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August 25, 2012 By Janice Pattie 21 Comments

White Chocolate Strawberry Cream Cake

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Cake with strawberries, cream and white chocolate

White Chocolate Strawberry Cream Cake is a delicious light sponge made with white chocolate and orange zest, it’s filled and topped with whipped cream, orange or lemon curd and lots of strawberries.

White Chocolate Strawberry Cream Cake

An Ideal Summer Celebration Cake

White Chocolate Strawberry Cream Cake makes an ideal summer celebration cake. I made it recently for my mother-in-law’s birthday and I’ve also made it for my own birthday.

It’s a slightly different recipe because the sponge contains melted white chocolate and melted butter. However, it’s not too difficult to make and it certainly looks impressive.

What kind of white chocolate should I use?

Use the best quality white chocolate you can afford. I use Green and Blacks because I like the little flecks of real vanilla in the bars, but other brands are also available.

What other fruit could I use?

Obviously this is a Strawberry Cream Cake but you can use other fruit as I know some people are allergic to strawberries. The following fruits would all be a good alternative.

  • Peaches
  • Nectarines
  • Apricots
  • Raspberries
  • Cherries

How to make White Chocolate Strawberry Cream Cake

Layers of white chocolate cake filled with strawberries and cream

All quantities and full instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of the page

  • Weighing white chocolate
  • weigh the butter

Melt and Stir

  • Break up the chocolate and put it in a heatproof bowl over hot water and melt gently.
  • Add the butter and stir until melted.
  • Whisk and bowl of beaten eggs
  • Pouring melted chocolate and butter into the beaten eggs

Whisk and Combine

  • Whisk the eggs until frothy.
  • Add the sugar and orange zest and whisk until thick and mousse like.
  • Add the melted white chocolate and butter mixture to the eggs mixture and stir until just combined.
  • Fold in flour to egg mixture
  • Cake tins filled with cake mix

Sift and fold in the flour

  • Sift the flour and gently fold into the mixture with a metal spoon.#
  • Divide the mixture between two tins and bake for 15 – 20 minutes
  • Baked Sponge cakes
  • A bowl of beautiful fresh Scottish strawberries for Sensational Strawberry Mousse

Prepare the strawberries

  • Remove the sponges from their tins and leave to cool on a wire rack
  • Wipe the strawberries with kitchen paper and hull.
  • Save a third for decoration and thinly slice the rest into a bowl.
  • Add the orange zest, juice and sugar and leave to allow the flavours to develop.
  • layer of strawberries on cake
  • Whisk with cream

Assemble the White Chocolate Strawberry Cream Cake

  • Whip the cream until thick, stir in the orange or lemon curd
  • Place one sponge, top-down on a serving plate
  • Spoon over the sliced strawberries and the juice
  • Cake, strawberreis and cream
  • Cake with whipped cream
  • Spread half the whipped cream on top of the strawberries
  • Top with the other sponge cake
  • Add the remaining cream and spread over the cake
white chocolate curls

Make white chocolate curls

Use a potato peeler to make white chocolate curls from the remaining chocolate.

  • White Chocolate Strawberry Cream Cake
  • White Chocolate Strawberry Cake is perfect for a celebration

How can I decorate my White Chocolate Strawberry Cream Cake?

It’s entirely up to you, above you will see two different ways of decorating the cake. The decoration was dictated by the size of the strawberries.

I cut the large strawberries in half leaving the green stalks intact. I put them in a circle around the edge of the cake and sprinkled the white chocolate curls into the space in the middle.

For the second cake the strawberries were small ‘value’ berries, therefore I sprinkled the chocolate curls over the cake them arranged the small berries in the centre of the cake.

Cake with cream, white chocolate and strawberries

Can I make the cake the day before serving?

Yes, but do not decorate until ready to serve. Keep the cake chilled, in an airtight container for up to 12 hours. Remove from the fridge 30 minutes before serving and top the strawberries with grated chocolate. 

A slice of white chocolate strawberry cream cake

My cakes seem dark, have I overbaked them?

Because the cakes contain white chocolate they will caramelise more than an ordinary sponge. However, do check your cakes because every oven is different and your cakes make take slightly more or less time to bake than mine.  

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Strawberries top a glorious sweet meringue base with the tang of lemon curd cream to bring it together

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Three Puff Pastry Strawberry Tarts

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White Chocolate Strawberry Cake

White Chocolate Strawberry Cream Cake

Janice Pattie
A light white chocolate sponge cake filled with ripe strawberries, orange curd, and whipped cream nd topped with cream, strawberries and grated white chocolate., 
5 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 55 mins
Course Baking, Dessert
Cuisine British
Servings 8
Calories 640 kcal

Equipment

  • 2 x 20.5cm sandwich tins, greased and the base lined with baking paper

Ingredients
 

For the sponge

  • 180 g good-quality white chocolate broken up
  • 200 g unsalted butter diced and softened
  • 3 large free-range eggs at room temperature
  • 150 g caster sugar
  • Finely grated zest of ½ unwaxed orange
  • 200 g self-raising fl our

For the filling and topping

  • 400 g ripe strawberries
  • Finely grated zest and juice of ½ unwaxed orange
  • 1 tablespoon caster sugar or to taste
  • 200 ml double or whipping cream well chilled
  • 4 tbsp orange or lemon curd
  • 50 g good-quality white chocolate to decorate

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C
  • Put 150g chocolate into a heatproof bowl. Set over a pan of steaming hot but not boiling water (don’t let the base of the bowl touch the hot water) and melt very gently, stirring frequently.
  • Remove the bowl from the heat and stir until smooth. Add the butter and stir until it has melted.
  • Put the eggs into a mixing bowl and whisk with an electric mixer until frothy. Add the sugar and orange zest and whisk on high speed for about 4 minutes until the mixture is very thick and mousse-like, and the whisk leaves a ribbon-like trail when lifted from the bowl.
  • Give the chocolate and butter mixture a stir, then add to the egg mixture and stir briefly – it should be just combined.
  • Sift the flour into the bowl and gently fold in using a large metal spoon.
  • Divide the mixture between the prepared tins and spread evenly. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the sponges are light golden brown and springy to the touch.
  • Run a round-bladed knife around the inside of the tins to loosen the sponges, then turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool.

