Bloody Mess Cake - twimii

Ingredients

• 150g unsalted butter
• 200g golden syrup
• 200g black treacle or crude black strap molasses
• 125g dark muscovado sugar
• 1 tbsp ground ginger
• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
• 75g 70% dark chocolate, chopped into pieces
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (bread soda), dissolved in 2 x 15ml tablespoons warm water
• 150ml hot water
• 6 liquorice & cinnamon herbal teabags
• 25 blackjacks (or 10 - 15 aniseed balls)
• 3 tbsp natural yoghurt
• 2 eggs, beaten to mix
• 250g plain flour
• 1 small bottle of natural black food colouring (optional - unfortunately I'd run out by the time I made the last cake, it works well)
• 500g raspberries (fresh or frozen)
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 250g icing sugar
• 227g unsalted butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract