Homemade cakes can look just as impressive as purchased ones. A variety of decorations - cream flowers, beautiful borders, figurines made of chocolate, sugar mastic and caramel - will give them an elegant look. Choose a decor depending on the situation and the composition of the cake itself.
It is necessary
- - 100 g of butter;
- - 2 tablespoons of condensed milk;
- - food colorings;
- - flowers and berries;
- - icing sugar;
- - egg white;
- - dark, milk and white chocolate.
Instructions
Step 1
Cream roses
Festive sponge cakes can be decorated with spectacular cream roses. To prepare them, you will need a pastry bag with a special insert in the form of a plate. It is easy to make it yourself by cutting it out of thick cardboard.
Step 2
Prepare the cream. Mash the butter with the condensed milk until it is white. Continue whisking until the mixture is fluffy and fluffy. Beat the cream with a whisk, fork or mixer. When finished, add a little pink or yellow food coloring to the mixture.
Step 3
Start creating roses. On a fork, fasten a cone cut from a biscuit - it will become the base for a flower. Place the cream in a piping bag and slide the flat, wide nozzle over the spout. Squeeze the cream around the biscuit cone with smooth movements, forming a rosebud and simulating wide petals. Layer them on top of each other - the more layers you create, the larger the flower will turn out. Place the finished rose on the surface of the cake.
Step 4
Flowers and berries: a simple and effective decoration
A very stylish decoration - flowers and berries, sprinkled with powdered sugar. This decor will decorate both miniature petit fours and luxurious wedding cakes. For decoration, choose beautiful large strawberries, sprigs of red currants, as well as flowers of violets or roses.
Step 5
Wash and dry the berries. Dip them in egg white, then dip in powdered sugar and set aside to dry. Treat flowers differently. Choose pretty small roses or violets that have not been treated with herbicides. Dip the brush in the egg white and then brush the petals thoroughly. Sprinkle them with powdered sugar - this is conveniently done with a strainer. Transfer the finished flowers to the surface of the cake or pastry.
Step 6
Chocolate decor
Beautiful cake decorations can be made from chocolate - dark, milk, white, or colored flavored. Melt the chocolate in a water bath. Draw the outline of a drawing on white paper - a monogram, letter or figure. Fill a pastry syringe with hot chocolate and draw along the outline. Let the chocolate set, then carefully separate the figurines from the paper and transfer to the cake.
Step 7
Another option for chocolate decorations is shavings. Use a sharp knife to scrape off the wide spirals. The chocolate should not be too hard or the chips will break. Place the chocolate curls on top of the cake.