To Assemble

  • Wipe the strawberries with kitchen paper and hull. Save one-third for decoration; thinly slice the rest into a bowl.
  • Add the orange zest and juice and the sugar and mix gently. Leave for 10 to 30 minutes to allow the flavours to develop. 
  • Whip the cream until thick, then gently stir in the orange curd.
  • Set one sponge, top side down on a serving plate. Spoon the sliced strawberries and juice onto the sponge to cover evenly. 
  • Spread half the whipped cream on top of the strawberries. Set the second sponge, top up, on the cream. 

To decorate

  • Carefully spread the rest of the cream over the top of the cake and pile the reserved strawberries into halves and pile onto the top of the cake.   
  • If you are serving straight away, sprinkle the to of the cake with grated white chocolate. 

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Notes

You can keep the cake chilled, in an airtight container, until ready to serve (up to 12 hours).   Remove from the fridge 30 minutes before serving and top the strawberries with grated chocolate. 

Nutrition

Calories: 640kcalCarbohydrates: 64gProtein: 8gFat: 41gSaturated Fat: 25gCholesterol: 155mgSodium: 88mgPotassium: 221mgFiber: 2gSugar: 43gVitamin A: 1081IUVitamin C: 30mgCalcium: 93mgIron: 1mg
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Comments

  1. Cakeyboi says

    August 25, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    White chocolate and strawberries – classic combo! This looks like heaven – literally!!

    Reply
  2. Choclette says

    August 25, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Fantastic birthday cake Janice. I didn't even know I had the recipe until you pointed it out. I've just looked in my book and it loos like a really good one. Glad you were on holiday, it does make it a bit more special. Hope you had a lovely day.

    Reply
  3. Ali says

    August 25, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Thanks for the idea it looks delicious xx

    Reply
  4. belleau kitchen says

    August 25, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    Stunning!! Happy birthday sweetie. What a lovely treat to yourself. I imagine it tasted superb. Love the drizzling white creamy icing. Divine!

    Reply
  5. Chris says

    August 25, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    That looks so lovely … and another cake I don't get the chance to get a piece of …

    Reply
  6. Caroline says

    August 25, 2012 at 9:25 pm

    Love the strawberry and white choc combo – it looks like a delicious birthday cake!

    Reply
  7. The KitchenMaid says

    August 26, 2012 at 2:45 am

    Happy birthday Janice. I always think birthday cakes you make for yourself are the best because you appreciate exactly how much effort goes in to making them and you can make whatever sort YOU like! This does look like a lovely combo.

    Reply
  8. Karen S Booth says

    August 26, 2012 at 6:21 pm

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY Janice, and pass me slice of cake too….it looks LUSH!

    Reply
  9. Rebecca Subbiah says

    August 27, 2012 at 2:52 am

    lovely cake and happy birthday hugs

    Reply
  10. [email protected] Omnivorous Bear says

    August 27, 2012 at 2:55 am

    How delicious does that look? White chocolate is my guilty pleasure…

    Reply
  11. Debs Dust Bunny says

    August 27, 2012 at 4:00 pm

    Happy belated Birthday! You followed my rule, if you want a great birthday cake, bake it YOURSELF! ; ) It looks wonderful!

    Reply
  12. Chloe Edges | Feast Glorious Feast says

    May 31, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    Looks delish, I’ve never tried making a sponge with white chocolate in it before. Def one to try 😁

    Reply
    • Janice Pattie says

      May 31, 2020 at 10:15 pm

      Thanks, it’s adds a nice flavour to the sponge.

      Reply
  13. Camilla Hawkins says

    June 7, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    The perfect summer bake, can’t beat strawberries and cream! Thanks for including my mousse:-)

    Reply
    • Janice Pattie says

      June 8, 2020 at 6:42 pm

      Thanks, Camilla.

      Reply
  14. Cat | Curly's Cooking says

    June 9, 2020 at 2:46 pm

    This looks so delicious! Those Scottish strawberries look amazing. You really can’t beat fresh cream and strawberries together and along with this tasty sound cake – pass me a huuuuuge slice please!

    Reply
    • Janice Pattie says

      June 9, 2020 at 2:59 pm

      I agree! Strawberries and Cream are my favourite things.

      Reply
  15. Nic | Nic's Adventures & Bakes says

    June 11, 2020 at 4:43 pm

    Thanks for sharing, the cake looks yummy 🙂

    Nic | Nic’s Adventures & Bakes

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    • Janice Pattie says

      June 11, 2020 at 6:16 pm

      Thank you, Nic.

      Reply
  16. Michelle Rolfe says

    June 14, 2020 at 9:17 pm

    Hope you mother in law enjoyed her birthday and cake! Looks amazing. I’m not normally a white chocolate fan but given its baked in the cake I think I would really enjoy! And a perfect way to enjoy the best of Scottish strawberries! Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare. Michelle x

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    • Janice Pattie says

      June 15, 2020 at 8:48 am

      Thanks, Michelle. She did enjoy the cake and her birthday. I’m not a huge white chocolate fan either but it works well in this cake.

      Reply

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