Raspberry Dream Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (10 ounce) box frozen raspberries in light syrup, thawed
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box cake mix
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package vanilla instant pudding mix
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan, 10" tube pan or 2 -9" cake pans.
• 3 defrost raspberries and drain, reserving syrup in a measuring cup. add water if necessary to make 1/2 cup.
• 4 reserve 2 tablespoons of the.
• 5 raspberries for the frosting.
• 6 put cake mix, eggs, oil, pudding mix, the 1/2 cup of raspberry syrup,.
• 7 and remaining raspberries in a mixing bowl. beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.
• 8 pour into pan(s) and bake 50-55 minutes for bundt or tube pan, or 25 to 30 minutes for 9" layers, or until cake tester comes out clean.
• 9 let stand 15 minutes before removing from pan.
• 10 cool completely.
• 11 meanwhile, make the frosting, creaming the butter with the confectionary sugar.
• 12 beat in raspberries and almond extract.
• 13 frost cooled cake.