Marble Cake Icing Mirror

Whisk together the flour baking powder and salt in a bowl.

Marble cake icing mirror.

Once the cakes are baked and cooled place one cake on a turntable. If you can t find glucose yo u can use light corn syrup as well. You can also use regular cake iced in plain old buttercream to make a mirror glaze cake with frosting. This ensure the glaze solidifies over the cake.

Use a good quality non flavored gelatin for the best results. As a first step you ll need to bake the cake ice it with a crumb coat that s as smooth as possible and freeze overnight. Chocolate mousse cakes are not the only way to use mirror glaze. To make the buttercream mix the butter vanilla milk and powdered sugar in a bowl with a hand mixer.

Gelatin this is what helps the mirror glaze stick to the cake. I had no problems this type of glaze you need to really follow the recipe to the letter exactly. My cake was frosted and in the freezer for 12 hours. Slice the top off the cakes to create a flat surface.

Glucose this helps prevent the mixture from crystallizing. Once chilled add a 1 2 inch layer of frosting around the entire cake with the remaining frosting. Mirror glaze cakes have taken the internet by storm and i decided it was about time that i try making one. I like to rest the cake on a small cake pan or a wide and short glass.

For the mirror glaze in a small bowl bloom gelatin in cup room temperature water. Ingredients and substitutes mirror glaze. Pouring the mirror glaze over the cake. Chill cake uncovered in a fridge for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees f. Chocolate mousse cake with mirror glaze. Prepare the cakes according to the package or use your favorite cake recipe. I was able to mirror glaze over cream cheese frosting.

If you don t have one you can use a plate. Add a final layer of frosting around the cake ring and attach the last cake layer upside down. Begin pouring the onto the center of the cake then slowly work your way out to the edges. Spray two 8 inch cake pans with baking spray and line the bottoms with parchment rounds.

So yes a critical element. The cake needs to be frozen solid and removed from the freezer just before you pour the warm glaze on. Make sure it s really really smooth though and frozen for a least an hour before you put that glaze over the top. Measure exactly do everything very exactly.

Frost the top and sides of the cake with a thin even layer of frosting to trap in any crumbs. While you prepare the glaze freeze the cake for a minimum of 20 minutes. Level the yellow cake s then frost with a smooth even layer of buttercream. Although the traditional mirror glaze recipe inv.