Homemade cakes should not only be tasty, but also beautiful. It is not necessary to cover them with a thick layer of sugar mastic, make roses from cream and sculpt marzipan figurines. To make the cake original and beautiful, bake the base correctly, choose the right cream or impregnation and think over the design of the entire product in advance.
Instructions
Step 1
Most often, the festive table is decorated with biscuit cakes. The technology of their manufacture is simple - cakes are baked, cut lengthwise and soaked in syrup if necessary. Then the cakes are greased with cream or jam, they are put together and the finished cake is decorated. To make the product beautiful, it is important to follow the sequence of operations exactly.
Step 2
Bake the cakes properly. When kneading the dough, follow the recipe. You need to bake a biscuit in an oven preheated to 200-220 ° C. For making cakes for a round cake, detachable metal molds are suitable. If you want to bake a curly product, use soft silicone molds - with their help it is easy to make a cake in the shape of a butterfly, a bear or a house. From this form, you can remove the cake without damaging it.
Step 3
Before soaking the cakes with syrup, let them cool well, this will take at least 6 hours. An insufficiently seasoned cake may fall apart when cut. Make the spreading cream thick - this way the product will better retain its shape.
Step 4
You can decorate the surface of the cake with the cream that was used for spreading. Apply it to the top and sides of the garment and smooth with a knife. The surface can be sprinkled with grated chocolate, chopped nuts, or crushed biscuit crumbs. Another option is to pour the chocolate icing on the cake. In addition to the usual black, you can use milk, white or colored flavored chocolate.
Step 5
Decorate the finished cake with assorted chocolates, ready-made sugar flowers or beads. A very unusual decor - live roses or violets, covered with whipped egg white and sprinkled with very fine powdered sugar. Such decoration is suitable for a particularly special occasion - for example, an anniversary or a wedding.
Step 6
The cake can be decorated with berries and fruits. Slice strawberries, oranges, limes or peaches into thin slices and lay them firmly on top of the product. Using a silicone brush, apply liquid jelly to the fruit and leave it to set. Instead of jelly, you can use jam - stir a spoonful of jam in boiling water, heat the mixture and cover the cake with it.
