By: Jill Mills Updated: Nov 22, 2020

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If you enjoy cake, you will absolutely fall in love with this recipe because of course cake is one of the best desserts on this planet. This Raspberry Zinger Cake is a flavor baked bite to eat. This will be a great dessert to share with your friends and family.

Raspberry Zinger Cake

This Zinger Cake is so good, you and your family may eat the whole thing! This recipe is so flavorful and has the most delicious frosting to top it off. This recipe has tangy cream cheese and coconut flavor, that just blend together so well with a wonderful aroma of raspberries. You will want this in your favorites!

If you love the flavor of fresh raspberries in desserts, you will also love Homemade Raspberry Coconut Bars and Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Ingredients

Butter – Use unsalted butter to control the amount of salt in the recipe.
Oil- You can use olive oil or vegetable oil.
Sugar- Every great dessert uses sugar in the recipe.
Vanilla- Use pure vanilla for the best flavoring.
Flour- You can use all-purpose for the best results.
Baking Powder- This will allow your recipe to rise in the oven.
Salt- This will bring out the flavors in your recipe.
Milk- You can use whole or 2 % milk.
Eggs- You will need your eggs at room temperature.
Raspberry Jello- This will give a stronger flavor of raspberry.
Fresh Raspberries – The raspberries will need to be washed and drained (Extra berries for topping)
Cream Cheese – This will need to be softened or at room temp.
Powdered sugar- This sugar is best for homemade frosting.
Shredded Coconut – You will need to use sweetened coconut.

How to Make a Raspberry Zinger Cake in the Slow Cooker

Evenly grease your Crock-pot with cooking spray such as Pam.
Put the lid on the pot and set the heat on HIGH, to prepare the crockpot.
add the melted butter, oil, sugar, and vanilla in a mixing bowl of a stand mixer and combine until smooth and creamy.
Add the flour, baking powder, salt, and raspberry jello in a separate bowl and mix until combined.
Add in the eggs and blend.
Put the mixture of flour in a little at a time, switching between milk until everything is combined and smooth.
Take out the mixing bowl and add the fresh berries and fold in the batter.

Fresh raspberries being folded into the batter.

Pour into the crockpot and seal the lid.

Raspberry batter being poured into the prepared pot.

For 1 hour, cook on high heat and then switch the heat setting to low. Cook for another 30 minutes to an hour or until a tester comes out clean in the center and the cake is not wobbly.
When done, take off the lid and be cautious of the condensation on the lid to not drop onto the cake.
Let the cake cool until you can take the Crock liner out. Remove the crock and let sit to cool at room temp. If you desire a cooler cake, place the cake or crock in the fridge.

Make the Frosting

Add the cream cheese, and milk in a mixing bowl of a stand mixer and blend. Pour in the vanilla and beat again. Add about 1/3 cup at a time of the powdered sugar and stir until thick and creamy. If your frosting is too thick, then add a bit of milk to thin it out.
Add the frosting all over the cake and sprinkle a good amount of Coconut on top.
Cut into 2-3 inch slices and serve!

Downward view of a slice of the Slow Cooker Raspberry Zinger Cake.

Does This Have Real Raspberries?

This Raspberry Zinger cake does indeed use real raspberries. There are two different ways the raspberry flavoring is used. In this recipe, fresh raspberries are used as well as raspberry jello.

Do I Refrigerate Raspberry Zinger Cake?

You will need to put this Zinger Cake in the fridge because of the frosting. The frosting contains cream cheese which would go bad if left out. Putting the cake in the fridge also helps with the shelf life when sealed in an airtight container.