Place the white icing into a bowl and drizzle some red and green icing on top.
Marble effect cake icing.
Classic marble cake is a mixture of vanilla and chocolate cake that is swirled together creating a marbling effect.
Bake for about 35 minutes until the cake springs back when it s poked or a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Each combination of colors creates another look.
In about 30 minutes your marble drip cake will harden and keep its shape.
Add more green and red icing on top of the white icing and repeat until all cookies are done.
It s called marbling feathering or swirling which is basically when one or more colors of icing are applied to a base coat of icing and then a toothpick cake tester pin or skewer is dragged through the icing to create a marbled or swirly effect.
You will also want to place it over some parchment paper so that if you spill some frosting it will not go over the beautiful stand.
Use a toothpick to create a marble effect.
For my latest cake project a christening cake with a froggy theme i needed to make the cake look like a pond for the frog.
To create the marble effect use a toothpick to swirl the batter back and forth a few times.
Use a cake smoother to smooth the surface of the paste before placing your marbled sugarpaste onto your cake cutting away the excess around the bottom.
It s often streaked or mottled in appearance and contains more vanilla cake than chocolate.
The frog also needed lily pads to sit on.
The cake is covered in a silky smooth whipped chocolate frosting.
Carefully place a cake lifter or palette knife under the cake and lift and place on the covered board attaching with a little royal icing.
In this free video tutorial i m going to show you how to create a beautiful marbled buttercream effect using strips of acetate.
Sometimes a plain cake covering just won t create the effect that you need.
It s awesome to see the colors blend together and make such stunning patterns.
Place globs of both batters into the cake pans distributing the batter evenly among all three.
Pour the icing over the top of the cake and watch it drip down the sides.
Dip cookies in the marbled icing shake clean the edges using a knife or simply a toothpick and place on a rack to let the icing set.
A marbelized cake is an easy way to make a decorative cake for a special occasion.