Recipes
Chocolate Raspberry Cake
60 mins
60 mins
Serves 8
Serves 8
Amazing cake by Sandi Wilson, our super talented graphic designer. We enjoy this great cake regularly in the office and share it with love with our neighbours. The filling & icing and decoration parts are optional. This is the kind of cake that you would love to make again and again.
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Ingredients
Cake
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 Tsp baking powder
- 1 Tsp baking soda
- 1 Tsp salt
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 1 ½ cups plant-based milk
- ½ cup rice bran oil
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- ½ cup raspberries (mashed, frozen, or fresh)
- 2 Tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole raspberries (frozen or fresh)
- ½ cup chocolate chips/pieces
Filling & Icing (optional)
- 2/3 cup non-dairy butter/margarine
- 2 ½ cups icing sugar
- 1 ½ Tbs cocoa powder
- ½ cup raspberries (mashed, frozen, or fresh)
Decorations (optional)
- ¼ cup raspberries
- 1/3 cup melted chocolate
- Chopped almonds
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease 2 20cm cake pans.
- In a large bowl: mix oil, plant milk, sugar, ½ cup mashed raspberries, and vanilla extract, using an electric mixer.
- Sift into a bowl: flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Mix until blended, then fold in 1 cup of whole raspberries.
- Pour into prepared pans and bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Let cool completely on a wire rack.
- Combine icing ingredients (except raspberries) in a bowl and mix with an electric mixer. This is designed to be quite thick and fluffy, but if needed you can add a teaspoon or two of plant milk or water.
- Once cakes are cool turn one cake over onto your cake plate or stand. Spread with ½ cup mashed raspberries, then spread half the icing and place the other cake on top.
- Finally, decorate the top of the cake and this truly is the best part! It’s designed to be messy and delicious. Use a piping bag to pipe the remaining icing in small dollops around the top about 2cm from the edge, going into the centre.
- Add raspberries liberally, then drizzle with melted chocolate. You can be creative here and add chopped nuts, chocolate drops, shredded coconut, or edible flowers 😊
