Orange and White Chocolate Birthday Cake
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- Total Time
- 2hrs 0mins
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- Serves
- 10
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- Calories
- 560
Zesty orange cake with a sweet white chocolate frosting. Perfect for a birthday party! Decorate with blueberries, or your favorite seasonal fruit.
recipe updated Feb 21, 2022
Ingredients
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- Salted butter
- 175 g
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- Granulated sugar
- 175 g
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- Orange
- 3
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- Egg yolk
- 4
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- All purpose flour
- 100 g
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- Baking powder
- 10 g
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- Ground almonds
- 100 g
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- Orange
- 1
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- Egg white
- 4
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- White chocolate
- 200 g
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- Crème fraîche
- 200 g
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- Marmalade
- 150 g
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- Blueberries
- as needed
Tools
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Stand mixer
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Spatula
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Oven
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Whisk
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Microwave
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Cooling rack
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Large mixing bowl
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Small bowl
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Round pan - 8"
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Medium bowl
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Small glass bowl
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Step preview
- Pre-heat oven - 175°C
- Prepare 2 clean round pans
- Add salted butter, granulated sugar and orange zest to a clean large mixing bowl
- Cream until light and fluffy
- Add egg yolk to the butter-sugar mixture one by one while mixing
- Add all purpose flour, baking powder and ground almonds to a clean medium bowl
- Mix briefly until combined
- Fold dry ingredients into batter gently
- Add orange juice to the batter
- Mix until combined
- Add egg whites to a clean large mixing bowl
- Whisk until stiff
- Fold egg whites into batter gradually until completely mixed
- Transfer batter to 2 round pans
- Bake until skewer tests clean - 30 min, 175°C
- Transfer onto cooling rack
- Add white chocolate to a clean small glass bowl
- Melt in microwave - low heat
- Add crème fraîche to a clean medium bowl
- Whip until thick
- Fold chocolate into cream until combined
- Add marmalade to a clean small bowl
- Assemble the cake
- Decorate with blueberries
- Chill in fridge - approx 1 hr