Raspberry Cake (Hey It's My Birthday...)

Raspberry Cake, this is such a basic and wonderful recipe with the freshness of raspberry. As its my birthday today..so cake is a must. This is very playful recipe ...can be mold to any of your ideas. This is just my version of making raspberry cake. I made this cake on my father's birthday...just to celebrate the occasion i am posting this today..I just hope to have your wishes today to make my day...

Ingredients:

1 ¼ cup of All Purpose Flour/ Maida

1 Cup Sugar

½ Cup Butter

2 Eggs

1 tsp of Vanilla

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/3 Cup Sour Cream

¼ tsp of Salt

Frosting

1 Cup Whipped Cream

4 tbsp Raspberry Jam
1 lb Fresh Raspberries

Process:

**Tools Used: Hand Mixer, Spatula, Whisk, Bowl, CakePan.

1) Preheat your oven to 350F. Grease two round pan with butter and line the bottom with butter paper.

2) In a bowl sieve the flour, Baking Powder, Salt and set aside.

3) In another bowl cream together the Butter and sugar until the mixture gets fluffy ,then add eggs one at a time and beat till the mixture gets lite and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and Sour Cream and mix well.

4) Add flour mixture into wet batter slowly.

5) Divide the batter into both round tins. Bake for 25-30 mins.

6) After cake baked, let that cool for at least an hour.

7) Place one layer of cake and spread raspberry jam over the top evenly. Now cover with whipped cream. Add whipped cream and top that with fresh raspberries. Then place another layer of cake over the top.

8) Decorate with the sprinkle of powdered sugar and a fresh raspberry...Enjoy!

Tips:

1) Don't over mix the batter.

2) Avoid Salt if using Salted Butter.

3) Sour Cream can be replaced with Curd.

4) All the ingredients should be at room temperature.

5) Recipe for Raspberry jam and Whipped cream are there on my blog.