White Chocolate Cake is a moist and tender cake with coconut and pecans that is topped with a creamy white chocolate cream cheese frosting. Top it with more pecans and it's like a white chocolate twist on a German Chocolate Cake.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease three 9-inch cake pans.
Cream together butter, sugar and melted chocolate that has been cooled slightly. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
Combine dry ingredients - cake flour, salt and baking powder. Add flour mixture alternating with buttermilk.
Gently stir in pecans and coconut. Divide batter evenly between pans.
Bake 20-25 minutes, until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
Make the Frosting
In large mixing bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese. Gradually add in powdered sugar. Mix well.
Mix in white chocolate and vanilla extract. Spread a thin layer of frosting betwen each cake layer.
Gently fold toasted pecans into remaining frosting. Frost sides and top of cake. Garnish with additional toasted pecans if desired.
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1grams
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