Re: Raspberry Chocolate Cake
ok, made it. ate it, and it's not bad! =D It's not deep and chocolatey, and it's probably because i didn't add enough chocolate. but it still kinda works for me.
Totally used CB's recipe for a basic chocolate cake, but with some difference. With your perimission CB:
I doubled the recipe, with a few exceptions. basically i wanted to use 1 cup of flour:
Using an electric mixer blend :
4 tablespoons of butter, 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil, and 6 tablespoons of sugar. Beat until fluffy, and pale yellow/almost white. Add in 4 eggs. Blend again. Then add about half a cup of melted baking chocolate. Blend again until chocolate is well blended. Finally add another tablespoon of oil.
In a separate bowl, mix in 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 2 and a half tsp of baking powder, and half a teaspoon of salt. Mix, and then pour in the liquid ingredients. Blend until it's a smooth mixture.
Bake in oven pre-heated at 350 degrees. bake until stick pokes through comes out clean.
Cool, and then cut cake into two halves. Spread raspberry jam (about a cup) onto the bottom half, and replace the top half. Spread frosting on top, and decorate with fresh raspberries.
I used store bought buttercream frosting, and since i didn't have any chocolate frosting, i ended up putting some melted chocolate into it, and mixing it well. it actually turned out excellent when cooled. all crackly and yummy.