Raspberry ripple cake

Raspberry ripple cake

Rainy day? Get the kids in the kitchen and have some fun making this fruity, fun cake

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 10

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Method

  1. Grease a 23cm-deep, loose-bottomed cake tin and cut out a circle of baking parchment to fit into the bottom. Cut a thick strip of parchment to fit around the side of the tin. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Put the sugar and butter into a large mixing bowl. Using an electric whisk (or wooden spoon if you've got more time and energy), beat them together until creamy and soft. Crack in the eggs, one by one, giving a good beat after each addition. Stir in the vanilla extract, then the flour and baking powder, then stir through the milk to loosen the mixture. Carefully stir in half the raspberries, making sure you don't mix too vigorously or they will fall apart.
  2. Cook the cake for 25-30 mins until just about cooked through. Then, carefully take it out of the oven. Scatter the marshmallows all over the cake, trying to leave a 2cm border round the edge of the tin as the marshmallows will expand when cooking, then tuck raspberries into any gaps. Return to the oven for another 10 mins until the cake has fully cooked through and the marshmallows are lightly browned and gooey. Leave for 5 mins, then ease out of the tin, cut up and eat.

Per serving

386 kcalories, protein 6g, carbohydrate 50g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 1g, sugar 32g, salt 0.75 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2007.

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  • 10 January 2008

    DottyT commented on this recipe

    Have made this cake a few times and it's been a huge success with the family. The recipe has been passed around the family and they all think it's fab !

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  • 29 January 2008

    Rhian rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for work several times and they loved it. Is also nice with fresh cream. Also nice just as a cake without the marshmallows on top if someone doesn't like marshmallows. It is so easy to make too.

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  • 31 March 2008

    sneauxdrop rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    'Top rated cake ever' according to my son. I had to halve the recipe since there was only 120g raspberries left by the time I came to make it, so I used a 16cm tin, halved the recipe and it came out fine. I thought it was good but the rest of the family loved it.

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  • 21 April 2008

    jessknits commented on this recipe

    Delicious cake. Think I melted the marshmallows a little too much because it ended up like a soaked or drizzle cake, but lovely nevertheless.

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    14 May 2008

    Ali rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Everytime I make this it never cooks through properly in the middle. Am I doing something wrong? Otherwise it's a lovely idea for a cake.

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  • 23 May 2008

    Bowerbird rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This cake was so easy to make, it looks impressive and the marshmallow crisps nicely and tastes delicious when caramelised and cooled. No-one could place that it was actually marshmallow on the top. I used a 21cm round tin and make cupcakes with the excess, 1 marshmallow and 1 raspberry on the top of each. The middle of this cake looked a touch uncooked, but still tasted fine, perhaps it just can't fully bake through in the time suggested?

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  • 22 August 2008

    zmora commented on this recipe

    This cake is very, very tasty and easy to make. I used raspberries and blueberries, that is why the cake becom a bit ,,wet'' but it was all eaten during a couple of hours. Delicious!!

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  • 01 February 2009

    Melanie Day commented on this recipe

    I made this cake and kept it in the oven for a good ten minutes longer after reading everyones "wet cake" comments. My cake was moist but not wet, I used frozen raspberries that were partially thawed. The marshmellow topping was nice - I didnt eat the cake straight away as it was for someone else - but we ate it the following day and it was nice but I think fresh from the oven would have been even better.

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  • 16 May 2010

    samjlynch rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this cake with gluten free self raising flour for a friend with an intolerance. You couldn't tell! Added some blackberries too as my raspberry punnet wasn't quite enough. A lovely cake... Next time I think I'll try it as soon as it's turned out of the tin... The thought of the gooey marshmallows still warm ... Hmmm!

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  • 16 May 2010

    samjlynch commented on this recipe

    Made this cake with gluten free self raising flour for a friend with an intolerance. You couldn't tell! Added some blackberries too as my raspberry punnet wasn't quite enough. A lovely cake... Next time I think I'll try it as soon as it's turned out of the tin... The thought of the gooey marshmallows still warm ... Hmmm!

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  • 23 June 2010

    foxycook71 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Excellent cake came out really well which as far as my children are concerned contains the 2 best ingredients marshmellow & raspberry you could ever have and they thought they combined really well and made an amazing cake and believe me they have been guinea pigs to my cakes over the years to realise a good one from the bad, my husband and i enjoyed it too

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  • 30 July 2011

    helsbelsjoe rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Super cake, easy to make and delicious - didn't last long in our house!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 10

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

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386 kcalories, protein 6g, carbohydrate 50g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 1g, sugar 32g, salt 0.75 g

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