Chocolate Raspberry Cake

Photo: Sugar and Snapshots

The richness of the chocolate cake is offset by the sweet tartness of the raspberries. The truffle frosting is inspired and balances out the sweetness of the cake itself. Brace yourself for compliments.

The very talented Sugar and Snapshots brings you this magnificent Chocolate Raspberry Cake.

Chocolate Raspberry Cake

 

Ingredients

For the Chocolate Cake:

• 1 cup water
• 120g cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 40g high quality cocoa powder such as Valrohna
• 50g cake flour
• 300g unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 440g granulated sugar
• 2 eggs, whole
• 2 egg yolks
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 2 tsp vanilla paste/extract

For the Chocolate Truffle Swiss Buttercream Frosting:

• 5 egg whites
• ⅔ c sugar
• 4 sticks unsalted butter, softened
• 8 oz milk chocolate
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder

To finish:

• 2 pints of fresh raspberries
• 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate bar, shaved into curls

Instructions

1. For full recipe go here: Chocolate Raspberry Cake.

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