Winning White Christmas Cake Recipes

Photo: Jennifer Davick

Chocolate-Gingerbread-Toffee Cake

This cake recipe has all the wonderful flavors that come tumbling out of a stocking: milk chocolate Santas, gingerbread men, and buttery toffee candy.

from 2011 Winner Lynn Brown

Photo: Jennifer Davick

Tiramisù Layer Cake

This cake is hands down the tastiest of the many takes on tiramisù we ran across during judging of our 2011 White Cake Contest. Michelle Matile's runner-up recipe offers the delicious flavor of traditional tiramisù but the decorating opportunities of a layer cake.

Recipe: Tiramisù Layer Cake

from 2011 Runner-Up Michelle Matile

Photo: Jennifer Davick

Layered Peppermint Cheesecake

We loved Melodie Belcher's cake, Runner-Up of our 2011 White Cake Contest, for its childlike whimsy, candy crunch, and—hello!—hidden layers of cheesecake.

Recipe: Layered Peppermint Cheesecake

from 2011 Runner-Up Melodie Belcher

Photo: Iain Bagwell; Styling: Vanessa McNeil Rocchio

Mrs. Billett's White Cake

Think of this instant classic as the little black dress of white cakes. It's appropriate for every occasion on its own and versatile enough to show-case any of festive fillings and frostings.

from 2012 Winner Sue Winter