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1. Tools & ingredients
Paul starts by talking through all the ingredients and quantities that he will be using. All are listed and available to download in the INGREDIENTS tab below.
If you are needing to bake a different sized cake then check out our Cake Recipe Re-Sizing Calculator which is available under Resources on the CakeFlix main menu.
2. Making the buttercream
Just follow these simple steps and before long you will have a silky smooth buttercream with the perfect consistency!
3. Layering and applying the buttercream
In this lesson you will learn how to make simple syrup to keep your cakes moist, how to layer your cake and apply buttercream and finally how to apply the buttercream to the sides and top of your cake.
4. Chocolate ganache
How to make your own home-made delicious chocolate drip!
5. Adding the decorations
Paul takes you through his process to creating a beautiful bouquet of treats on top of the cake.
6. Applying the drip
And now for the grand finale, Paul shows you how to add the drip to the cake!
Cookies & Cream Cake Tutorial
How can you resist this mouth watering design? This free cookies & cream cake tutorial takes you through every step to creating this design and you’ll be amazed at how surprisingly easy it is to achieve such a WOW factor design.
Paul starts by discussing all the delicious ingredients, but don’t worry if you don’t have everything on the list as this design has plenty of scope to be flexible. To start, you will need 5x 6″ round cakes at 1″ depth. There are plenty of recipes to choose from in the BAKING section. If you need to change the sizes of any of the recipes provided please use our Cake Recipe Re-Sizing Calculator.
You will then learn how to make smooth buttercream before going on to properly layer a stacked cake. Paul then creates a delicious chocolate ganache for the drip effect and finishes with a range of sweet treats.
Cookies & Cream downloadable tools and ingredients
Other US to metric and Metric to US
- LOTS of cookies/ chocolates!
- 5 x 6” round x 1”
- 500g unsalted butter
- 1kg icing sugar
- Milk
- Caster sugar
Chocolate Ganache Drip
- 500g milk chocolate
- 250ml whipping cream
- Paddle mixer
- Palette knife
- Scrapers
- Sieve
- Piping bag
