Blue Marble Mirror Glaze Cake

Swirl them gently with a spoon.

Blue marble mirror glaze cake.

Temperature is key to make the mirror cake succeed. A mirror glaze cake is when a shiny glaze made of chocolate sweetened condensed milk and gelatin is poured over a frozen cake and it has a super shiny appearance like a mirror. The cake needs to be frozen solid and removed from the freezer just before you pour the warm glaze on. Remove the smoothed buttercream cakes from the fridge or freezer must be fully chilled before glazing and place on a circular object on top of a large baking sheet to catch the run off glaze.

Place the cake on a stand over a sheet tray to catch any excess glaze. Make sure you stir periodically to prevent a film from forming on the top. It can be made with dark chocolate white chocolate or colored. I like to rest the cake on a small cake pan or a wide and short glass.

Pour the colored glazes back into the biggest bowl of black and blue glaze. This ensure the glaze solidifies over the cake. Carefully pour the glaze over the cake. Ingredients and substitutes mirror glaze.

Allow the mirror glaze to cool to the target temperature which is about 92 f 33 c. Pouring the mirror glaze over the cake. Make sure the glaze pours over each side of the cake as well. 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.

Allow the glaze to set for about 20 minutes before serving the chilled cake with help the glaze. Once the glaze hits 95 f pour it over the top of the prepared cake. Gelatin this is what helps the mirror glaze stick to the cake. If you can t find glucose yo u can use light corn syrup as well.

Mirror glaze cake with gold pink and blue geode. When the glaze is between 90 f and 94 f 32 c 34 c it is ready to be poured over the cake. Immediately pop any obvious air bubbles with a toothpick. Starting in the centre swirl the glaze around the cake.

When you are ready to use the glaze make sure each one is around 90 96 f 32 35 c. Spray two 8 inch cake pans with baking spray and line the bottoms with parchment rounds. Use a good quality non flavored gelatin for the best results. We ve already shown you two kinds of marbling but just in case your cake decorating skills are a little more advanced here s a fantastic resource from my little cakes for mirroring your marble before you add your geode inset.

So yes a critical element. Glucose this helps prevent the mixture from crystallizing.