Winter Wonderland White Chocolate Cake
A magical white chocolate layer cake with ombré frosting and sugar-crystal finish. Perfect for holiday tables and winter birthdays.
Equipment
- - Mixer
- - Offset spatula
- - Cake turntable (optional)
- - 6-inch cake pans
Ingredients
- **Cake:**
- - 1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- - 1 cup sugar
- - 1 tsp baking powder
- - ¼ tsp baking soda
- - ¼ tsp cardamom optional
- - ¾ cup salted butter room temp
- - 3 egg whites
- - 3 tsp vanilla extract
- - ½ cup milk
- - ½ cup plain yogurt
- **Buttercream:**
- - 1 lb unsalted butter
- - 2 cups white chocolate chips
- - ½ cup cream
- - 8 cups powdered sugar
- - 1 tsp vanilla extract
- - Pinch of salt
- - Blue gel food coloring
- **Ganache optional:**
- - 1 cup white chocolate chips
- - ¼ cup cream
- - 1 drop blue gel coloring
- **Decor:**
- - Sanding sugars blue, white
- - Parchment rounds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and prep three 6-inch pans.
- Mix dry ingredients in one bowl, wet ingredients in another.
- Combine and divide batter into pans.
- Bake 28–32 minutes. Cool completely.
- Melt chocolate and cream for ganache (optional).
- Make buttercream and tint for ombré.
- Assemble cake with buttercream layers, then crumb coat and chill.
- Add final buttercream in ombré shades, smooth and chill again.
- Roll sides in sanding sugar. Add ganache drip if desired.
- Pipe decorative dollops and garnish.
Notes
- Use gel coloring to prevent seizing the chocolate
- Store in fridge and bring to room temp before serving
- Cake layers can be made and frozen ahead
- Store in fridge and bring to room temp before serving
- Cake layers can be made and frozen ahead