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The Perfect Drip Cake – A Tutorial From Cake Confidence by Mandy Merriman

October 14, 2019

Drip Cake Tutorial from Cake Confidence by Mandy Merriman on Cake-Geek.com

In this drip cake tutorial from Cake Confidence by Mandy Merriman, Mandy takes you through the decorating process step-by-step as well as how to finish your cake with piped buttercream rosettes or swirls. (Continued from our Cake Confidence feature, Part 1: How to Expertly Buttercream a Cake – The Easy Way.)

Drip Cake Tutorial

For the ganache, melt candy melts or chocolate with heavy cream in the microwave in 30 second increments.

Stir to combine. Make sure there are no lumps! It shouldn’t be too thick or thin.

Drip cake tutorial step 2

Pour into your squeeze bottle and twist the lid on tight.

Drip cake tutorial step 3

Gently squeeze a bit of ganache down the side of the cake from the top edge. Stop when the ganache is about an inch down from the top.

Drip cake tutorial step 4

Still squeezing, move the squeeze bottle over a bit for the next drip.

Drip cake tutorial step 5The more you squeeze, the deeper the drip.

Drip cake tutorial step 6Add more ganache on top—just enough to spread to the edges.

Drip cake tutorial step 7Using an offset icing spatula, spread the center pool of ganache to the edges. Then add a swirl on top. Let set for 5 minutes in the freezer.

Using a Wilton 1M piping tip, pipe on a swirl, going around three times, press down slightly, then lift up.

Drip cake tutorial step 9Repeat so there are 8 swirls on top of the cake. I do swirls at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o’clock.

Drip cake tutorial step 10Finish the final swirls by adding one between each of the previous ones.

Drip cake tutorial step 11

Place on final decorations. Chill the cake to set.

Drip cake tutorial step 12Slide a cake lifter between the small cardboard round and the large one (cutting through the tape – see Cake Confidence extract, Part 1 for why you need two cardboard rounds taped together).

Transferring a cake how to pic 1

Lift cake under the small cardboard round with the cake lifter.

Transferring a cake how to pic 2

Carefully place the cake on the cake stand and slowly slide out the cake lifter.

Transferring a cake how to pic 1

From Mandy Merriman’s Cake Confidence (Springville, Utah: Cedar Fort, 2019). Courtesy of Cedar Fort, Inc. Used by permission.

See Part 1 of our Cake Confidence feature here: How To Expertly Buttercream A Cake – The Easy Way

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