- 8″ cake, prepared and covered in buttercream
- Assorted shapes and sizes of candles
- 1/4-1/2 cup prepared buttercream in each color (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple)
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Prepare cake and cover in black buttercream.
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Place each prepared buttercream into a small microwavable dish, and starting with one colour at a time, melt the buttercream for 30 seconds (or until the buttercream is pourable).
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Using a small spoon, pour about a tablespoon of the liquid buttercream along the edge of the cake, and gently push it over the side so that it drips down. Repeat using the same colour in two other locations (roughly equal distances apart from each other).
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Switch to a new colour of buttercream, and repeat steps starting with melting it, then pouring/dripping.
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Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all colours of buttercream lining the colours up in rainbow “order” (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple).
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Once the initial “candle melt” of colours have been applied around the cake, the buttercream remaining in the bows will have thickened slightly (if too thick to drip, microwave for a few seconds). Using this thickened buttercream, drip more on top of the initial layer, giving more of a true melted candle wax appearance.
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Starting with the longest/tallest candles in the middle, place the candles in the corresponding colour area, and work the candles outwards towards the edge of the cake. Space them evenly over the top of the cake.
- Keep cake refrigerated and remove from fridge 3-4 hours prior to serving. Cake is best consumed within 2-3 days.
Hi Jenn,
This cake it’s amazing and I am planning to make it, just a few questions. I saw you shared the recipe for the butter cream : http://cookiescupcakesandcardio.com/?p=2696. My questions is, can I use this butter cream for the cake and also the colour ones? Because the frosting for the cake looks so hard, am I suppose to leave it out or how do I get that texture?
Thank you!
Luisa
Buttercream hardens and forms a crust, unlike a frosting made with shortening.
hello please i was following you and i am wondering don’t we need melting wax for this melting candle cake ? can we do it with just melted buttercream?
Hi, I loved this cake! but I can’t seem to find your recepie for the buttercream.. Where can I find it?
Here you go…http://cookiescupcakesandcardio.com/?p=2696
hey i really like ths cake, but i have some questions
how do you make the buttercream? doesn’t it melt if you leave it to room temperture for a longer period of time?
Recipe is here: http://cookiescupcakesandcardio.com/?p=2696 and no, it doesn’t melt if you leave it out at room temperature. It only melts and becomes runny when heated at a high heat.
My son and I are in the middle of making this cake. The cake recipe you have given is perfect and the icing is beyond delicious! Here is where I need some leadership. When I tried to get the base icing to the black color, it turned more gray. I used almost all the dye, and it never turned black. I am hoping the other colors don’t do the same thing. Is there another method, buttercream icing recipe, or dye brand I need to be using?
We have enjoyed trying this. I look forward to doing more of your ideas.
Kim
I use Americolor gel paste as it’s stronger than some of the other gel pastes out there. Another way around it is to start with a chocolate buttercream, and add the black from there as you don’t need as much when you’ve started with a dark base. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Is the color dye you use specific for cakes?
Yes, it is a colouring gel paste for dying food.
Hi i like the candle birthday cake but i really want to do an ice cream cake and my daughter is turning 13 what do i do
You might like this, http://cookiescupcakesandcardio.com/?p=5379 or this, http://cookiescupcakesandcardio.com/?p=4772
Hi Jenn I love all of your videos! They all look so tasty! Especially this one!
Hey jenn could you do cat related cake
I’ll add it to my list. Thanks for watching!
I love the videos you post on the internet
Thanks so much for watching!
Excuse me. What recipe of yours would you recommend for a girl born in early June?
🙂