Hello, welcome! Today I'm going to be showing you how to do
drips on a cake using royal icing. And I'm going to show you three different
styles that you can choose from. The first is a solid color drip. The second is a marbled multicolor drip. And the third is a painted drip, which you
can paint a color or a metallic. If you're new and don't know me already, my
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just like this one. So I have a cake here that’s covered in
fondant. Royal icing and fondant work well together,
so that’s why I’m using that for this drip. If this cake were just covered in buttercream,
I would probably use a ganache for the drip. Video to come on that technique later. And like I said, today I’m showing you three
different styles of drip. Which one are you most interested in? The solid, the multicolor, or the painted?
Let me know in the comments below! Ok, so to get started with your drip you’re
going to need some royal icing, of course. I have mine already made here to stiff peaks.
If you want an easy recipe, check out my video in the card above. And then you’re just going to need some
water, some extra water, and something to measure it with. Basically all we’re going to be doing is
taking our stiff royal icing and adjusting the consistency so that it can easily drip
down the cake. Ok, so you can see our stiff peaks we’ve
got here. This is really thick royal icing. We’re just going to use the whisk attachment
and slowly add water 1/2 teaspoon at a time. Ok, so I’m going to add our first 1/2 teaspoon
and turn it on to low speed. I already know that’s not enough, so I’m
going to add another 1/2 teaspoon. …and another 1/2 teaspoon. Now we’re just going to check it. It’s definitely looking shinier and a little
thinner, as you can tell, I think. So, we’re just repeating this until we get
it to where we want it. And let’s check it out. It’s definitely
starting to run. So if you dip your spatula in and hold it
up, you can see how thick it still is. It’s definitely falling, but it’s pretty
slow. So now we’re going to add more water, but
now that it’s getting closer, we’ll add it a bit more carefully and slower. It’s definitely falling off of the whisk
attachment a lot faster now. So now might be the time to actually put a
little bit in a piping bag and test it on something vertical and see if it runs down
it. So to test out the consistency, I’m going
to take just like a spoon full of the royal icing and put it in a piping bag. You can use whatever type of piping bag you
like. I’m using a parchment piping bag. And then, you can test out the drip on a cup
or just anything you have with a vertical surface. I’m using this canister thing that
I had. So I’m just going to cut a hole and run
the icing across like this. It still feels pretty firm. I’m going to
give it a little help to see how it responds and see if it drips. As it sits, it will continue to drip a little
bit, so we’ll just give it a second. It’s looking like it’s holding its shape
pretty good. It moved a little bit but not a ton. And if you prefer this look, you can stop
here. But if you want it to look a bit thinner and runnier, we just need to add a little
bit more water. You can also, when you’re piping, kind of
pull it down yourself like this…and then when you do that, it should, it like settles
into itself and turns smooth, which is nice. It’s holding its shape good, which is good,
because you don’t want it to continue running all the way down the cake. So we’re really close. So, I just added 1/2 teaspoon more, that’s
it, and I’m going to show you what it looks like. So if you take a spoonful like this and just
hold it, this is kind of how it’s acting. And I think this is about perfect for what
we want. This is what it looks like off the spatula. Kind of holds there, but it does fall. So,
I’m going to put a little bit more in a piping bag and give it one more test before
we put anything on the cake. This is kind of how I pipe mine. I do a bit
at the top and then kind of give it a guide because it’ll stick together as it falls
so you can kind of control where you want the drips to land. And as it settles it’ll continue to drip
and get really smooth. It’ll smooth itself…smoothen…smooth…what is that word? It’ll smooth itself out as
it settles. K. I think we’ve got it! Like I mentioned before, the first style of
drip we’re doing is a solid color. We’re going to do white and another color. The way
you do that is you color the royal icing before you drip it on the cake. So let’s color
that now. Alright, I’m just getting some icing in
here. And I’m going to put my gel color on something…oops, see? So that I don’t’
put too much. And I’m just going to use a toothpick to add color into here until I
like it. K I like this color, so I’m going to put
it in my parchment bag. And I’m also going to put a little bit of white in a parchment
bag and we’ll do the drip! So we have our white and we have our turquoise
and I’m just going to cut a hole. We’re going to start with the white, because the
white I’m going to transform into the painted style later, after it dries. So we’re going to drip this first to get
it going so it can have time to dry. I’m going to start with something about
that size. First I’m going to start with a little bit around the edge…and then draw
down. And you can make them as thick or smooth as you like. You’ll see as time goes, they settle into
themselves and get smooth. Ran into a little clump! If you want them to look any different after
the fact, at this point you still have time, because they’re not dry yet. You can add
more to the top. You can add thickness to each drip. You can add more drips in between
if you like that style. It just basically depends on preference. I think I’m going to just add a little bit
along the top to make it look thicker from where it starts. So that it kind of starts
and then falls over. And I’m also going to add some more drips to make it longer. So there’s a good amount of drips. And this
side we’ll wait to dry so that we can paint it. K, now let’s try out some of the turquoise.
