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White Chocolate Cherry Cake

White Chocolate Cherry Cake

Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Servings 12
Dessert
American
Keyword White Chocolate Cake, White Chocolate Cherry Cake, White Forest Cake

Ingredients
 
 

FOR CAKE

  • 11 oz (2 1/2 cups lightly spooned in and levelled off) all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp coarse salt
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 ⅓ cups vegetable oil
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 tbsp vanilla extract

FOR FILLING AND TOPPING

  • 10 oz white chocolate divided use
  • 1 540-mL can E.D.Smith Cherry Pie Filling
  • 2 ¼ cup whipping cream divided use
  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  • ¼ tsp pure vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF. Prepare two 9" cake pans by greasing, flouring, and lining bottoms with parchment paper. This is a moist cake, do all three to make sure it doesn't stick.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, then whisk in the vegetable oil, buttermilk, and vanilla. Pour into flour mixture and gently fold together until no dry patches remain. Don't over-mix. Divide batter between prepared cake pans and bake about 35 minutes, rotating pans once. Cakes are done when the centres feel springy (not squishy) when gently pressed. If in doubt, pull out your thermometer - the internal temperature should be 200-205ºF. Let cakes cool 5 minutes in pans before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

To make filling and topping:

  • Melt 6 oz of the white chocolate with ¼ cup of the cream in microwave on 50% power for 1 minute, until about 80% melted. Stir to finish melting (pop it in additional 10 second intervals on 50% power as needed). Allow chocolate to cool to room temperature.
  • Whip remaining cream to soft peaks in a stand mixer. Gently fold half of the cream into the cooled chocolate. Whisk sugar and vanilla extract into the rest of the cream in the stand mixer, then refrigerate it for topping later.
  • Place one of the cakes inside a 9” springform pan (or if your springform pan is larger, add a layer of parchment paper around the cake to make it snug). Top the cake with about ½ the can of pie filling, then the mousse, and finally the second cake. Refrigerate at least one hour, until mousse is set.
  • While cake chills, make the chocolate shards. Melt remaining chocolate in microwave for 1 minute on 50% power until 80% melted, stirring to finish melting. Spread in a thin layer over a 12” sheet of parchment paper, then carefully roll it up. Pop it in the fridge until hard.
  • Remove springform pan and top cake with reserved vanilla whipped cream and cherry pie filling. Unroll the chocolate and pile the shards on top.

Nutrition

Calories: 562kcalCarbohydrates: 63gProtein: 14gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.004gCholesterol: 108mgSodium: 426mgPotassium: 274mgFiber: 1gSugar: 43gVitamin A: 770IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 171mgIron: 2mg
Keyword White Chocolate Cake, White Chocolate Cherry Cake, White Forest Cake