This is the best, moist white chocolate cake recipe in a bundt pan. Made with white chocolate, egg whites, butter and vanilla it is just like a white cake with notes of cocoa butter.
Cover it with a white chocolate glaze or simply dust it with icing sugar.
If you like white chocolate then you're going to love this one bowl recipe for double white chocolate and vanilla bundt cake (recipe video at the end of the post).
It is easy, moist and has the best white chocolate glaze so you can serve it for dessert, but you can also have it as a snack with your afternoon coffee or whenever you need a sweet fix. Also, this cake is made with egg whites.
I never throw away egg whites because they can be stored in the freezer for a long time without any problems. Just defrost them and use them as you use the fresh ones.
If you don't have any whites you can use the same quantity in whole eggs, or you can use the whites in this cake and cure the yolks with salt (recipe with salt-cured egg yolks will follow shortly!)
The one bowl method by Rose levy Beranbaum
This cake uses the one-bowl method which produces a moist and fluffy cake with a velvety crumb that melts in your mouth.
The same method is used for this X-mas scented cake with fluffy vanilla buttercream. With this method, you first mix the dry ingredients with the butter and then add all the liquids.
The liquids are basically the milk with the white chocolate melted in it, and the egg whites.
The MOST important thing you have to keep in mind is that the butter must be very soft (but not melted) and the milk and white chocolate mixture should be at room temperature.
The temperature of the ingredients
For this method to work and give you a fluffy and velvety bundt cake the butter must be very soft so that it can be mixed completely with the flour.
The milk should be hot when you add it to the chopped white chocolate (because you want the chocolate to melt) but before you add it to the mixture you have to wait until it reaches room temperature.
If it's too warm, it will melt the butter inside the flour and will slightly change the texture of the cake (the difference won't be big, but the cake will be even better if the milk & white chocolate mixture is not warm at all).
How to measure the flour
The dry ingredients are not the same as liquids. Because most liquids have (approximately) the same density there are no big differences whether you measure them using cups or a scale.
However this is not the case with dry ingredients. One cup sugar is about 200 grams while one cup of flour is about 120 grams - if you spoon it lightly into the measuring cup. If you press the flour firmly inside the cup then it can even reach 170 grams or more.
That's why the best method of measuring the dry ingredients is a kitchen scale. Another good thing of the kitchen scale is that you can place the bowl of your mixer onto it and add the ingredients directly into it.
*If you like using measuring cups then you should fluff up the four with a fork and spoon it lightly into the cup. Use a knife to level the surface of the flour.
What is real white chocolate
White chocolate contains cocoa butter, milk solids, and sugar. White chocolate which contains any other type of fat except cocoa butter or white candy melts are not real white chocolate. If you're not sure about the quality of the chocolate you're buying, you should just the ingredient list on the packaging.
See how to make vanilla sugar for all your cookies, cakes and desserts or read this article about the best vanilla sugar substitutes if you ever run out of vanilla.
Pair this cake with a sweet white wine from this list: Mediterranean sweet wines
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Equipment
- 1 electric mixer
- 1 bundt cake pan
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 7 oz (200 g) real white chocolate (chopped)
- 1 cup (240 ml) whole milk (hot)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon fine salt
- 4 egg whites (from large eggs)
- 2 ½ cups (315 g) all-purpose flour
- 4 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1.25 cup (250 g) white granulated sugar
- ½ cup (115 g) butter (very soft (plus 2 tablespoons for greasing the cake pan))
For the white chocolate glaze:
- 5.3 oz (150 g) real white chocolate (chopped)
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon butter
- toasted sliced almonds for decoration (optional)
Instructions
- Transfer the chopped white chocolate to a heatproof bowl and add the hot milk. Wait for 1 minute and stir well to combine. Add the vanilla, the salt and the egg whites and stir well with a fork.Let it come to room temperature before you add it to the flour mixture, otherwise it will melt the butter and will compromise the texture of the cake.
- Grease and flour your bundt pan (it should have at least 10 cups capacity) and preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C)
- Mix the dry ingredients: Transfer the flour, the baking powder, the sugar and the butter to the bowl of your electric mixer. Beat on slow until the mixture resembles wet sand.
- Make the cake batter: Add approximately two thirds of the milk mixture to the bowl with the flour and beat for two minutes. Scrape the bottom of the bowl with a spatula, add the rest of the milk mixture and beat for another one and a half minutes more. The batter should look very smooth and velvety.
- Bake: Pour the batter into your prepared bundt pan and bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.Let the cake rest for ten minutes and invert onto a wire rack. Let it cool completely.
- Make the white chocolate glaze: transfer all the ingredients for the glaze to a heatproof bowl and melt over a water bath (you can also melt it in a small pot over low heat or in a microwave oven).Let the glaze come to room temperature to thicken. Drizzle the glaze over the cake and sprinkle with sliced almonds.
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Akhila @ Pepper Delight says
Beautiful cake, the texture looks really soft and moist. And I really liked the idea of
using "only egg whites" !!!
Katerina says
Great recipe! Easy to make, loved the different one bowl method that produced a fantastic texture, velvety indeed! Delicately scented from the white chocolate and cinnamon and a delicious glaze that you just want to eat with the spoon! Bonus that you get to use the all leftover egg whites!
Makos says
Thanks Katerina, I'm very happy you liked it!
Meg says
Can I use chocolate instead of white chocolate?
I just bought a lot chocolate bars from the internet (yes i am chocoholic )
Thankyou
Makos says
Hi Meg,
I wouldn't recommend it because will not be a vanilla cake but not a chocolate cake either (the chocolate taste will be very weak). Since you love chocolate, these chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting ( https://www.thehungrybites.com/moist-chocolate-cupcake-recipe-and-a-mascarpone-frosting/ ) may be a better option 🙂
Marika DAgostino says
Hi
How much in advance can i prepare this cake to remain fresh.
Thanks
Makos says
Hi Marika,
if you wrap it with cling film right after it cools down you can make it two days in advance. We usually eat it within 5 days and it's still good
Dimitri says
Hi Makos, coming back here to let you know that this is our family's favorite cake! My wife makes it more often than any other cake. Thanks for this recipe
Makos says
So happy to hear that Dimitri! Thanks for the feedback