Raspberry Spice Cake
This delicious raspberry and honey layer cake is a delightful treat that combines the sweetness of honey and the tartness of raspberries. Moist and tender layers of cake are filled with a raspberry jam and fresh raspberry mixture, then topped with a creamy butter and soft cheese frosting. Perfect for special occasions or simply when you want to indulge in a scrumptious dessert.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 250g pack butter , softened
- 450g plain flour
- 140g golden caster sugar
- 140g light soft brown sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 4 tbsp honey
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp salt
- 4 tbsp buttermilk
- 200g raspberry jam
- 200g raspberries , plus extra to decorate (optional)
- 200g pack butter , softened
- 200g pack soft cheese
- 200g icing sugar , sifted, plus extra for dusting (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line 3 x 20cm cake tins with baking parchment. Tip all the cake ingredients into a large bowl and beat with an electric whisk until smooth. Divide between tins and bake for 25 mins until a skewer poked in comes out clean. Turn out onto wire racks to cool.
- Split each cake in half. Mash the jam and raspberries together, then spread over 5 cake halves, leaving 1 top half free. Sandwich together, with the plain cake on top. Put on a plate and cling film thoroughly. Invert a cake tin on top like a hat and top with 3 x 400g food cans. Leave overnight.
- To finish, beat the butter, cheese and icing sugar together, then spread over the cake. Decorate with extra raspberries and a dusting of icing sugar, if you like.
Cook Time
25M
Prep Time
PT50M
Yield
Cuts into 12 slices
Nutrition
- Calories: 772 calories
- Fat Content: 45 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 27 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 84 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 58 grams sugar
- Fiber Content: 2 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 8 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 1.2 milligram of sodium
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