So, starting at the top again…I’m going to do some small ones in between just to show
you a different look. And if you don’t like how your drips are
looking or your - now I’m looking at these and maybe they’re too even. I’m going
to add some underneath like this. And it’ll blend together, it’ll just fall together. K. And then add a little more on top. K we’re
going to wait for the white to dry so I can show you the painting technique. And while
we wait for that to dry, and wait for the turquoise to settle, I’m going to show you
how to make the piping bag for the multicolor marbled drip effect. For the marbled drip I want to try doing pink,
purple, and we’ll use some of the leftover turquoise. And then we’ll also need white.
But I’m going to start by mixing some pink royal icing and some purple. Whooo whoo whoo whoo whooooo. Oops, we almost
had a casualty there! Ok, we’re just mixing this in the same way
that I mixed the turquoise. Alright, so to make the marbled multicolor
bag, we need all our colors plus white and some plastic wrap. So first I’m going to cut my parchment bags.
And I’m going to just pipe some in a line like this, with white in between each color. Ok, when you have your string of colors you’re
going to just like fold them over. And you can trim this if it makes it easier. And then
we’re going to fold it again so it doesn’t leak. And we’re going to put it in our parchment
bag. So we’re just lifting it carefully like
this and you’re going to put it in as far as you can and hold it tight and just pull
the bag out. And it’s going into the bag in different colors. Ok. And then we seal our bag up and it’s
ready to go! Now that these have settled, this is how they’re
looking. K. Now let’s do our multicolor bag. We’re
just doing it the same way as we did the other two. Going to cut a hole. I’m going to start
at the top. And with this one, if you’re not seeing
all the colors, you can just turn the bag as you go. Like, I’m seeing a lot of purple
so I’ll just twist the bag like this ‘cause they might be facing different ways. Oooh yeah! It’s really subtle, but it’s
really pretty. I like it. So, I’ve waited about two hours for my white
drip to dry. And although it’s not dry all the way through, it’s dry enough to paint
without messing it up. So I’m going to go ahead and show you how to do that. I’ve just got my powdered colors. I’m
going to do a little bit of blue just to show you what it looks like. This’ll kind of
look like watercolor. And then I’m going to do one metallic. You can do silver or gold.
I’m going to do this…silver, actually. I was thinking for a minute I’d do gold,
but let’s do silver. So I’m going to get some silver powder and
then I’m going to mix my paint by adding some lemon extract. Alright, now we’re ready
to paint our drips. Ok, I’m going to start by showing you the
blue, just to show you what it looks like to have a painted drip. Assuming it doesn’t
run off here. Now, painting the drip is a lot more work
than just coloring the royal icing beforehand, but it has a different look. So if you’re
interested in that look, then you’ll want to paint it after. But if you just want a solid color, then it’s
definitely easier to color the royal icing before you drip it. But if you want a metallic you’re definitely
going to have to paint it after the fact. And when you paint it yourself you can add
different textures by how much powder you have in your lemon extract. And so, you kind
of have more control on how it looks. This is just to give you an idea what it looks
like. Now, let’s paint the rest of it silver. If you guys don’t know where to buy the
different edible paints that I use, I will link those in the description box below. Oh, that looks soooo cool! Alright, we’re
finally finished painting. And here’s all our drips. Oh yeah, silver was a good choice! Comment down below which drip style is your
favorite. And if you found this video helpful please give it a like. And subscribe if you
haven’t already! If you don’t know how to make your own piping
bag, check out this video. And if you need help using edible paints, click on this thumbnail
over here. I hope that you all have a great week and
I will see you next time! Bye!
