For my husband’s birthday I wanted to make him a cake from scratch.  No mix this time. I wanted to try something a little more challenging.  So I told him he could pick any type of cake he wanted.  His guidelines: chocolate and raspberry.  Sounded easy enough and I found this wonderful recipe from one of my favorite blogs, Sugar Plum, that sounded delicious.

As I said before, I have never made a cake from scratch.  I’ve always relied on cake mixes.  What a mistake that was! For all those years, I’ve been missing out on the fun of making a cake.  The cake was so easy to make and it turned out perfect.  Plus I know what I put in it, instead of random ingredients and preservatives that are thrown in the store bought mixes.

We celebrated my husband’s birthday last Saturday, complete with candles and some singing!  The cake was so good, super chocolaty and very rich!  But it was so worth it!

2 Responses to “Chocolate Raspberry Cake”

1. John Gag says:

   February 15, 2010 at 6:01 pm

   Looks AWESOME!!
2. John Gag says:

   February 17, 2010 at 9:54 pm

   I got to taste, it was great! Lots of chocolate and some great filling.