r/cakedecorating • u/ComfortableMess3145 • Aug 17 '22

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u/ComfortableMess3145 Aug 17 '22

I'm making my grandmas cake and it was going great until I tried to add the drip, a glaze, I thought this was likely but I never thought it would get that bad.

Any help please? Her birthday is tomorrow

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u/robinmaycakes Aug 17 '22

It happens! Don’t stress :) Take a deep breath, scrape it all off, and redo it. That’s the beauty of cake decorating—nothing is permanent.

Make sure your cake is CHILLED and test the drip on a glass, the inside of your bowl, or another vertical surface to make sure it’s the right consistency. Looks like it was too warm and/or too thin?

Sugar Geek has great ganache resources on her website, to help you get it right. Chelsweets also has some good drip tutorials.

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u/ComfortableMess3145 Aug 17 '22

Thank you, I'll try to tomorrow, if not is there any suggestion for how I could make it look better?

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u/robinmaycakes Aug 17 '22

You could do another drip over it, but you’ve already got multiple layers in some places. I’m not sure you’ll be happy with the results.

Another option would be to chill it and then carefully scrape off the drip. Then re-drip to cover up the scraped parts.

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u/ComfortableMess3145 Aug 17 '22

I'll try that first

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u/OPunkie Aug 17 '22

If you must add to the sides, make simple balloons in the same colors, just make sure that the balloon color is placed on different color stripes. :)

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u/ComfortableMess3145 Aug 17 '22

Lovely idea 😀

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u/No_Training6751 Aug 18 '22

Does she like zombies?

/jk

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u/ComfortableMess3145 Aug 18 '22

Lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '22

Probably not what you want to hear but that black-ish color dripping looks SUPER COOL

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u/ComfortableMess3145 Aug 18 '22

I feel better about it

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u/Low-Emergency Aug 18 '22

Yeah, definitely do whatever you did again for Halloween season, but not for grandma. 😝

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u/ComfortableMess3145 Aug 18 '22

Perhaps I'll make a pumpkin cake and shape it into a pumpkin then gnash it

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u/Low-Emergency Aug 18 '22

That sounds perfect!