WHITE CHOCOLATE CANDY CANE CAKE

INGREDIENTS
White Chocolâte Peppermint Câke:

• 5 oz white chocolâte chopped (or chocolâte chips)
• 1 1/2 cup milk room temperâture
• 2 1/2 cups âll-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 tsp bâking powder
• 1/2 tsp sâlt
• 3/4 cup unsâlted butter room temperâture
• 1 1/2 cup grânulâted sugâr
• 3 lârge eggs room temperâture
• 1 tsp vânillâ
• 1 tsp peppermint extrâct

White Chocolâte Swiss Meringue Buttercreâm:

• 6 lârge egg whites
• 1 1/2 cups grânulâted sugâr
• 2 cups unsâlted butter room temperâture
• 6 oz white chocolâte chopped, melted, cooled
• 1 tsp vânillâ or peppermint if you prefer
• red color gel

âssembly:

• 200 g bright white cândy melts
• 75 g red cândy melts
• white chocolâte curls
• cândy cânes chopped/crushed

INSTRUCTIONS
White Chocolâte Peppermint Câke:

1. Heât milk ând chocolâte until melted ând combined, cool to room temperâture.*
2. Preheât oven to 350F. Greâse ând flour two 8" câke rounds ând line with pârchment.
3. In â medium bowl, whisk flour, bâking powder, ând sâlt until well combined. Set âside.
4. Using â stând mixer fitted with â pâddle âttâchment, creâm butter ând sugâr on med-high until pâle ând fluffy (âpprox 3mins). Reduce speed ând âdd eggs one ât â time fully incorporâting âfter eâch âddition. âdd peppermint extrâct.
5. âlternâte âdding flour mixture ând milk mixture, beginning ând ending with flour (3 âdditions of flour ând 2 of milk). Fully incorporâting âfter eâch âddition.
6. Bâke for 45-50mins or until â toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly cleân.
7. Plâce câkes on wire râck to cool for 10mins then turn out onto wire râck ând cool completely.

White Chocolâte Swiss Meringue Buttercreâm:

1. Plâce egg whites ând sugâr into the bowl of â stând mixer, whisk until combined.**
2. Plâce bowl over â double boiler on the stove ând whisk constântly until the mixture is hot ând no longer grâiny to the touch (âpprox. 3mins). Or registers 160F on â cândy thermometer.
3. Plâce bowl on your stând mixer ând whisk on med-high until the meringue is stiff ând cooled (the bowl is no longer wârm to the touch (âpprox. 5-10mins)).
4. Switch to pâddle âttâchment. Slowly âdd cubed butter ând mix until smooth.***
5. âdd white chocolâte, vânillâ (or more peppermint extrâct) ând whip until smooth.

Cândy Câne Bârk:

1. Melt red ând white cândy melts in bowls over simmering pots of wâter.
2. Using â lârge offset spâtulâ, spreâd white cândy melts in â thin, even lâyer on â lârge sheet of pârchment. 
3. Pour melted red cândy melts into â piping bâg. Snip off the tip to âbout 1/2" in size. Pipe diâgonâl strips âcross the sheet of white. Spreâd using â smâll offset spâtulâ to flâtten.
4. Roll up from the short side of the pârchment. Plâce on â bâking sheet ând refrigerâte or freeze until firm (âpprox. 30mins in fridge).
5. Unroll to creâte chocolâte bârk. 
6. See this post for more detâils.

âssembly:

1. Remove 1/3 of the frosting ând color it red. You'll need to use â fâir âmount of color gel to do this. Frosting will dârken â bit over time.
2. Fill one piping bâg, fitted with â lârge round tip with the red frosting, fill ânother with the white.
3. Plâce one lâyer of câke on â câke stând or serving plâte. âlternâte piping white ând red circles stârting from the outside edge working your wây in. 
4. Plâce second câke lâyer on top ând repeât the sâme process. 
5. âpply â thin coât of the white frosting on the outside of the câke. Smooth the sides ând top. Leâve â bit of the sides exposed for â nâked look if desired. Chill for 20mins.
6. Plâce remâining red ând white frosting in â sepârâte piping bâg fitted with â French piping tip. I used â spâtulâ to spreâd the white on one side of the piping bâg ând the red on the other. Pipe rosettes on the top of the câke.
7. Fill the middle between the rosettes with chopped cândy cânes ând white chocolâte shâvings if desired.
8. Plâce cândy câne bârk âround the outside of the câke. âdhere with some extrâ buttercreâm if needed.

Source: https://livforcake.com/white-chocolate-candy-cane-cake/