Description
A light and soft cake made with white chocolate and topped with sweet buttercream, perfect for parties or a quiet tea.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup white chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup butter, softened (for buttercream)
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (for buttercream)
- 1/4 cup cranberry orange compote (for filling and top)
- Candied cranberries for decoration
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ยฐF (175ยฐC). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
- In a heatproof bowl, melt the chopped white chocolate and the 1/2 cup butter together until smooth. Let it cool a bit.
- In a bowl, beat the sugar and eggs until light and a bit fluffy. Stir in the cooled chocolate mix and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- In another bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add this dry mix to the wet mix slowly, going in parts. Add the milk in parts too. Mix only until you do not see dry flour.
- Divide the batter into the two pans. Bake for 25โ30 minutes. A toothpick should come out clean. Let cakes cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then move to wire racks to cool completely.
- For the buttercream, beat the 1 cup softened butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar a bit at a time and the 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until light and creamy.
- When the cakes are cool, put a layer of buttercream on one cake. Spoon the cranberry orange compote on the buttercream. Put the second cake on top.
- Frost the top and sides with the rest of the buttercream. Pipe a small wreath on top and add candied cranberries for decoration.
Notes
For best results, use room temperature eggs and butter. Do not overmix the batter. Melt white chocolate gently.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 50mg