Vegan Mirror Glaze the recipe that swept the internet way back in 2015!
In my bakery we had been using mirror glaze to cover all sorts of things like these pretty spring petit fours
You will see in the video tutorial that I was using a strawberry couverture
This is no longer a vegan ingredients so you will simply sub in vegan white chocolate instead
Adding food color to achieve the same color as I did on my Pistachio Rose Cake
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Notes for Success
As noted above I used Valrhona strawberry couverture for this recipe since at the time it was a vegan ingredient
However it no longer is labeled as vegan friendly so simply trade it for vegan white chocolate!
If you cannot find vegan sweetened condensed milk you can make your own!
See the second recipe below!
Glazing cakes and pastries with vegan mirror glaze requires more than you actually need to cover the cake!
Meaning you will have lots of excess that drips down and around the cake in order to properly cover the cake in its entirety!
Don’t worry you can always reuse the excess!
In the video tutorial I explain in detail! Be sure to watch!
WATCH THE VIDEO TUTORIAL FOR HOW TO MAKE VEGAN MIRROR GLAZE
- Vegan White Chocolate 4 ounces (113g)
- Coconut Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk ¼ cup (50ml) *store bought or see recipe below
- Granulated Sugar ½ cup (100g)
- Corn Syrup *or golden syrup ⅓ cup
- Water 7½ Tablespoons (112ml)
- Agar Powder 1 teaspoon
- In a large bowl combine the white chocolate chopped into small same sized pieces
- Combine the sugar, water, sweetened condensed coconut milk & corn syrup and heat over medium heat stirring often to at least 150°F then add the agar powder
- Whisk constantly and bring to a rolling boil then pour over the chocolate in the bowl and whisk to melt.
- Cool to at least 90°F before pouring it over your cake.
- Place your chilled cake on a cooling rack set over a parchment paper lined sheet pan
- Pour the mirror glaze over the cake letting the excess run down over the sides.
- The agar will cause it to set very quickly so try not to use a spatula to ice it, just allow the excess to drip off
- You can reuse the excess glaze, just scrape it off the parchment paper and store in a clean container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month- simply rewarm when needed
- Decorate your cake as shown in the video or as you prefer 🙂
SWEETENED CONDENSED COCONUT MILK RECIPE HERE!
- 1- 14ounce can full fat coconut milk
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- Combine the coconut milk with the sugar in a heavy bottom sauce pan
- bring to a boil over high heat stirring often
- Once it boils reduce heat to a simmer cook for 45 minutes stirring occasionally and watch it closely so it doesn't burn or boil over
- By the time 45 minutes approaches it should have reduced down to close to 1 or1¼ cup total volume and start to get thick
- It will thicken more as it cools.
- Cool completely then use it in your recipes or see storage information in the notes below
HI Gretchen,
I am really missing some of your pre-vegan recipes. Is there anyway to get any of them? I miss the Ferror rocher cake amongst others. I have tried to look them up but can no longer access them.
Hi Shannon! as you probably already know, since December of 2019 my non vegan blog has shut down. I couldn’t keep up the cost to host it on the internet and maintain it monthly anymore
The cost to host such a huge database online was close to $400 a month with tech support monthly to keep it clean & safe and smooth.
I certainly do not (did not) make that much in adsense revenue through Youtube & Google.
That became a pretty steep price to pay for a website that had been conflicting me financially & emotionally for so many years,
so after 5 years of keeping it free & open to the public I finally decided to shut it down.
I did not keep any of the recipes for myself when I shut down the database
(which was the only place the recipes were stored)
I just did (do) not feel comfortable anymore sharing recipes laden with animal ingredients promoting the very industry I loathe
so it really didn’t make sense for me to keep them nor keep open and available such an expensive website.
I do thank you so much for your support and encouragement through the ages,
I have stunned NON Vegans with my vegan recipes, perhaps you could try to do the same?
If not, I am sure there are tons of great (if not better than mine) recipes out there for you to use!
Thanks again~ Best, Gretchen
Hi Gretchen,
Lovely recipe Can we freeze the cake after glazing.? Also do you have a cocoa powder based chocolate mirror glaze recipe?
Thank you for answering this . ❤️
Not a great idea to freeze the iced cake, as it will produce condensation as it thaws which is moisture that will cause stickiness
Unfortunately I do not have a cocoa formula, however you can probably play around with it, by turning the cocow into chocolate first by adding cocoa butter (or coconut oil) you can google “how to make chocolate out of cocoa powder”
I’m absolutely in love with your glaze, it looks AMAZING!
Do you have any recommendations on where to buy vegan white chocolate or any kind of couverture that’s also Fair Trade (or at least doesn’t source their cocoa from Africa)? While Olive Nation does have a great selection, it appears their chocolate is from Callebaut and I can’t support a company that profits off of child slavery 🙁
Hi Rachel, I use King David white chocolate (*I believe I linked to that in the written blog post?) If not CLICK HERE
Hi, you work looks so beautiful!
it is my dream to try a mirror glaze, but I have to avoid coconut. Will it work with a home made soy condensed milk?
Hi Thank you!! yes it will work great!!
Thank you so much!
Hey Gretchen!
Hyped as usual to create this.
A Quick question – Do you think I can add Edible Glitter into this?? (Glitter Disco Dust)
Yes! I have sprinkled it on top as it dripped down, I have not added it to the recipe though, but I think it would be fine!
Hi Gretchen, thank you for the recipe! I’m slightly confused about the strawberry couverture because Valrhona’s doesn’t appear to be vegan according to the description on Olive Nation’s website. Is there a vegan brand you would recommend?
Hey there! If you read the ingredients list on the product information, there are definitely no animal ingredients listed. They (Olive Nation) also assured me it was vegan otherwise I would never have used it, so thank you for pointing this out as a double check, but I just looked again and it is still vegan.
You could always sub in vegan white chocoalte in place of the strawberry with no other changes to the recipe though!
I was so excited to see a vegan mirror glaze recipe I started wiggling in my seat lol! Thank you, can’t wait to try it.
P.S. Do you have any favorite food colorings?
YAY! I have been loving the super flower powder colors lately because they are all natural~ Expensive but I really love them! *not sponsored
I’m so excited to make this! Do you think I could use brown rice syrup instead of corn syrup or golden syrup?
Hi Gretchen,
Thanks for this recipe! I was wondering if I could use cacao butter instead of the white chocolate? Thank you
Hi! Yes that could work here
Hello is it possible to use glucose instead of corn syrup same measurements ?
Yes! same measure
I have two questions! First let me say that I absolutely LOVE your recipes. I have been following you since like 2014? Idk
My first question is can I substitute agave for the corn syrup?
My second question is how many batches do I need to cover a sheet cake?
Thank you for all you do for us vegans!
Hey thank you so much!! Yes to agave and hmm…a sheet cake??! I am assuming you mean a half sheet cake? which is 12″ x 18″
that is going to require A LOT!! Since you need way more than you actually need to cover the cake due to all the excess dripping down (but if can be reused within a week)
But I would say at the very least 1 Qt total of glaze
Oops yes, I meant a half sheet cake 😊
I have it chilling in the fridge now.
So that would be double or triple (or more?) your glaze recipe?
I noticed it says makes 3 cups worth
Thank you so much for your prompt reply!
yes correct! I would triple just to be sure I have enough