This Moscow mule cake is my favorite cake I've ever made from scratch. It's so moist and flavorful, and it reminds me of my favorite cocktail. —Becky Hardin, St. Peters, Missouri
Raspberry Moscow Mule Cake Recipe photo by Taste of Home
1 cup alcoholic raspberry ginger beer or nonalcoholic plain ginger beer
2 cups fresh raspberries
SYRUP:
1/2 cup alcoholic raspberry ginger beer or nonalcoholic plain ginger beer
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup lime juice
GLAZE:
1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons lime juice
Directions
Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk cake flour and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with ginger beer, beating well after each addition (mixture may appear curdled).
Gently fold raspberries into batter; pour into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 70-80 minutes. Meanwhile, for syrup, in a small saucepan, bring ginger beer, sugar and lime juice to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes. Cool slightly.
Poke holes in warm cake using a fork or wooden skewer. Slowly spoon syrup over cake. Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack; cool completely. For glaze, in a small bowl, mix confectioners’ sugar and enough lime juice to reach desired consistency; pour over cake. Let stand until set. If desired, top with additional fresh raspberries.
Test Kitchen tip
For testing, we used Crabbie's Raspberry Alcoholic Ginger Beer.
To remove cakes easily, use solid shortening to grease plain and fluted tube pans.
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Beth
Jun 30, 2020
Fabulous cake, was a great hit with all my guests. I couldn't find raspberry ginger beer so I used ginger beer and in the syrup I added about a tsp of sugar free raspberry Jello powder. Added some red color to the cake along with raspberry flavor. The start lime flavor, raspberry and spice of ginger is a great summer combination. This will be a go to recipe for me!
atticus
Apr 15, 2020
Ceege...The cake will rise because of the beer.
Ceege
Mar 19, 2020
I saved this in my cake folder and can't wait to try it. I do have one question. Why is there no baking powder or baking soda in this recipe. What will make the cake rise. It looks beautiful in the picture (and yummy)
Brandon
Dec 17, 2019
Fantastic recipe Becky. Crabbies Raspberry Ginger Beer is the way to go. Made this for holiday party. Big hit!!
Reviews
Fabulous cake, was a great hit with all my guests. I couldn't find raspberry ginger beer so I used ginger beer and in the syrup I added about a tsp of sugar free raspberry Jello powder. Added some red color to the cake along with raspberry flavor. The start lime flavor, raspberry and spice of ginger is a great summer combination. This will be a go to recipe for me!
Ceege...The cake will rise because of the beer.
I saved this in my cake folder and can't wait to try it. I do have one question. Why is there no baking powder or baking soda in this recipe. What will make the cake rise. It looks beautiful in the picture (and yummy)
Fantastic recipe Becky. Crabbies Raspberry Ginger Beer is the way to go. Made this for holiday party. Big hit!!