
White Chocolate, Orange and Cranberry Christmas Cake
Prep time: 30 – 40 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Cooling time: 60 – 90 minutes
Decorating time: 30 – 40 minutes
Overall about 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours
Difficulty: Medium / Hard
Serves: 14 – 16
Our White Chocolate, Orange & Cranberry Christmas Cake has quickly become the breakout star of the festive season. This towering four-layer masterpiece balances the creamy sweetness of white chocolate with the bright zing of citrus and a tart pop of cranberry, creating a modern holiday classic that looks as spectacular as it tastes.
Ingredients
Cake
- 300g Salted Butter
- 200g White Chocolate
- 500g Plain Flour
- 4tsp Baking Powder
- 1tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
- 500g White Caster Sugar
- 300ml Natural Yoghurt
- 4tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Large Orange zested and juiced
- 6 large eggs
- 4 tbsp Milk
Compote
- 200g Cranberries
- 150g Caster Sugar
Icing
- 200g White Chocolate – Chopped
- 500g Salted Butter
- 750g Icing Sugar
- 280g Cream Cheese
How to make
Cake
- Pre heat oven to 180◦
- Heat 150g of butter with 100g of white chocolate in a bowl over a hot pan – set aside to cool.
- Combine 250g of flour, 2 tsp of baking powder, ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda and 250g of sugar in a large bowl.
- Create a well and add 150g of yoghurt, 2tsp vanilla extract, half of the orange zest and juice, 3 eggs and 2tbs of Milk. Whisk together.
- Stir in the melted butter and chocolate and transfer into 2 cake tins (20cms)
- Repeat the process and transfer the mixture into another 2 cake tins (20cms)
- Bake for approximately 40 minutes at 180◦
Compote
- Simmer the cranberries and sugar in a small pan until jammy and cool.
Icing
- Melt the chocolate either in the microwave or over hot water – cool a little
- Add the butter and icing sugar together, then add chocolate and cream cheese
- Layer together with compote and cover with icing
- Use sugar coated cranberries to decorate


