We just love pound cakes, and this white chocolate pound cake with it’s light white chocolate flavor and white chocolate drip is sure to become an instant favorite!
This recipe is similar to our classic pound cake recipe, but with six ounces of grated white chocolate added to the batter. The result is a sweet, ultra moist pound cake with just the right amount of white chocolate flavor.
It is not overpowering as white chocolate flavor is a bit more subtle, but the addition of grated white chocolate elevates this buttery pound cake recipe to a new level of deliciousness.
How to Make White Chocolate Pound Cake
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10 or 12 cup bundt pan. You could also use a tube pan.
- Next, use a vegetable peeler to create shavings from six squares of white the white baking chocolate. (You can also use a grater or finely chop the chocolate). If using a peeler or grater, just chop the last little bits of white chocolate when it becomes too small to work with.
- In a separate bowl whisk the all purpose flour and baking powder to combine, set aside for later.
- Cream the butter with the paddle attachment in your mixer, gradually add the sugar and beat until lighten in color and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Next, add the room temperature eggs one at a time blending after each to incorporate.
- Add the vanilla extract to the l cup of milk. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk to the butter, sugar, egg mixture. Begin and end with the dry ingredients. I add the dry ingredients 3 times and milk twice.
- Finally, fold in the white chocolate shavings.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean or with just a few crumbs attached
- This makes approximately 8 cups of batter.
- Allow to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before turning out.
Applying the Chocolate Drip
Melt the white chocolate in the microwave in small increments until almost completely melted. Then stir gently to help the melting process along. Be careful not to overheat.
The drip will thicken is it cools. When it is a good consistency for dipping, you can spoon it over the pound cake if you’d like, but I prefer to place it into a piping bag with the tip snipped away for a little more control.
(If you don’t have a piping bag you can also use a ziplock bag with a small corner snipped away.)
Chocolate Curls
After the cake has cooled and as a final touch, I created white chocolate curls from two squares of white chocolate. I used my vegetable peeler to do this, but you could also use a sharp knife.
Just run the knife or peeler along the edge of the chocolate to create curls. I do this over a bowl or sheet of wax paper. Once you’ve made as many as you’d like, freeze them for about 5-10. minutes to firm them up before applying to the top of the cake. Chilling makes them less fragile.
**As you are creating your curls, if the chocolate splinters, it is likely too cool. You’ll want to slightly warm the chocolate either with the heat from your hands or by placing in a sunny/warmer spot in your kitchen.
Can White Chocolate Pound Cake be Frozen?
Yes it can! Pound cakes can easily be frozen after baking. Simply flip the pound cake onto a cake board, wrap with plastic wrap, and then foil. I like to wrap and freeze my cakes while they are still warm to trap in the moisture that comes from the dramatic change in temperature!
However, no matter when you freeze your cakes, they freeze beautifully and will taste as fresh as the day that they were wrapped and frozen. You can freeze pound cakes for up to three months.
Thawing the Pound Cake
When it is time to thaw the pound cake, just place it on the counter, still wrapped and allow to thaw at room temperature. Once condensation as formed on the foil and the cake has begun to soften, it is fine to remove from the wrapping and allow to continue to thaw on the countertop.
You can also freeze pound cake slices individually so that you will never be caught without a pound cake when the craving strikes!
Does this White Chocolate Pound Cake Need Refrigeration?
No, this cake is fine to leave under a cake dome at room temperature! It is so delicious that it won’t last long! ;0)
More Pound Cakes to Try!
We’ve made quite a few pound cakes over the years and we love them all! If you’re looking for even more pound cakes to try, don’t miss these delicious recipes!:
Favorite White Chocolate Cakes
If you love white chocolate, we have more recipes for you to put on your list! In addition to today’s white chocolate pound cake, don’t miss these other favorite white chocolate recipes!
White Chocolate Raspberry Cake
White Chocolate Cranberry Cake
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White Chocolate Pound Cake
This delicious White Chocolate Pound Cake is so moist and has wonderful flavor!
Ingredients
- 3 sticks (339 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 ½ cups (500 g) sugar
- 5 large eggs, room temperature
- 3 cups (375 g) all purpose flour, (not self-rising)
- ½ teaspoon (2 g) baking powder
- 1 cup (242g) whole milk
- 2 teaspoons (8 g) vanilla
- 2 (4ounce) Ghiradelli White Chocolate Baking Bars. There are 8 squares in one 4 ounce bar. You will use 6 squares in the cake batter, 7 squares for the drip and the remaining 3 squares for the shavings on top of the cake
White Chocolate Drip & Curls for Decoration
- 7 white chocolate squares for the drip
- 3 white chocolate squares for curls on top of cake
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour tube pan or 10 or 12 cup bundt pan.
