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!
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!
Ingredients
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.
How to make a drip cake
- Start with a freshly decorated and chilled cake.
- Combine the gold dust and oil together until it makes a thick paste.
- Mix them together the candy melts and the water.
- Melt them in the microwave for 30 seconds and stir until smooth.
- Coat the inside bottom area of your piping bag with the gold dust mixture. You only need to worry about 2" of the bottom area not the whole inside of the piping bag.
- Cut the tip off the piping bag and pipe the gold drip onto the cake.
- The cake should be cold, this will help the drip set up faster.
- Your drip cake is complete!
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!
