Colored Drip Recipe
This colorful drip recipe is perfect for any drip cake! It's made using only two ingredients, and comes together in less than five minutes! It can be made in any color, using gel food coloring.
Servings: 1 cup
Calories: 1173kcal
Equipment
- Microwave or Double Boiler
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp heavy cream 70ml
- 1 cup mini white chocolate chips 175g
- gel food coloring optional
Instructions
- Heat 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp heavy cream in a heat proof bowl in the microwave for 45 seconds, until it's just beginning to bubble.
- Gently pour 1 cup of white chocolate chips into the heavy cream. Make sure they are fully covered with cream. Allow the mixture to sit for 1 -2 minutes.
- Stir until the cream and white chocolate are combined and the mixture is smooth.
- If some bits of chocolate aren't fully melted, heat the mixture again for 20 seconds, and stir.
- Repeat as necessary until all the chocolate bits are fully melted and incorporated.
- Mix in gel food coloring at this stage, if desired. Let the mixture cool until the desired viscosity is reached (barely warm to the touch).
- If it seems too thin or thick, you can add a touch more chocolate chips or heavy cream! The type of cream and white chocolate that you use can affect the consistency, so feel free to adjust as needed.
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Notes
This recipe makes about a little over 1 cup of ganache, which is plenty to add drips around an 8-inch layer cake.
I like to use mini white chocolate chips because they melt better. However, because they're smaller, I'm able to fit more of them in 1 cup than if I were to use regular white chocolate chips (170g vs. 160g).
With this in mind, if you use regular white chocolate chips, you may want to slightly overfill your cup measure to account for this difference or use a kitchen scale to weigh your white chocolate chips.
If you can’t find heavy cream at your grocery store, heavy whipping cream will work too.
Extra ganache can be covered with plastic wrap or kept in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 1173kcal | Carbohydrates: 102g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 82g | Saturated Fat: 51g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 25g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 124mg | Sodium: 172mg | Sugar: 101g