This White Cake with White Wine Buttercream and White Chocolate Covered Strawberries is commonly referred to as “the” cake in my house. The cake that will make people take their phones out and share it on social media, tagging you with #AmazingCake #BestBaker #CakeGoals. If you love light cakes, don’t miss my award-winning Cream Cheese Pound Cake.
White Cake with White Wine Buttercream
The cake no one will let you cut into until they have the perfect picture for Instagram. (Helpful hint: The Hefe filter is amazing for this cake!) This is the cake that will boost you to “legendary” status among friends and family. This is the cake that people will love to look at but love to eat even more. This is the cake that will make you the most popular baker in the neighborhood. This is the cake that everyone will talk about — all the time. It’s just that good!
To Make This Cake You Will Need
white cake recipe (below)
white wine buttercream recipe (below)
cake stand that is bigger than 8-inches at its base. (The stand I used is 12-inches)
2 containers (13.5-ounce) creme-filled wafer rolls
2 pints strawberries
white almond bark or white chocolate
cookie sheet
parchment paper
How to Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Make white chocolate covered strawberries.
- Melt the almond bark/white chocolate in a microwave at half power, for 1 minute, stir and then heat for another minute or until melted.
- Holding a strawberry by the stem end, dip in the melted chocolate, letting the excess chocolate drip off.
- Transfer the dipped strawberries onto a baking sheet lined with wax paper. As you set each berry down, slide it ½ inch forward to prevent the formation of a chocolate “foot.”Repeat with the remaining berries.
- Refrigerate the strawberries until the chocolate is firm, at least 30 minutes. They will keep for up to 3 days, covered, in the refrigerator.
How to Assemble This Cake
Prepare cakes and allow them to cool completely. Prepare buttercream.
Place one layer of white cake on the cake stand. Cover in about 1/2 cup buttercream. Place the other layer of white cake on top. Cover the entire cake with buttercream and then smooth out the top and sides. (See how I do a crumb coat here.)
Place the wafer rolls around the edge of the cake. Make sure that they are straight up and down and then press it slightly into the buttercream. Repeat around the entire cake.
Set chocolate covered strawberries in the center of the cake in a small pile. You want the strawberries to be stacked up taller than the wafer rolls. Set some around the base of the cake as well.
Refrigerate cake until ready to serve.
When you cut into this White Cake with White Wine Buttercream, just use the wafer rolls as a guideline. You will end up with perfect pieces!
This has to be one of the BEST cakes I have ever tasted!
White Cake with White Wine Buttercream
Ingredients
White Cake
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (56g) butter, room temperature
- 3 egg whites
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 tsp. baking powder
- 2/3 cup whole milk
White Wine Buttercream
- 1 cup (2 sticks, 226g) unsalted butter
- 4-5 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/4 cup chardonnay
Instructions
White Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare two 8-inch round cake pans.
- In a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, beat egg whites until light and fluffy. Remove egg whites from bowl and set aside. In the same stand mixer bowl (you do not need to clean it) cream together the sugar and butter.
- Stir in the vanilla.
- Sift together flour and baking powder then add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
- Stir in the milk just until batter is smooth. Fold in egg whites. Divide batter between the prepared pans.
- Bake for 18 to 26 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Cake is done when it springs back to the touch or an inserted toothpick is removed clean.
White Wine Buttercream
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with a hand mixer, beat the butter until creamy.
- Slowly blend in the powdered sugar, cup by cup until well-combined.
- Mix in vanilla and white wine. If your buttercream is too thick, add white wine on teaspoon at a time.
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The wafer rolls and chocolate-covered strawberries are the perfect complements to the White Wine Buttercream. It’s definitely a show stopper!
Instructions do not tell you to fold in the egg whites.
Fixed! Thanks!
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I cannot wait o make the white cake with strawberries for my friends birthday . She will freak out . Thank you ❤️🎂❤️🎂
You have the most creative recipes! I can’t wait to make this one. I LOVE wine lol
Hi I love this cake it looks so simple but can I replace the wine with something else please thank
Hello
Do you know of any white wine buttercream recipes where the wine is reduced in volume by simmering???? Several recipes are out there for red wine where you reduce it to a small volume. I want to maximize the flavor of the white wine. This is for macaron filling. Thx
Hi, Gary! I work with iambaker and am happy to help with questions. I am sorry that we can’t be more help as we don’t have any white wine buttercream recipes. Have a great day!
I made this recipe for the first time and the cakes came out flat- 1 inch thick. I’ve been baking cakes for many years so I reviewed the recipe and my steps a dozen times over and I think what happened is the recipe calls for 1/2 cup of butter (56 g) BUT 56 g is only a 1/4 cup (1/2 a stick) where as a 1/2 cup of butter is 1stick- so the batter was missing half of butter it needed!!! Frustrating!
My cake also came out flat, about 1 inch. I used half a cup of butter. Not sure what I did wrong.
I am so sorry to hear that! I will test the recipe this week and see if I can make changes/improve it.
It was wonderful! Cheated with a box cake mix to avoid the “flat” cakes mentioned in other reviews The presentation was stunning and photo worthy by the guests. If you like a white wedding cake, you will love this cake! Needed the Chardonnay to help offset some of the sweet. Fun to put together.