Chocolate Raspberry Tunnel Cake |
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Prep Time: 50 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 95 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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Slice into this moist cake and get ready for a wonderful surprise. The fluffy raspberry filling in the âtunnelâ gives this chocolate cake its tasty twist. Ingredients:
2/3 cup butter, softened |
1-2/3 cups sugar |
3 eggs |
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
2 cups king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour |
2/3 cup baking cocoa |
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder |
1/4 teaspoon baking soda |
1-1/3 cups 2% milk |
filling: |
2 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened |
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk |
1/3 cup lemon juice |
1/2 teaspoon almond extract |
2 to 4 drops red food coloring, optional |
1 carton (12 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided |
1 cup fresh raspberries |
toasted sliced almonds and additional fresh raspberries, optional |
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition.
2. Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
3. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Cut a 1-in. slice off top of cake; set aside. Hollow out the bottom portion of cake, leaving a 1-in. shell. Cube the removed cake to measure 1 cup; set aside. (Save remaining cake for another use.)
4. Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in milk, lemon juice, extract and food coloring if desired. Fold in 1 cup whipped topping. Fold berries and reserved cake cubes into mixture. Fill tunnel with cake cube mixture; replace top.
5. Spoon cake cube mixture over top of cake to within 1 in. of edge and into center hole of cake. Frost top edge and sides of cake with remaining whipped topping. Sprinkle with almonds and additional raspberries if desired. Chill. Yield: 12 servings.
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