Description
This is a white chocolate cake with a white chocolate icing. I got this recipe from my mother and it’s a beautiful, smooth cake, good for any occasion.
Ingredients
- 4 ounces white chocolate, broken into small pieces
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 4 eggs, separated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 8 ounces white chocolate, melted and cooled
- 2 ¾ cups confectioners’ sugar
- 4 tablespoons hot water
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 pinches salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8-inch round cake pans or line with parchment paper.
- Place chopped white chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir frequently
- scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching
- until chocolate is melted
- about 5 minutes.
- Cream sugar and butter together using an electric mixer until fluffy. Add 4 egg yolks
- 1 at a time
- beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract and melted chocolate.
- Combine flour
- baking soda
- and salt in another bowl. Blend into butter mixture
- alternating with buttermilk
- beating well after each addition.
- Beat egg whites in a separate bowl until stiff; fold into batter. Pour batter evenly into the prepared cake pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each layer comes out clean
- 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely
- about 30 minutes.
- Combine melted white chocolate
- confectioners’ sugar
- hot water
- butter
- egg yolks
- vanilla extract
- and salt in a mixing bowl; beat into a smooth icing using an electric mixer.
- Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. Cover with some frosting and another cake layer. Repeat once more. Frost the top and sides of the cake with the remaining icing.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 12