Name: Raspberry and chocolate cake stack
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 225 g butter; 375 ml castor sugar; 4 eggs; 310 ml self-raising flour; 80 ml cocoa powder; 2 ml Baking powder; 500 g cream cheese; 125 ml icing sugar; 80 ml jam raspberry; raspberries; fresh mint to garnish

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Ingredients (11)

225 g	butter
375 ml	castor sugar
4	eggs
310 ml	self-raising flour
80 ml	cocoa powder
2 ml	Baking powder

ICING

500 g	cream cheese
125 ml	icing sugar
80 ml	jam — raspberry
	raspberries
	fresh mint — to garnish

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Method:

1.Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Grease 2 loose-bottom cake tins (20 cm each).

2.Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one by one, beating well after each addition.

3.Sift in the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Fold into the batter until well combined.

4.Divide the batter between the cake tins and spread out evenly.

5.Bake for 25 minutes or until the cakes are nicely risen and begin to shrink away from the sides of the pans. Remove and allow to cool.

6.When cool, halve each cake horizontally, using a serrated knife.

7.Icing: Beat the cream cheese, icing sugar and jam until well blended. Add half the raspberries and fold in.

8.Spread a layer of cake with icing and top with another layer of cake and icing. Repeat until all the cake and icing have been used. Garnish with the remaining raspberries and sprigs of mint.