Work can affect home and home can affect work. If you start to neglect your family and spend more time at work (which is easy to do since it’s in your home) your family might start to resent your business. It’s important to manage your time well and know when to work it hard and when to step back to be with your family.
I enjoy showing appreciation to my family by baking goodies. Today I’d like to share one of my favorite recipes …
Chocolate Raspberry Cake!
This chocolate raspberry cake recipe tastes like you spent hours on it but it’s so simple because it starts with a cake mix. The combination of chocolate and raspberries is a marriage made in heaven and this chocolate cake is a terrific way to enjoy it!
Ingredients:
- 1 devil’s food cake mix
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Raspberry Glaze:
- 1/3 cup seedless raspberry jelly
- 2 Tbsp. water
Chocolate Ganache:
- 2 Tbsp. heavy cream
- 8 oz. semisweet chocolate chips
- Fresh raspberries for garnish
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a tube pan or bundt pan.
- With an electric mixer, beat cake mix, eggs, sour cream, water, buttermilk and oil together until smooth.
- Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 42-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.Cool completely.
- Heat raspberry jelly and water in the microwave for 30-90 seconds until smooth. With a pastry brush, brush raspberry glaze over cooled cake. Let cool 1 hour.
- Heat cream in a small saucepan over low heat until just scalded. Whisk in chocolate chips. Continue to cook, whisking, until thickened. Pour over cake.
- Garnish with raspberries, if desired.
Enjoy!
Do you have a favorite recipe you’d like to share? I’d love to read your thoughts and comments below!
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Jill Shea is a Regional Manager and Business Coach in the direct sales industry. She has been a successful work-at-home mom for over ten years. For more information head on over to About Jill
looks delicious. I will definitely give it a try.
It’s delicious Brenda, enjoy!
Hi Jill:
This year my husband and I are trying to be healthier by working out and eating better. So, I bought Alicia Silverstone’s book: The Kind Diet and tried one of her favorite recipies. I made her Oatmeal, Walnut and Dried Plum Cookies (although I substituted the Dried Plums for Dried Craisins which are awesome). These are probably the best-tasting cookies I’ve ever had! The best part is that they are much healthier than any other cookies out there and they only take about 10 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to bake. 🙂
Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients:
1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/3 cup maple sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/3 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup safflower oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon molasses
1/4 cup chopped dried plums (or other dried fruit)
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Combine the oats, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the syrup, oil, vanilla extract, and molasses. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir to combine. Fold in the dried plums and nuts.
Using your hands, roll tablespoon-size scoops of dough into balls. Place the balls onto the prepared baking sheet, and press down slightly on the balls to flatten the tops. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer cookies to a baking rack to cool completely.
Enjoy! 🙂
Sweet, thanks so much for sharing Sofy. I can’t wait to try this cookie recipe!
Hugs,
Jill