Orange and White Chocolate Birthday Cake

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 0mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    10
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    560
based on 5 ratings

Zesty orange cake with a sweet white chocolate frosting. Perfect for a birthday party! Decorated with blueberries, or your favourite seasonal fruit.

recipe updated 21 Feb 2022

Ingredients

  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter
    175 g
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    175 g
  • Orange icon
    Orange
    3
  • Egg yolk icon
    Egg yolk
    4
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    100 g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    10 g
  • Ground almonds icon
    Ground almonds
    100 g
  • Orange icon
    Orange
    1
  • Egg white icon
    Egg white
    4
  • White chocolate icon
    White chocolate
    200 g
  • Crème fraîche icon
    Crème fraîche
    200 g
  • Marmalade icon
    Marmalade
    150 g
  • Blueberries icon
    Blueberries
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand Mixer
  • kCook icon Spatula
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Microwave
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Round pan - 8"
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Small glass bowl
  • kCook icon Medium bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 175°C
  2. Prepare 2 clean round pans
  3. Add salted butter, granulated sugar and orange to a clean large mixing bowl
  4. Cream until light and fluffy - medium speed
  5. Add egg yolk to the butter-sugar mixture one by one while mixing
  6. Add plain flour, baking powder and ground almonds to a clean medium bowl
  7. Mix briefly until combined
  8. Fold dry ingredients into batter gently
  9. Add with citrus juicer
  10. Mix until combined
  11. Add egg whites to a clean large mixing bowl
  12. Whisk until stiff - medium speed
  13. Fold egg whites into batter gradually until completely mixed
  14. Transfer batter to 2 round pans
  15. Bake until skewer tests clean - 30 min, 175°C
  16. Transfer onto cooling rack
  17. Add white chocolate to a clean small glass bowl
  18. Melt - low heat
  19. Add crème fraîche to a clean medium bowl
  20. Whip until thick
  21. Fold chocolate into cream until combined
  22. Add marmalade to a clean small bowl
  23. Assemble the cake
  24. Decorate with blueberries
  25. Chill in fridge - approx 1 hr
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