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This white chocolate cranberry cake features white cake smeared with cranberries and luscious cream cheese frosting. Great for the holidays!

White Chocolate Cranberry Cake on a serving tray

I really wanted to post a cake before Christmas that you all can be excited about. I had a few cakes in mind, like dark chocolate cakes, but this one kept on coming to my mind. I think a cranberry cake is only appropriate before the Holidays and I am excited for all of you to try this one.

I love the combination of cranberry and white chocolate. If you like moist cakes, I would suggest soaking the sponge cakes with some cranberry juice. This cake is better when it sits overnight.

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White Chocolate Cranberry Cake on a serving tray

White Chocolate Cranberry Cake

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Servings
14 Servings
Prep Time 50 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr 50 mins

Ingredients

White Chocolate Cranberry Cake

Cranberry Spread

White Chocolate Cranberry Cake Cream

Instructions

White Chocolate Cranberry Cake

  • Prepare ingredient for the sponge cake. Whip eggs together for about 2 minutes.
    3 bowls one with sugar, one with eggs and one with flour
  • Add in sugar and keep beating the eggs until while peaks.
    Sugar being poured into the KitchenAid mixer with the eggs
  • In small portions, add in flour, slowly incorporate the flour into the eggs, just don't over mix.
    Flour being added into the mixing bowl with the egg mixture
  • Bake the cake in two separate baking pans, 9 or 11 inches would work. Bake at 350F for about 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Split each cake piece horizontally into two pieces.
    cake layer on a cutting board
  • Split each cake piece horizontally into two pieces.
    Cake layers cut in half and a bowl of cranberry sauce besides the cake

Cranberry Spread

  • Combine together cranberries with sugar and lemon juice in a sauce pan. Bring it to a simmer and let it cook for about 10 minutes. Remove it from the heat and let it cool to a room temperature.
    lemon juice, cranberries and sugar in a pot
  • Apply cranberry to each cake piece.
    Cranberry sauce spread on the cake layers

White Chocolate Cranberry Cake Cream

  • Prepare ingredients for the cake, make sure that butter and cream cheese is at a room temperature. Melt white chocolate in increments of 30 seconds, until it is all smooth. Let is cool down to a room temperature.
    Ingredients on the table including; heavy whipping cream, 3 sticks of butter, a package of cream cheese, and a measuring cup with white chocolate chips
  • Whip together butter and cream cheese. Add white chocolate into the mixture, whip to combine it together. In a separate dish, whip whipping cream until you get stiff peaks and in small portions add it to the remainder of the cream.
    White chocolate added into the butter and cream cheese mixture in the mixing bowl
  • Apply equal amount of cream between each layer of the cake and apply the remainder of the cream to outside of the cake.
    Cream being spread on a cake layer with the cranberry sauce
  • To decorate the cake, dip pine needles and a few cranberries into water. Shake off some of it and sprinkle it with a generous amount of sugar, let it dry for a few minutes and add a bit more sugar. Place the decorations on top.
    White Chocolate Cranberry Cake on a serving tray
Nutrition Facts
White Chocolate Cranberry Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 736 Calories from Fat 423
% Daily Value*
Fat 47g72%
Saturated Fat 28g140%
Cholesterol 238mg79%
Sodium 130mg5%
Potassium 191mg5%
Carbohydrates 73g24%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 56g62%
Protein 9g18%
Vitamin A 1515IU30%
Vitamin C 4.4mg5%
Calcium 104mg10%
Iron 1.6mg9%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Posted December 22, 2015

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Natalya Drozhzhin

Natalya founded Momsdish to demonstrate that placing a homemade meal on the table is not hard at all. Natalya makes cooking easier and approachable, by simplifying the ingredients, while still producing the same great taste.