White Chocolate Layer Cake With Cranberry Filling

"Talk about a winter holiday special! WOW. Four layers of snow drift white cake with the deep scarlet of a cranberry filling. Wait until you see it cut through it's creamy white frosting and are serving this gorgeous red and white striped cake. AND IT HAS CHOCOLATE *swoon*. What a perfect cake to serve at any special celebration. Christmas, a wedding, Valentines, and anniversary?. Times given do not include cooling time."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
21
Serves:
16
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ingredients

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directions

  • FILLING:.
  • In a medium saucepan, combine cranberries, the 1-1/4 cups granulated sugar, the cranberry juice, orange peel, lemon juice, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
  • Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, about 10 minutes or until thickened. Transfer filling to a medium bowl.
  • Cover and chill for 2 hours. Transfer to a blender or food processor. Cover and blend or process until smooth.
  • CAKE:.
  • Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the bottoms of two 9x1 1/2-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms of pans with waxed paper; grease and lightly flour pans. Set aside.
  • In a medium saucepan, cook and stir the 8 ounces white chocolate over low heat until melted.
  • In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside.
  • In a large bowl, beat the 10 tablespoons butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Gradually add the 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar, beating until combined.
  • Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Beat in the 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla.
  • Alternately add flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined. Beat in melted white chocolate just until combined.
  • Spread batter in the prepared cake pans.
  • Bake about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean. Cool cake layers in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes.
  • Remove layers from pans. Peel off waxed paper. Cool completely on wire racks.
  • FROSTING:.
  • In a medium saucepan, cook and stir the 12 ounces white chocolate over low heat until melted.
  • Cool for 20 minutes. In a large bowl, beat the 1 cup butter on medium to high speed until fluffy.
  • Beat in melted white chocolate and the 2 teaspoons vanilla. Gradually beat in powdered sugar.
  • ASSEMBLY:.
  • Use a long serrated knife to cut each cake layer in half horizontally. Place one layer, cut side up, on a serving plate. Spread with one-third of the filling.
  • Top with the second layer; spread with one-third of the filling.
  • Top with the third layer; spread with the remaining filling.
  • Top with the fourth layer, cut side down.
  • Spread top and side of cake with frosting. If desired, cover loosely and chill for up to 24 hours. Let stand about 30 minutes at room temperature before serving, if chilled.
  • Makes 16 servings.

Questions & Replies

  1. What's on top of the cake?
     
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Reviews

  1. This is a wonderfully delicious cake! It was festive for the holidays. I went to three stores to try to find fresh cranberries, and at Christmas time, it just wore me out. So at the third store, I purchased raspberry preserves and used that for the filling. It was terrific. So even though I did not use the cranberries, I am still giving it 5 stars for the cake alone! I plan to try different fillings, such as blueberry and raspberrie for patriotic functions, and yes, eventually the cranberry. Thanks for the great recipe Anna
     
  2. Absolutely great cake, especially for those of us who enjoy (and almost always have around) fresh and freshly frozen cranberries! The only change I made was to add a bit more of the orange zest! A great cake recipe that I intend to keep on hand! Thanks for sharing it! [Made and reviewed in Please Review My Recipe]
     
  3. I made this just to indulge myself in the frosting. Only problem, some (me) around here are looking like they really DON'T need anymore desserts.
     
  4. I can't have cranberry, so I used a peanut butter ganache. I also added a layer of ganache on top, before icing. Wonderful flavor.
     
  5. This is a fantastic cake in both taste and presentation! I am a pastry chef and made this for our guests' dessert tonight. I doubled the recipe. The only thing I did differently was to leave the layers in tact (not cut them in half) and to freeze the cake for an hour after it cooled off. The filling is delicious, I used frozen cranberries that I thawed, and used the remaining cup of filling to drizzle over the individual slices. The taste of the white chocolate and cranberry is amazing- thanks so much for posting. I will definately make this again.
     
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