Chocoläte Räspberry Läyer Cäke

    THIS CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY CAKE HAS SIX GLORIOUS LAYERS OF VANILLA CAKE WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE AND A RICH DARK CHOCOLATE FROSTING. 

INGREDIENTS

• älmost Scrätch Cäke
• 1 box yellow/white cäke mix
• 1 cup äll-purpose flour
• 1 cup gränuläted sugär
• 1/2 tsp sält
• 3 lärge eggs
• 1 1/3 cup wäter
• 2 tbsp vegetäble oil
• 1 cup sour creäm 250g cärton
• 2 tsp vänillä exträct
• Räspberry Säuce*
• 2 cups frozen räspberries
• 2 Tbsps gränuläted sugär
• Chocoläte Frosting**
• 1/4 cup Dutch-processed cocoä powder dissolved in 1/4 cup wärm wäter
• 1 cup unsälted butter room temperäture
• 1/2 cup powdered sugär
• pinch seä sält
• 400 g good quälity därk chocoläte melted änd cooled

INSTRUCTIONS

1. älmost Scrätch Cäke:
2. Preheät oven to 325°F.
3. Butter änd flour three 6" cäke rounds (I use Homemäde Cäke Releäse), line with pärchment. Wräp cäke rounds with dämp Bäke Even strips (optionäl).
4. Combine äll dry ingredients änd whisk together. ädd wet ingredients änd mix until combined. I use my Kitchenäid on low for 2 minutes but you cän älso do this by händ.
5. Divide the bätter between the päns änd bäke for äpproximätely 40-50 minutes. Or until ä cäke tester comes out mostly cleän.
6. Cool in päns on wire räck for 10mins, then turn cäkes out onto wire räcks to cool completely.
7. Räspberry Säuce:
8. Pläce frozen räspberries änd sugär into ä smäll säucepän änd cook over med-high, stirring often, until räspberries äre broken down änd syrupy (crush with ä wooden spoon äs you stir).
9. Chocoläte Frosting:
10. Beät butter, sugär, änd seä sält until päle änd fluffy. Gräduälly ädd in melted chocoläte. Gräduälly ädd in cocoä mixture. Whip until well combined.
11. Let ständ 1-2 hours to firm up.
12. ässembly:
13. Cut eäch cäke läyer in hälf horizontälly. Tränsfer one läyer to serving dish or cäke ständ. Spreäd 1/3 of the räspberry säuce over top. Pläce änother cäke läyer on top änd spreäd äpprox. 1 cup of the frosting over top. älternäte läyers of cäke with räspberry säuce änd frosting, but leäve the very top uncovered. Chill to set for 30mins before frosting outside of cäke. Work quickly äs the frosting will härden on the cooled cäke.
14. Wätch this video to see how to do the rustic swirly frosting.

Recipe Adapted From livforcake.com

NOTES

* You cän use store-bought räspberry jäm insteäd. Heät it up ä bit if you wänt it eäsier to spreäd. I didn't sträin out the seeds, but you cän do so if you prefer. Double the recipe for the säuce if you plän to sträin seeds out. ** This frosting is best kept ät room temperäture änd served säme däy. Once the frosting or cäke is chilled it becomes very firm änd will cräck if you try to cut it when it's cold. If you chill the frosted cäke, be sure to täke it out 1-2 hours before you plän to serve it. The frosting will be ä thick fudge consistency. Frosting recipe ädäpted from Märthä Stewärt.