Cranberry Obsession Snow Cake

Name: Cranberry Obsession Snow Cake
Prep time: 2 h 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons baking powder; 828 milliliters cake flour; 355 milliliters cranberry or cherry preserves; 887 milliliters cranberries, divided; 118 milliliters colorless liqueur such as crème de cacao or kirsch; 5 larges egg whites, at room temperature; 7 larges egg whites, at room temperature; 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 296 milliliters granulated sugar; 532 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 Tbsps About powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 pinch Pinch of salt; 454 grams unsalted butter, cut into pieces and at room temperature; 283 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for pans; 340 grams white chocolate (bars or a block, not chips), divided; 16 servings Assembly; 16 servings Buttercream

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Cranberry Obsession Snow Cake a try. One portion of this dish contains about 8g of protein, 45g of fat, and a total of 891 calories. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. If you have egg whites, butter, buttercream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 32

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Oven

Butter two 9-in. cake pans; set aside.

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Butter

Make cake: In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and sugar together on low speed until light and fluffy.

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Baking Powder

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add egg whites in 3 batches, scraping inside of bowl as needed. Beat in flour mixture in 5 batches, adding 1/4 cup water after each addition (you will begin and end with flour); make sure flour is completely blended each time before adding water.

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Egg Whites

All Purpose Flour

Water

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Bowl

Pour batter into prepared pans, dividing evenly. Smooth tops with a spatula.

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Spatula

Bake until center of cake feels firm to the touch and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool cakes completely in pans on a rack.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Combine 3 cups cranberries, the sugar, preserves, and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan and cook over high heat until cranberries pop and preserves melt, 5 to 10 minutes.

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Cranberries

Preserves

Sugar

Water

Pop

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Sauce Pan

Add remaining 3/4 cup cranberries, stir to combine, and remove from heat.

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Cranberries

Transfer to a small bowl and chill until ready to assemble cake.

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Bowl

Make buttercream: Fill a 2-qt. pan with about 1 in. water and bring to a simmer over low heat. Put egg whites, salt, and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer and whisk to combine.

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Egg Whites

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Stand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Frying Pan

Place bowl over hot water, making sure bottom of bowl isn't touching water, and heat whites, whisking constantly, until hot to the touch, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Water

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Whisk

Bowl

Remove pan and bowl from heat.

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Put bowl of warm whites on the mixer and whisk on high speed until tripled in volume and side of bowl is cool to the touch, about 10 minutes.

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Blender

Whisk

Bowl

Meanwhile, chop 4 oz. white chocolate, put in a medium metal mixing bowl, and set in same pan of warm water off the heat to melt slowly, stirring occasionally.

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White Chocolate

Water

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Mixing Bowl

Frying Pan

Remove bowl from pan and let cool to room temperature.

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Reduce mixer speed to low and whisk butter into whites, about 1/4 cup at a time, until incorporated. Continue to whisk on low speed until smooth and fluffy, about 10 minutes (mixture may look grainy at some point but will come together).

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Butter

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Blender

Whisk

With a rubber spatula, gently fold melted chocolate into buttercream until completely combined.

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Chocolate

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Spatula

Assemble: Rub tops of both cakes gently with your hands to remove browned outer surface, then carefully invert cakes and rub undersides so that cakes are completely white.

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Dry Seasoning Rub

Place 1 cake layer on a cake stand or serving plate, top side up. Using a pastry brush, brush top with half the liqueur.

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Liqueur

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Pastry Brush

Spread about 1 1/2 cups cranberry mixture over layer with a metal spatula, leaving a 1/2-in. empty border around edge.

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Cranberries

Spread

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Spatula

Place second cake layer on top, flattest side down, and brush with remaining liqueur.

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Liqueur

Spread top and sides of cake with a thin layer of buttercream to seal in crumbs and chill 30 minutes. Cover with remaining buttercream, starting with the sides and covering the top last.

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Spread

Use the palm of your hand to warm remaining chocolate. Shave smooth side of chocolate bar with a vegetable peeler to make thin curls; scatter curls over cake's top. Sift powdered sugar over cake.

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Powdered Sugar

Chocolate Bar

Chocolate

Vegetable

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Peeler

Serve with remaining cranberry mixture on the side.

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Cranberries

Baked cake layers can be wrapped in plastic and stored at room temperature or in the fridge up to 2 days ahead. Cranberry filling can be made up to 2 days ahead and chilled.

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Cranberries