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Cream Cheese & Raspberry Swirl Cake

Cream Cheesecake swirled with freshly made raspberry sauce, ideal dessert for any dinner parties or picnics.
Course Cake
Cuisine Global
Keyword Cake, Cream Cheese, Raspberry
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 5
Author Shanaz Rafiq

Ingredients

For the cake batter:

  • 1 ¾ cup plain flour
  • ¾ cup 170 gms unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 100 grams cream cheese or 8 cheese triangles
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup milk
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp grated lemon rind
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

For the raspberry sauce:

  • 170 grams raspberry
  • 2 tbsp sugar

Instructions

To prepare the raspberry sauce:

  • Combine raspberries and sugar and cook over medium-low heat for about 2-3 minutes. Slightly mash few berries with the spoon while it is cooking. Remove from heat, cool and set aside.

To prepare the cake batter:

  • Grease an 8 by 8-inch baking dish with butter. Preheat oven to 180 degree C.
  • Sift plain flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl.
  • Beat butter, cream cheese and sugar for 2 minutes with a cake beater till it looks light and fluffy.
  • Add in eggs one at a time, along with lemon rind and lemon juice and beat until well combined.
  • Add flour and milk and mix well with help of a ladle to get a smooth batter.
  • Pour half of the batter into the baking dish and top it with half of the raspberry sauce. With help of a knife or toothpick, swirl the sauce over the batter.
  • Repeat the previous step with the remaining half of the batter and raspberry sauce.
  • Bake for 35 minutes or until the cake is fully done. You can check the cake by inserting a knife into the center of the cake if it comes out clean – it is fully baked. If it comes out with a little batter, then bake for another 5 or 10 minutes and check again.
  • Let the cake cool down completely before removing from the baking dish.
  • Cut into pieces and serve.