Easy Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Frosting

Here's an easy way to get a cake in your belly!  You start by "fancying up" a boxed cake mix and then make an incredibly easy buttercream frosting.  

Easy Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Frosting

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 box chocolate cake mix
• 1/2 cup butter, melted*
• 1/2 cup milk*
• 5 eggs*

• Frosting

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 10 oz. pureed raspberries (fresh or frozen, thawed if frozen)
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp. salt

Serves: 10-14
Cook Time: 20 minutes

​*These amounts may change; follow the directions on your cake mix box, but in exact amounts replace melted butter for oil, milk for water, and add 1 or 2 eggs.  Bake  according to package directions.


Beat butter and shortening in an stand mixer with the paddle attachment until softened, about 2 minutes; beat in corn syrup.  Sift, or whisk, together powdered sugar, cocoa, espresso powder, and salt.  Stir together milk and vanilla.  Add powdered sugar mixture to butter alternately with vanilla mixture, beginning and ending with powdered sugar mixture; beat on low so the powdered sugar stays in the bowl.