White Chocolate Drip Cake!
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A four layer white chocolate drip cake with white chocolate buttercream and a white chocolate ganache drip!
My blogs 6th birthday!
Today is my blog’s 6th birthday… this cake is to celebrate. It has been six years since I first uploaded a recipe only to my blog and six years since I created this business and I am honestly so beyond happy with everything.
Baking has always been a form of therapy for me in a way that I can always escape what is happening in the world and just enjoy baking some sort of cake, cookie, dessert or anything else.
THANK YOU!
I just wanted to say a massive thank you for following me on this journey, following my social media accounts, commenting, tagging, baking and just loving my blog. THANK YOU ALL!! You are the best people ever!
This year, baking has really helped millions of people because of what has been happening, and so many of you used the recipes on my blog during that time.
It honestly makes me so beyond happy to see people bake my recipes every day, and I couldn’t be prouder. All I have ever wanted from this blog is to create easy recipes that are suitable for all levels, and will be enjoyed by all. Yes, some of them are extremely simply, but there is nothing wrong with that.
White chocolate drip cake
Anyway… back to the cake. I have had SO MANY requests for a white chocolate drip cake so I decided this was the perfect time to create it, and I know you are all going to love this recipe. It is white chocolate through and through and I am obsessed with it!
This recipe is naturally a very sweet recipe, because white chocolate is sweet. You can use milk chocolate in place, or even dark chocolate if you prefer – but this is destined to be a white chocolate drip cake recipe.
A vanilla flavoured sponge, with a white chocolate buttercream, and a white chocolate drip. Honestly, so much white chocolate I question how many times I will write the phrase in this blog post!
Sponge
For the sponge I went with a vanilla cake because they are easier to make, and also the amount of white chocolate that has already been used in the recipe for the decoration is rather obscene! You can of course make it white chocolate flavoured too however if you prefer.
To make the sponge white chocolate I would use 400g butter, sugar, and flour, 1tsp baking powder, with 8 medium eggs, 300g melted and cooled white chocolate, and 200ml whole milk. You split into the two tins like the rest of the recipe and bake for the same time!
Buttercream
For the buttercream, I followed the same idea in my triple chocolate cake of adding the melted chocolate to the buttercream and it works absolute wonders. It’s creamy, it’s sweet, and it’s full of the white chocolate flavour.
Decorating the cake with this buttercream is quite easy, as you split the cake into the four layers, and fill the layers with some buttercream. Then, you do a crumb coat around the outside to fill in the gaps and seal in the crumbs.
Patterned decoration
Finally, you slather on the buttercream and smooth it around. I decided this time however to use a patterned comb to create a different style and I love it!
Look how beautiful the cake is!! I used these combs on my cake to create the style and you can use any of them! Its quite nice to have a different style rather than my usual smooth effect, and this cake was perfect to try it on!
Ganache
For the ganache decoration, it is a bit different to my others. Because you are using white chocolate, the ratio of how much cream you use for the amount of chocolate is completely different.
The standard is either a 3:1, or a 4:1 when it comes to a white chocolate ganache. I personally love the 3:1 ratio! It may sound strange only using such a small amount of double cream – but it’s honestly all you need. Add in too much and it will be very very runny!
White food colouring
Believe it or not, you can colour this ganache very easily. Using a good quality colour sugar as colour splash, wilton or sugar flair is best.
If you want to make your ganache whiter like I have, you can use this white food colouring – it works for buttercream, ganache etc!! It is definitely not essential, I just know some people don’t like how yellow white chocolate can be! x
White Chocolate Drip Cake!
Ingredients
Cake
- 500 g unsalted butter
- 500 g caster sugar
- 10 medium eggs
- 500 g self raising flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Buttercream
- 300 g white chocolate
- 500 g unsalted butter (room temp)
- 1000 g icing sugar
Ganache
- 150 g white chocolate
- 50 ml double cream
Decoration
- White chocolate sweets/truffles
- White chocolate sprinkles/sprinkles
Instructions
For the Cake
- Preheat your oven to 170ºC/150ºC Fan, and line two 8"/20cm cake tins with baking parchment.
- In a stand mixer, or a large bowl, beat together your unsalted butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in the eggs, self raising flour, and vanilla extract and beat again until combined well.
- Split the mixture between the two tins.
- Bake the cakes in the oven for 50-60 minutes, or until baked through - check with a skewer to make sure they're done!
- Leave the cakes to cool in the tins for 10 minutes, and then take out and leave to cool fully on a wire rack!
For the Buttercream
- Melt the white chocolate until smooth, and leave to cool whilst doing the rest.
- Beat your unsalted butter on its own for minute or two, to soften it and loosen it.
- Add in the icing sugar and beat well until smooth and fluffy.
- Add the melted and cooled white chocolate and beat again.
For the Decoration
- Split the two cakes into four layers in total.
- Put the first cake onto a cake board of plate. Add a little buttercream and spread. Repeat with the second and third sponges. Add the final sponge on top.
- Using a small amount of buttercream, spread and smooth around the cake sides and top for a crumb coat and add to the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Once set, add more buttercream onto the tops and sides of the cake, and smooth around covering the cake completely in buttercream.
- I add the buttercream on using a small angled spatula, and smoothed around the edge with the patterned scraper! You need to make sure there is more buttercream on the sides of the cake than you need, as some will be removed as you smooth it over.
