Chocolate Cake with Raspberries - The Cooking Tale

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• Cake
• 1 3/4 cups self-rising flour**
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 cup regular yogurt
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• ** I like to use self-rising flour for my cakes, but it can be substituted with the regular flour:
• 1 3/4 All-Purpose Flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Filling
• 2 tbspn.butter, softened
• 8-ounce package cream cheese, at room temperature - very important
• 1 cup powdered sugar, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 pints fresh raspberries, washed and dried
• Frosting
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3 1/8 cups (375 g) powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract