Winning White Cake Recipes

Southern Living

We bake dozens of delicious cakes for our holiday recipe contest each year just so you can enjoy these winning recipes.

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Coconut Cake with Rum Filling and Coconut Ermine Frosting

Hector Manuel Sanchez

Recipe: Coconut Cake with Rum Filling and Coconut Ermine Frosting

December 2016

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Red Velvet Cheesecake-Vanilla Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Hector Manuel Sanchez

Recipe: Red Velvet Cheesecake-Vanilla Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

December 2016

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Peppermint Cake with Seven-Minute Frosting

Hector Manuel Sanchez

Recipe: Pepperming Cake with Seven-Minute Frosting

Decmeber 2016

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White Chocolate Poinsettia Cake

Hector Manuel Sanchez

Recipe: White Chocolate Poinsettia Cake

December 2016

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Spice Cake with Cranberry Filling

Photo: Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Spice Cake with Cranberry Filling

Pipe a ring of frosting around the cake layer, just inside the top edge, to keep filling from oozing out.

December 2015

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White Cake with Peppermint Frosting

Photo: Hector Sanchez

Recipe: White Cake with Peppermint Frosting

Garnish with a fondant bow or Peppermint Meringue Cookies.

December 2014

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Red Velvet-White Chocolate Cheesecake

Photo: Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Red Velvet-White Chocolate Cheesecake

Whimsy meets elegance in all five layers of this red velvet-white chocolate wonder.

December 2013

Watch: Assembling Our White Layer Cake

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Gingerbread Cake with Buttermilk Frosting

Photo: Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Gingerbread Cake with Buttermilk Frosting

Warm spices and molasses blend beautifully with tangy buttermilk frosting.

December 2014

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White Cake with Bourbon Buttercream

Photo: Hector Sanchez

Recipe: White Cake with Bourbon Buttercream and Seven-Minute Frosting

Top this cake with Sugar-Coated Orange Slices and Sparkling Cherries.

December 2014
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Marbled Pumpkin Praline Cake

Photo: Iain Bagwell; Styling: Vanessa McNeil Rocchio

Recipe: Marbled Pumpkin Praline Cake

Marbled Pumpkin Praline Cake garnished with sugared pecans, kumquats, and bay leaves.

from 2012 Runner-Up Marylin Boone

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Peppermint-Hot Chocolate Cake Recipe

Photo: Iain Bagwell; Styling: Vanessa McNeil Rocchio

Recipe: Peppermint-Hot Chocolate Cake Recipe

Peppermint-Hot Chocolate Cake garnished with peppermint candies and rolled wafer cookies.

from 2012 Runner-Up Brittany Shaw

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Mrs. Billett's White Cake

Photo: Iain Bagwell; Styling: Vanessa McNeil Rocchio

Recipe: 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.

Meet 2012 White Cake Recipe Contest Winner Sue Winter

from 2012 Winner Sue Winter

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Chocolate-Gingerbread-Toffee Cake

Photo: Jennifer Davick

Recipe: 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.

Meet the 2011 White Cake Contest Winner Lynn Brown

from 2011 Winner Lynn Brown

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Layered Peppermint Cheesecake

Photo: Jennifer Davick

Recipe: 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.

from 2011 Runner-Up Melodie Belcher

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Tiramisù Layer Cake

Photo: Jennifer Davick

Recipe: 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.

from 2011 Runner-Up Michelle Matile

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