{"id":5278,"date":"2016-10-24T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/?p=5278"},"modified":"2022-10-07T09:45:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T08:45:43","slug":"halloween-drip-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/2016\/10\/24\/halloween-drip-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Drip Cake!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A spooky yet delicious Halloween drip cake to be the ultimate showstopper… chocolate sponge, orange buttercream, and all things spooky!<\/h2>\n

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Halloween baking<\/h3>\n

I knew I wanted to do a cake for Halloween this year but I wasn’t sure where to start. I wanted to make this recipe easier than others I have seen so that more people can make it!<\/p>\n

I saw pictures of drip cakes, but the drip bit was ‘blood’ or I saw cakes where various creatures and creepies were climbing out of the cake, and these are all AMAZING.<\/p>\n

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Halloween drip cake<\/h3>\n

However, my recipe had to be easy enough for all, and still delicious without spending a big buck! So, my version of Halloween drip cake happened!<\/p>\n

I realise it’s not actually spooky at all. Partly because the ghost marshmallows on top are actually more cute than scary, but this is beside the point. I wanted to make it delicious, and that did actually happen!<\/p>\n

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Sponge<\/h3>\n

I went for a chocolate cake as I adore it, and I feel like the dark colour of the chocolate made it look slightly more spooky than vanilla cake. I used the recipe for the cake from my Oreo drip cake<\/a> as it was such a success with so many of you making it.<\/p>\n

Buttercream<\/h3>\n

I did, however, notice that everyone loved the cake sponge lots but struggled to decorate it… Sometimes that is because the buttercream is still slightly too stiff, or the sponge is still too moist and soft. If you are struggling to smooth buttercream around the sides, refrigerate the cakes first so they’re slightly firmer and it’ll be easier!<\/p>\n

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Flavours\/Colourings<\/h3>\n

I went for a simple orange coloured vanilla buttercream frosting so it was almost ‘Halloween Coloured’ as Halloween mainly reminds me of the colour orange! You can easily flavour the buttercream to whatever you prefer, but I used vanilla as I like it with chocolate!<\/p>\n

I used a mixture of red and yellow colourings to make my orange as it’s all I had, but any gel or paste colouring will work well – see my recommendations one food colourings here –  I recommend Sugarflair and ProGel food colourings above any supermarket brand as you need so much less, and they’re so good.. they worked perfectly for my Halloween macarons<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Decoration<\/h3>\n

One thing I must say is that I adored doing a spider web style on the top so much I think I put lines through it a little too often… so maybe do fewer lines that I did as mine looks a little spikey! But hey ho.. I found these delicious little Marshmallows from Tiger and the sprinkles in Asda.<\/p>\n

Chocolate drip <\/h3>\n

I had to use my classic drip when it came to this cake because I am obsessed with it. 75g dark chocolate, 75g milk chocolate and 150ml double cream creates the perfect drip – as seen in my mini egg drip cake<\/a>. The balance of cocoa content in the chocolate just enhances the drip to the perfect texture which you can see in the photos. Also, it does just taste really delicious. <\/p>\n

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Halloween Drip Cake!<\/h2>\n\t\t
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A spooky yet delicious Halloween drip cake to be the ultimate showstopper... chocolate sponge, orange buttercream, and all things spooky!<\/span><\/div>\n\n\t\t
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Category: <\/span>Cake<\/span><\/div>
Type: <\/span>Drip Cake<\/span><\/div>
Keyword: <\/span>Halloween<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
Prep Time: <\/span>20 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cook Time: <\/span>30 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cooling & Decorating: <\/span>4 hours<\/span><\/span> hours<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Total Time: <\/span>4 hours<\/span><\/span> hours<\/span> 50 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
Servings: <\/span>18<\/span> Slices<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t
Author: <\/span>Jane's Patisserie<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t

Ingredients<\/h3>

Cake<\/h4>