Another month of 2 Sweetie Pies with That Skinny Chick Can Bake means another wonderful dessert! Always a success when you bake from Liz’s blog! Each month we bake up a recipe from each other and keep it a secret until reveal day! Super fun! This snack cake is a true winner. A rich chocolate cake with a layer of jam and like THE BEST frosting. The only thing I added was some cherries on top but they are not necessary. I was just gilding the lily a bit as I tend to do. I can’t wait to use this frosting on other treats as well, it is thattttt good!
Chocolate Raspberry Snack Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1⅔ cups flour
- 1½ cups sugar
- ⅔ cup cocoa powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
- 1½ cups buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
Filling:
- ½ cup raspberry jam
Frosting:
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
- ½ cup milk
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1½ cups sifted powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350º.
- Line 9x13 pan with nonstick foil.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
- Add butter, buttermilk and vanilla and beat for a couple minutes, scraping sides of bowl as needed.
- Add eggs and beat for 2 more minutes, scraping sides of bowl often.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for 25-35 minutes or till center of cake bounces back when pressed with your finger. Cool pan on wire rack.
Frosting
- Mix sugar and cocoa in a saucepan. Add butter, milk and corn syrup and bring to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and place pan in cold water (I filled larger bowl with ice and water).
- When the mixture is cooled, stir in powdered sugar and vanilla. You may thin frosting with a little milk if desired.
- Spread jam filling over top of the cake, then carefully frost with an offset spatula. If cake is not eaten the day it is baked, store in refrigerator.
Liz says
SO yummy with your signature cherries!!! I’ve already gotten a request for the recipe from your dessert lasagna—and my family raved, too! Another delicious month!!! xoxo
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Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Such a fun month!!!