Raspberry Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

Cake

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1 cup Chaucer's Raspberry Wine
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Icing

• 1 cup butter
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 3 tablespoons raspberry wine
• 1 pound confectioners’ sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

Cake

1. Combine flour, sugar and buttermilk in mixing bowl.
2. Melt butter; add cocoa and raspberry wine and beat to boiling point. Cool.
3. Pour over flour mixture, add egg, baking soda and vanilla extract. Mix.
4. Pour into well-greased 13 x 9 inch pan.
5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes or until done. Remove and cool.

Icing

1. Mix together butter, cream cheese and wine. Mix until smooth.
2. Add confectioners’ sugar and vanilla extract and slowly mix in. Put atop the Raspberry Chocolate Cake.

Attribution

Bargetto Winery