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Easy Vegan Drip Icing

By Sara Kidd October 27, 2018 15 Comments

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This is a super easy recipe for making easy vegan drip icing in a flash! Great for all your vegan cakes and bakes and looks great. The secret to this vegan drip icing is the cacao butter. It helps the drip set hard so you have more control over your drip cake effect.

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Easy Vegan Drip Icing


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  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 1 1/2 half cup 1x
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Ingredients

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  • 100 grams vegan white chocolate ((I use Sweet William Chocolate))
  • 20 grams cacao butter
  • 70 grams coconut cream

Instructions

  1. Place almost all chopped chocolate and cocoa butter in the top of a double boiler or a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a saucepan of simmering water
  2. Stir constantly until melted, making sure not to heat chocolate above 31C-32C / 88F-90F
  3. Take off heat and stir in extra chocolate until melted then stir in room temp coconut cream (if it’s cold it will set the drip)
  4. Add to pipping bag (or however you like to drip your icing) and always do a test before adding it to your cake

Notes

  1. I find adding cacao butter to vegan white chocolate helps it set harder
  2. If you want ultimate control over your drip icing you can use a chocolate cooling spray such as this one to lightly spray onto the drip at the point you want it to stop
  3. If your drip is setting to quickly, just place back onto double boiler
  4. Add less colour to the coconut cream as it tends to darken once added to chocolate
  5. If you want to work with a runnier drip add more coconut cream
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Category: Cake Decorating, Cake Frosting, Chocolate

Keywords: dairy free, drip icing, drip sauce, egg free, vegan, vegan baking, vegan cake decorating, vegan frosting

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  1. Melissa says

    June 22, 2022 at 3:02 pm

    Hi Sarah, how see through is the drip? I’m wanting a vibrant orange drip that’s not transparent and have yet to master it. Will give this one a try

    Reply
    • Sara Kidd says

      June 25, 2022 at 7:51 pm

      It’s not see-through

      Reply
  2. Stephanie says

    March 21, 2022 at 8:48 am

    I can’t find vegan white chocolate and I use vegan chocolate? (Ex enjoy life chocolate chips) my sons birthday is Tuesday!

    Reply
    • Sara Kidd says

      March 21, 2022 at 11:10 am

      Yes but you won’t be able to colour it

      Reply
  3. Matt says

    February 2, 2022 at 9:02 am

    Can I use gel color (i.e. Americolor to color the drip), or do I need to use an oil-based/candy color?

    Reply
    • Sara Kidd says

      February 2, 2022 at 12:05 pm

      Yes americolor is great

      Reply
  4. Vanja says

    January 13, 2022 at 8:21 am

    Would you use this to make hot chocolate bombs or would it be better to use just the melted chocolate alone?

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Sara Kidd says

      January 13, 2022 at 8:44 am

      I would just use chocolate.

      Reply
  5. Mim says

    October 3, 2021 at 10:36 am

    Hi Sara, I’m excited to try this out for cakes but do you think this would also work for cake pops?

    Reply
    • Sara Kidd says

      October 3, 2021 at 1:14 pm

      Hey Mim
      Yes! It definitely will work for cake pops.

      Reply
  6. Selina says

    September 11, 2021 at 1:02 pm

    Used this recipe for my first ever drip cake and it was perfect. Thank you.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  7. Selina says

    September 10, 2021 at 10:16 am

    Hi, can I refrigerate left over and re-melt and use again?

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    • Sara Kidd says

      September 11, 2021 at 9:32 pm

      Yes xo

      Reply
  8. Debbie says

    September 18, 2019 at 8:38 pm

    Hi, when you say coconut cream, do you mean the thick part at the top of the tin?

    Reply
    • Sara Kidd says

      September 18, 2019 at 10:59 pm

      Yes xo

      Reply

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