A drip cake is so pretty and easier than you think to make! All you need is a little water ganache, gold dust, and oil! Takes less than 5 minutes to make, but saves you SO MUCH TIME!
Quick Glance at the Recipe
- Recipe Name: Gold Drip
- Why You'll Love It: Creates a dramatic metallic drip that looks like real gold and instantly elevates cakes for weddings, birthdays, and luxury desserts.
- Time and Difficulty: Less than 5 minutes, great for beginners
- Main Ingredients: White chocolate, water, gold luster dust
- Method: Make the water ganache, make the gold paste, coat the piping bag, pour the ganache into the piping bag to make the drips gold.
- Texture and Flavor: Smooth, glossy ganache with a rich white chocolate flavor and a metallic gold finish.
- Quick Tip: Always apply gold drip to a cold cake so the drips set quickly and don't run down the sides too far.
Jump to:
I wish I had this recipe 15 years ago. I've tried SO many different ways of making a pretty drip cake with gold dust and usually I have to paint the gold on. SUCH a pain!
This way is SO much easier. I used this gold drip to make this funfetti cake for my funfetti cake and it looks sooo pretty! It would also pair wonderfully with my vanilla cake recipe , easy buttercream frosting, or my chocolate ganache recipe, which are all beginner friendly.
Gold Drip Ingredients
Just a few simple ingredients and 5 minutes is all you need to make a shiny gold drip for your cakes.
Gold dust - It doesn't really matter what type of dust you use or the color. The results are the same. I used a gold highlighter dust that is super shiny but you can use anything you want.
Oil - I used regular vegetable oil but any kind will work.
Candy melts - I haven't tested this recipe with regular chocolate. Candy melts are made with crisco and doesn't contain cocoa butter so the ratio is perfect and doesn't get too hard but I think any type of ganache would work the same way.
Gold Drip Step-By-Step
- Combine the gold dust and oil together until it makes a thick paste.
- Pour the hot water over the candy melts and let it sit for 5 minutes. In this example, I'm using orange candy melts, but any kind of chocolate will work.
- Begin whisking the candy melts and water together until it's smooth. You may need to heat it in the microwave for another 30 seconds if all the chocolate isn't melted.
- Set the water ganache aside to cool.
- Coat the inside bottom portion of your piping bag with the gold paste. Make sure it's nice and thick.
- Pipe the gold drip onto your chilled cake.
Other Recipes You'll Love
Watch: How To Decorate A Cake Step-by-Step
Before you start decorating, watch the video below where I show you every step of decorating a cake from start to finish. Seeing the process in action makes it much easier to follow along
- Liz Marek.
Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Piping Bag
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons gold dust
- ¼ teaspoon oil
- 6 ounces candy melts
- 1 ounce water
Instructions
- Combine the water and candy melts together in a bowl
- Heat the candy melts and water in a microwave for 30 seconds or until they are melted
- Stir until smooth
- Combine the gold dust and oil together and mix until combined
- It should be a thick paste. If it's too thin, add more gold powder. If it's too thick, add a drop of oil.
- Coat the bottom inside of your piping bag with the gold mixture.
- Add the water ganache mixture and pipe!
