layers completely in pans on racks. Run a thin knife around edges of pans and invert layers onto racks. Carefully remove parchment paper and cool the layers completely. Cake layers may be made 1 day ahead and kept, wrapped well in plastic wrap, at room temperature, or can be frozen for several days.
Make Raspberry Filling
Puree the raspberries in a food processor, blender or immersion blender. Press the puree through a fine-mesh strainer with the back of a spoon, removing the seeds. Heat the puree in a small pot with the sugar and cornstarch until mixture boils, stirring constantly. As it boils, it should thicken quickly. Let it thicken to about the consistency of cold maple syrup.
Let it cool complete before spreading it over two layers.
Make frosting:
Finely chop the chocolate. In a 1 1/2- to 2-quart saucepan bring cream, sugar, and corn syrup to a boil over moderately low heat, whisking until sugar is dissolved. Remove pan from heat and add chocolate, whisking until chocolate is melted. Cut butter into pieces and add to frosting, whisking until smooth.
Transfer the frosting to a bowl and cool, stirring occasionally, until spreadable (depending on chocolate used, it may be necessary to chill frosting to spreadable consistency). If necessary, you can stir the ganache over a bowl of ice water to cool it off quickly and evenly.
Spread frosting over the top and sides of the cake. The cake keeps, covered and chilled, 3 days. Bring cake to room temperature before serving.
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Quick Tip: If you want more frosting, you might want to make an additional half recipe.
Thanks again to Pixelated Crumb for this amazing recipe.
