Chocolate cake with Raspberry Cream Posted July 8th, 2012 by Lottie & filed under Cakes. Rain, rain, go away, come again another day! I would really quite like our summer back, as much as I like winter I don’t want it all year round. I have exams coming up but as long as the sun arrives for when my exams finish I will be very happy! Please sun, put your hat on! One of the great things I love about summer are the summer BBQs, just a hint of sun is an excuse to get the BBQ out. And what is a BBQ without dessert to finish it off? My Amdram group managed to choose a day with a bit of sun in this rainy summer for their BBQ, which was a fantastic success. This is the cake I made for that BBQ. I made it at the same time as I made my brother’s Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake, so to make life simple I used the same basic cake for both cakes, a lovely moist chocolate cake. To make it summery I used fresh raspberry cream to coat it and decorated it with some fresh raspberries too. Sadly I had to leave the party before dessert so I don’t have any photos of the cake once it is cut, you will have to imagine it! A great cake if if you are a chocolate lover but want something summery too! This cake has 2 layers, I made the chocolate cake in two 8 inch round tins. The recipe is exactly the same as this one here for my Chocolate Fudge Cake. The cakes come out with a nice flat top too, so they are easy to work with and to stack. The cake is filled with raspberry cream and chocolate ganache. Again you can see how to make the ganache here but this cake only uses a little so if you are only using the ganache for this cake use 50g dark chocolate and 50 ml double cream. As long as you use equal amounts of each, you can make as much or as little as you want. To make the raspberry cream: 300ml whipping cream 100g icing sugar 150g raspberries Put the cream and icing sugar in a bowl and whisk until firm. Add the raspberries to the cream and whisk quickly until the raspberries are combined but so that there are still pieces of raspberries in the cream and the cream is just a pale pink colour. Spread the raspberry cream on one cake and chocolate ganache on the other cake. Sandwich the 2 together and tidy up the edges if any leaks out. Now use the rest of the raspberry cream to cover the whole cake. Finish with some raspberries and decorate with some piped chocolate ganache. Put in the fridge until you serve the cake. Lottie xx Please leave a comment below and follow me on Twitter @lotts_louise! Thanks! I am entering this into Tea Time Treats hosted by Lavender and Lovage and What Kate Baked. The theme this month is Summer Fairs and Cake Stalls, I think this would work for either! I am also entering this into Simple and in Season hosted by Homemade by Fleur and Ren at Fabulicious Food. Tags: bbq, cake, chocolate, cream, Ganache, raspberry, Simple and in Season, Tea Time Treats
Camilla @Fabfood4all July 8, 2012 at 6:29 pm Look and sound fab, would love to have had a peek inside. I’ll just have to make it now I suppose! Reply
Lottie July 11, 2012 at 1:50 pm I know, I think I may have to make another one just so I can see inside too! Reply
Natalie July 8, 2012 at 6:31 pm This sounds really delicious, great way of making chocolate into a summery cake! Love the presentation too, very pretty! Reply
Vanesther July 8, 2012 at 6:35 pm This cake looks divine – chocolate and raspberry is just such a wonderful combination. I wish the cakes at our summer fair looked like this! Reply
Lottie July 11, 2012 at 1:49 pm Thank you. I bet you have some lovely cakes at your summer fair though! Reply
bakingaddict July 8, 2012 at 6:48 pm wow this looks amazing! Love how you’ve decorated the cake. Chocolate and raspberries are such a classic combination Reply
Karen July 8, 2012 at 6:49 pm ABSOLUTELY great entry for the Cake Stall and Tea Time Treats! SUCH a pretty cake and the combo of chocolate and raspberries is one of my favourites! LOVE it thanks! Karen Reply
Keri July 8, 2012 at 6:56 pm That looks beautiful, will definitely be giving this a go sometime soon (and hoping that it turns out somewhere near as good!) Reply
Homemade By Fleur July 8, 2012 at 8:36 pm Raspberries and chocolate are such a great combination and in a cake they are simply divine. I love the way you made the raspberry cream and in addition used raspberries to decorate as well. I would love a slice of this. Fab entry for Simple and in Season too. Reply
Cupcake Crazy Gem July 8, 2012 at 8:55 pm Chocolate and raspberry is one of my fave flavour combos! I love the look of your raspberry cream, yummy! so lucky your BBQ fell on one of those very rare sunny days!! Reply
Maggie July 13, 2012 at 6:01 pm The cake looks lovely, the chocolate drizzle finishes the cake superbly too. Reply
Rachel July 20, 2012 at 5:23 pm Your cake looks delicious – a cake like that definitely would make me feel better about this awful summer! Reply