- Next, use a vegetable peeler to creating shavings from the 6 squares of white chocolate. (If you don't have a vegetable peeler, you can also use a grater or finely chop the chocolate).
- In a separate bowl whisk the flour and baking powder to combine, set aside for later.
- Cream the butter with the paddle attachment in your mixer, gradually add the sugar and beat until lightened in color and fluffy 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add the eggs one at a time blending after each to incorporate.
- Add the vanilla extract to the l cup of milk. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk to the butter, sugar, egg mixture. Begin and end with the dry ingredients. I add the dry ingredients 3 times and milk twice.
- Fold in the white chocolate shavings.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick or long skewer comes out clean or with just a few crumbs attached
- This makes approximately 8 cups of batter.
- Allow to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before turning out.
White Chocolate Drip
Melt white chocolate squares in a microwave safe bowl in small increments (I started with 15 seconds and then adjusted to 10 second increments until almost melted. The chocolate pieces will not be fully melted but stir a minute or so to help the melting along. Be careful not to overheat the chocolate or it will harden and be ruined.
Once ready, you can spoon over the Room Temperature cake if you'd like, but I prefer to load the melted chocolate into a piping bag with the tip of the bag snipped away for a little more control.
White Chocolate Curls
I used 3 of the baking squares to create white chocolate curls for the top of the cake. I used a potato peeler but you could also just use a sharp knife. run the knife along the edge of the room temperature chocolate to create curls.
If the chocolate seems to splinter, it's a bit too cold and you can try warming it in your hands or a sunny spot in the kitchen. I create my curls over a bowl or sheet of wax paper, and then chill the curls in the freezer for about 5-10 minutes to firm it up before placing on the cake (so that the curls will be less fragile).
I sprinkled and gently pressed the white chocolate curls into the freshly applied white chocolate glaze.
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OMGoodness that looks delish! :-)
This caught my eye immediately because I have a bag of Nestle white chocolate chips I want to use up on something other than cookies. Then I saw you shaved the Ghiradelli. Do you think I could chop up the white chocolate chips and add to the cake batter, or would they not melt as well as the shavings? Just wondering if you tried them. Thanks so very much.
I’ve never seen Ghirardelli bars chips yes but not bars. I’m in western Canada. Where are they sold?
Hi Jody, The Ghirardelli White Chocolate baking bars are sold in most grocery stores as well as Target and Walmart. They will be found on the baking isle. Below is a link to Amazon so you can see a photo of it.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=ghirardelli+white+chocolate+baking+bar&crid=2DUCIDY7RCSZ4&sprefix=ghirardelli+white+baking+chocolate+%2Caps%2C179&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_3_35
Hi Joan, We have not tried using white chocolate chips for this recipe so I’m not sure how well they would melt. You could try chopping them very small so they would not sink to the bottom of the pan. You could also melt 3 ounces (this is the weight of the shaved chocolate I folded in)of the white chocolate chips in the microwave at short intervals. Don’t over microwave or the melted chocolate will firm up and be ruined. Before it has completely melted just stir a minute or so until it is completely melted.
Hi ladies-
Is it ok to put cake in fridge overnight before putting the icing on? If so, do I wrap it the same way as if Im freezing it and how long should I let it sit out before icing it?
Thanks for your help.
Hi Jackie, To keep your cake from drying out or absorbing odors in the refrigerator, I would double wrap it. The white chocolate pound cake would also be fine to sit out on the countertop, just put it under a cake cover.
Loved this cake. But, I admit I swapped out the melted white chocolate with white chocolate ganache.
Melissa and Bebe……I am planning to use this pound cake recipe and was wondering if it can be baked in regular cake pans as opposed to the Bundt pan?
If so, are the pans filled to the same level as regular cake recipes??
Hi Sharron, It can be baked in a regular pan but it can have a bit of a crusty top as pound cakes do. It is still fine because you can trim that off if you want. Fill the pans as your would other recipes about 2/3’s full.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
Hi, I would love to make this white chocolate pound cake. I love your recipes and can’t wait to try this cake.
Why is there no salt in this recipe?