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Hello, I'm Emily and I'm going to show you how to make a chocolate drip cake
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We're going to start by making a cake. Do a crumb coat and frost it. If you're new to
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cakes, watch my tutorial on how to build a cake. We're going to put the cake on a clean
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cake board and if you want a border around it, pipe that on now
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Next we're going to make the chocolate ganache. Pour some cream into a saucepan or pot and
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warm it over a low heat, only until bubbles form at the edge of the pan. You don't want
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the cream to boil. Now we're going to add the chocolate. For every one cup of cream you need two cups of chocolate. I'm using semi-sweet. Make sure
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the cream covers the chocolate and then leave it for five minutes. Don't touch it
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After five minutes, use a spoon or spatula to stir the cream until the chocolate is incorporated
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into a thick, smooth, creamy ganache. To make a drip, add one tablespoon of butter
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for every cup of cream. This will make it nice and shiny. Let the ganache cool until
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it starts to thicken. It's really important that the ganache is the right consistency
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for pouring over your cake. Use an offset spatula to smooth it over the top
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To create a drip effect, you want the ganache to spill over the sides and to drip slowly
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down the cake, stopping before it hits the bottom. If the ganache is too cold, it will
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be too thick and it won't drip nicely down the sides of the cake. If the ganache is too
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hot, it will be too liquid and it will drip all the way down the sides of the cake and
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pool on the cake board. I'm going to scrape the ganache off the cake and start again. I'm smoothing the ganache into the frosting on the sides of the cake
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to give it a nice blended texture. I'm adding a border with more buttercream
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in a piping bag with a round tip. Now my ganache has cooled and thickened just
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enough, so I'm going to pour it over the cake and spread it over the top with a spatula
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You can see it's dripping down over the sides but the drips stop after a few centimetres
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looking like icicles dangling around the cake. I'm going to decorate the cake with some fresh
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fruit and there it is! A sophisticated cake that looks like it was made at a fancy bakery
