A fun sprinkle medley makes all the difference to this amazing Christmas Cake. The Maui Christmas sprinkle collection is baked on the meringues and decorating the six layer cake.

Maui Christmas Meringue Cake

Welcome to the Christmas season! I think that 90% of people are already up and running with their holiday decor thanks to the stores and social media. It’s all good! Everyone loves the Christmas lights, the festive parties, the family gatherings, and all the amazing food this time of year. I know that cake isn’t a traditional Christmas dessert, but I’m not a traditional gal – so here’s to Christmas cakes for all!

Maui Christmas Sprinkle Mix

The Maui Christmas Sprinkle Mix is a medley from Sweetapolita. It’s a great collection of teal, burgundy, orange, white and pink. And since I grew up in Hawaii, I thought it was quite fitting to use it for my cake.

I also used metallic rods on the cake just for an extra kick!

Baking the Meringues

If you have never baked meringues before, don’t fret! Meringues are easy to make because the mixer does all the work. Follow the easy instructions and whip the heck out of the egg whites until you get stiff peaks.

Transfer half the meringue to a piping bag and make little drops. With the bag straight up and down, add some pressure to push the meringue out and on to your baking sheet. Release the pressure and then pull the bag straight up. You’ll get the hang of it quickly enough.

These fun sprinkles hold up super well while baking. The key is to just use a little bit on each meringue. You don’t want to weigh it down and make it collapse.

Baking the Cake

For this cake, I simply went with a sweet almond cake. Nothing fancy, just a doctored up vanilla cake that I baked in six 6-inch cake pans. I wanted to play off that lovely teal color for an ombre look on the inside. It didn’t quite turn out the way I wanted, but I loved it anyway. I used my Wilton set and then had an extra 6-inch pan to use up all the batter. Watch out when using smaller cake pans that have less cake batter in them because they can bake up much quicker and cause the edges to brown.

Making the Teal Ganache

To make the bright teal drip down the cake, I started with white candy melts and heavy cream. Once it was all melted I slowly added blue gel food coloring, a touch of yellow and then a hint of orange. I can’t really tell you how much because it took about 5 minutes of stirring and testing until I got my desired color.

I was just putting a small, pin-head size amount – like a fraction of a “drip” – on my spatchula before stirring it in.

You can always add more color, but you can’t take any out. So err on the side of less is more.

Decorating a Drip Cake

The first step to decorating a drip cake needs to be learning how to get that buttercream super smooth. I’m still learning, but I’m getting better! I’ve watched tons of YouTube tutorials and tried a few different techniques. Honestly, I’m not the best person to teach you how to do this yet. So, for now, just get as smooth of a base buttercream layer as you can.

This fun drip technique isn’t new. It’s gotten more refined over the years and now it’s all dressed up with sprinkles on the drips. To get this look you need to work quickly. While the ganache is still wet, carefully add the sprinkles. They will stick. The trick is to not poke your finger into the wet ganache and ruin your super fancy drip. To help with that, simply keep a wet paper towel nearby and dampen your fingertip. The sprinkles will stick to your fingertip to transfer it over to the ganache. Pretty smart, right?

You can work 3 drips at a time, then make three more drips and add the sprinkles. Work slowly, this is a bit tedious. But it’s so worth it in the end.

I added a two inch boarder of Maui Christmas sprinkles around the bottom of the cake and loved it. This is a very messy process and you will end up with shiny sprinkle balls all over your floor, but again, it’s so worth it.

The last thing to add are the Meringues. I just added piled them up to half the cake trying to make a crescent shape on top.

This Christmas Drip Cake is more Happy Birthday or even Gender Reveal, but I love everything about the colors, the style, and the look of this cake. It just makes me smile from ear to ear. And that’s what Christmas is all about!

Here’s a few more Christmas Cakes I’ve made over the year –

Chocolate Peppermint Christmas Cake

Christmas Eggnog Cake

Candy Cane Cake

Yield: 1 cake