Ingredients for Cream Cheese topping:
1 8 oz. package cream cheese (room temperature)
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg (I didn't have another egg, so I used 1/4 cup of yogurt...a great substitution for an egg.
Instructions:
- Beat all ingredients together and place mixture in a cake decorating piping bag (You can purchase these bags at Walmart or use a plastic freezer bag. (Make sure you seal the top and when ready to use, just cut off one corner of the bag and pipe onto the cake batter).
- Set aside until your cake mixture is made.
- Also fill another cake decorating piping bag, or plastic freezer bag with raspberry filling and seal the top until ready to use.
Ingredients for Sugar Crunch Topping:
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. brown sugar
2-3 T. flour
3 T. very cold butter
Instructions:
- Mix the sugar, brown sugar, and flour in a small bowl.
- Cut in the butter until you can squeeze it and it stays together.
- Place in refrigerator until needed.
Ingredients for Cake:
1 yellow or white cake mix
1 sm. pkg. vanilla instant pudding
3/4 cup oil
3/4 cup water
4 eggs (1 at a time, mixing between each egg addition)
- Add ingredients in the order they are written and then beat for 8 minutes. (Yes, 8 minutes)
Then add:
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. butter flavored extract (I used almond) I like the taste better
- Then beat for 3 more minutes (Yes, 3 more minutes)
Instructions for Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Grease and flour a springform pan and set aside until your cake mixture is done.
- Pour the cake mixture into the springform pan. If using a small springform pan only fill to half. Use the remaining batter for cupcakes.
- Take piping bag of cream cheese and start making a spiral all away around the cake. Then take the piping bag filled with raspberry filling and make another spiral around the cream cheese mixture.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Note: After 10 minutes of baking pull cake out of oven and sprinkle with the sugar mixture from the refrigerator on top of cake and finish baking.
- If the top is browning too fast, lay a piece of aluminum foil on top. This cake is dense and needs more time in the oven rather than less.
