Strawberries are a very tasty and sweet berry that both children and adults love to feast on. It is used to prepare all kinds of desserts - creams, mousses, preserves and jams, yoghurts and milkshakes. No less often, summer berries are used to decorate cakes, pies and homemade cakes. There are many simple ways to decorate your cake with strawberries.
To get a successful, unusually tasty and beautiful cake when baking and decorating, you should study the step-by-step recipe in advance, prepare the necessary products and accessories. Special attention should be paid to berries - they should be dense, large, fresh, not wrinkled, without signs of rot. It is also recommended to watch the training video in advance, study step-by-step photos with the recommendations of experienced chefs. Then there will be no problems creating an original strawberry pattern, and the guests will overwhelm the hostess with praises and requests to add another piece of an unusually tasty dessert to the plate.
Flowers from halves and slices of strawberries
An interesting option for decorating a creamy or creamy cake is a large strawberry flower, laid out in the center of the cake, or a composition of several strawberry "roses". Such a delicious and simple design does not require special skill, even an ordinary housewife can do it. And the benefits of such a decoration are obvious - the calorie content of the berry flower is very small, it can be eaten without harm to the figure at any time of the day. To create a "rose" you will need an ordinary knife with a sharp blade, a kitchen board and a little time.
The step-by-step and understandable process of making a flower from halves and slices of strawberries consists of several easy steps.
- Wash and dry large berries by removing the stalks.
- Slice each into plates along a sharp blade.
- Lay out a flower of a classic or unusual shape (depending on the culinary imagination and the size of the cake).
The photo below offers options on how to put slices on the cake to make a beautiful strawberry rose for the delight of the birthday man or guests.
Decor of cakes with berries in chocolate
Strawberries in milk or white chocolate are an unusually tasty delicacy that will appeal to most guests and households. You can decorate a cake with such berries in different ways, combining unusual solutions and ideas in the design. True, the calorie value of the dessert becomes quite high, since chocolate contains a lot of calories. However, you can eat at least a piece of cake, it looks so tasty and appetizing with the addition of chocolate decorations.
It is not difficult to make chocolate-covered strawberries step by step for decorating the top cake, any good housewife would cope with this business, there would be a desire.
- Select berries for decoration, white or milk chocolate in the right proportions.
- Melt the chocolate bar. To do this quickly, you can use a little trick - break the chocolate into slices or grate, put the bowl in the microwave for a few seconds. You can also cook the chocolate mass on the stove, melting it in a water bath.
- Dip each berry in melted chocolate, dry the blanks. Put in the refrigerator to solidify.
- Decorate the cake with simple things like chocolate berries, sprinkle with coconut, grated chocolate or powdered sugar.
A simple trick: to make the cake look even more beautiful, you need to combine berries in white, milk and dark chocolate in the design, dip the strawberries completely and only halfway, pour melted chocolate on top of the pattern, forming strips, a grid. Examples of ideas are in the photos below.
Patterns of fresh and canned berries
A cake made of cream, protein, butter cream or shortbread cakes can be decorated with whole berries, halves, strawberry jam, jam, mousse. Which design option to use at home is up to the owner or her family members. The choice depends on the products available at home, selected for baking the basis of the recipe.
Here are the simplest ideas on how to beautifully decorate a cake with strawberries at home:
- lay out whole berries or cut in half on top of chocolate icing, protein cream or mirror paste;
- arrange the sides and base of the cake with slices of berries in a circle;
- make a spiral pattern on the cake;
- sprinkle the berries on top with a slide, complementing the decor with fresh raspberries, blueberries, banana slices, kiwi, cookies and dragees;
- pour large berries into chocolate, jelly or cream;
- lay the halves cut down, pouring jelly, mousse, melted chocolate on top, sprinkling with coconut;
- lay out a flower from the lobules, adding a pattern of cream, mint leaves;
- make a depression in each berry, setting it in advance on the surface of the cake, fill it with whipped cream from a pastry syringe;
- cut the berries in half, arrange in pairs in the form of hearts on a white or black glaze surface;
- decorate in the form of a lace basket or horns made of frozen chocolate filled with berries;
- line each crust, greased with cream or cream, with strawberry slices, stick with slices of the sides;
- fill the waffle cones with strawberries, complementing the decor with marshmallows, pieces of chocolate, multi-colored dragees or Kinder tiles.
Certain craftswomen in the confectionery art complement the design of cakes with chocolate slices, sweets, Oreo, Orion cookies, marshmallows, meringues, nut crumbs and mastic figures. Other housewives simply use two or three simple ingredients, combining berries with whipped cream or fruit slices, cream. It all depends on the planned event, the importance of the event and the skills of the chef.