- Once finished, put the cake in the fridge again for at least 30 minutes.
Ganache
- Add the white chocolate and double cream to a bowl, and microwave until smooth.
- Using a small piping bag or a teaspoon, drip the ganache down the sides of the cake. The more you push over the edge, the further the drip will fall.
- Set the cake in the fridge again for 30 minutes!
- Finish the cake off by piping on any leftover buttercream, and adding any sprinkles and truffles you like!
Notes
- This cake lasts for 3-4 days at room temperature!
- For this cake I used:
- I used two of these 8" cake tins
- These piping bags for the buttercream
- These piping bags for the drip
- This cake turntable to make decoration easier
- I used these combs on my cake to create the style
- I used this piping tip for the buttercream!
- I use this white chocolate in my baking
- If you wanted brighter white ganache, use this colouring!
- If you don't want to use a patterned scraper, just use a large flat metal scraper!
- You can use half of the recipe to make a two layer cake - half the sponge recipe, and half the buttercream!
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Hi Jane . So
I used this exact recipe and put it into 3x 6” tins so I have nice thick layers .
But they always same quite greasy ?
That sounds like too much mixture which could make them greasy if they are underbaked slightly! x
Would 2.5″ deep cake tins work?
I would say its the limit, but it should do x
Hiya, I’m looking at making this cake for my friends birthday but looking at making it in 7 inch cake tins as I would like a taller cake, do you recommend adjusting time of bake & amount of ingredients please
Many thanks
Sami xx
Hi Jane I’ve currently got this cake baking in the oven but I went with the white chocolate sponge option, can I just ask why the addition of milk when making the white chocolate sponge? I never noticed milk being added in any of your recipes that I’ve previously made. I did add the milk as instructed but just was a little curious, many thanks Marie
Absolutely love your recipes! I was just wondering – If I wanted to do a milk chocolate drip, how would you do this please? X
Instead of a 3:1 ratio like I have done, you use 2:1 of milk chocolate to cream! xx
Hi Jane, if I were to make this this into a 3 layer cake, what would the buttercream and cream measurements be? and would the cake measurements be 400grams and 7large eggs? Xx
Yes so for three layers I do a 400g mix *weigh the eggs in shells and get as close to 400g as possible) – the decoration I would only reduce slightly by about 1/5 maybe as you still want enough to do it all! x
Hi Jane,
Making this as a 3 layer cake. What quantity of the ingredients would I use for a 3 layer cake for the white choc buttercream?
Thanks! X
Hi Jane,
I wanted to make this for a friends birthday but only have 9” cake tins. Could I divide this mixture between 3 x 9” sandwich tins? Would a 3 layer still be quite high? Also, would cooking time be the same?
The height would in my opinion be quite a bit less (as the tins are about 1/3 bigger in volume) but it would still be a decent cake! The baking time will change however (not sure on the timings) x
Hi Jane,
Thank you so much for all your great recipes I love them. I wanted to make this cake but with 4 layers cooked in 4 seperate tins, would you just half the baking time? Thank you x
The baking time would be about 25-30+ minutes – it’s not always as simple as just halving annoyingly!! x
Hi Jane! I love your recipes, I am looking to make this cake and am wondering why so much ingredients is needed to make the buttercream? I noticed the buttercream for example on the biscoff cake is half of this yet serves 20. And covers the cake? Just wondering why there is such a difference or if I could get away with making half the butter cream?
The servings is just a random guide for how many slices are cut, so it’s just based around how many layers the cake has (and the biscoff one has a thin buttercream crumb coat and ganache outside, whereas this one is all buttercream)
Hi Jane, just an all around question. What are the cake tins you use for your 8 inch cakes. And also do you use 4 tins to split the mix or 2 and then when baked cut both cakes in half to make 4? Thanks so much 🙂
Check out my cake tin blog post! x
Hi jane,
I’m hoping to make this for my daughter’s 13th birthday, however add some pink to the buttercream. What kind of colouring would you recommend?
Thanks
Janet
Hi Jane,
I have just made this cake and it tasted amazing! My daughter has requested a lemon cake for her birthday.
Could I use the same quantities in the buttercream and just add lemon or would I need to make it without the white chocolate?
I looked at your lemon and raspberry cake buttercream but not sure how much I would need to fill and cover a cake this size.
Thanks Caroline x
You could definitely add lemon to it! I would use a lemon extract (lemon and white chocolate is a great combo) x
Thank you so much, your recipes are absolutely amazing and I love your videos thank you x
Hi Jane! Could I put Jane in the middle of each layer along with buttercream? I tried it before but I think the sponges were a bit domed and I put a bit too much in so the jam just splurged out and the sponges were slipping. Xx
Was a tad confused at first (Jam not Jane I assume? haha!) – but yes you can, its just best to do a border of buttercream and put jam in the middle of it, and make sure the sponges are flat!) X
Haha omg! Yes of course I meant jam🤦♀️😂😂. Thank you! Xx
Hi Jane in your two tier celebration cake your top tier was two 6inch split in to four layers, would I follow your measurements for that one and the cooking time and just alter it to. Make a vanilla cake? X
Yeah you can do! x
Hi, can you tell me if the ganache hardens? Making a camera cake so I don’t want it to sink in haha.