Sweets are the favorite delicacy of mankind. And among sweets, cakes are especially popular. According to what principle do people choose a cake, what arouses their desire to taste a delicious piece? Of course, the look of a culinary masterpiece.
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You will need
- Chocolate glaze:
- - milk, sugar, cocoa or confectionery chocolate.
- Icing:
- - icing sugar;
- - citrus juice;
- Protein glaze:
- - icing sugar;
- - egg white;
- - lemon juice.
- Marzipan:
- - sugar;
- - water;
- - almond flour.
- Butter cream:
- - egg yolks;
- - sugar;
- - water;
- - butter.
- Whipped cream:
- - cream;
- - icing sugar.
- Candied fruit;
- - candied fruit
Instruction manual
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Frosting The easiest way to decorate cakes is to glaze. Many-beloved chocolate icing can be made from a mixture of cocoa, milk, butter and sugar. Or from confectionery chocolate melted in a water bath (sold by weight). The prepared collected cake is filled with hot icing and sent to cool. After the chocolate has solidified (it will turn out a beautiful glossy surface), it can be inscribed with cream, squeezed cream flowers through a pastry syringe. There are other types of glaze. Plain sugar icing, for example. You probably saw her on rum women and other products. It is prepared very simply: lemon or orange juice is poured into the icing sugar in tiny portions (literally drop by drop). The consistency of the finished product resembles the consistency of pancake dough. With this icing you can decorate a simple homemade cake for evening tea. Protein glaze (remember the white "caps" on Easter cakes) is rarely used to cover the entire product. It is best used for setting the final point in decorating a confectionery masterpiece. It is good to apply fine patterns and inscriptions with white glaze. By the way, with the help of various components (liquors, food colors) it is easy to paint in any color. Cooking the glaze will take a little time. Just separate the egg whites from the yolks, add a little lemon juice to them, then beat with a mixer, adding powdered sugar in the process. You should get a uniform snow-white mass. Try using it to apply a pattern on the cake. To do this, take a piece of thick paper and draw the desired pattern on it. Place a translucent baking paper on top of the sheet and squeeze a translucent pattern onto it with a syringe using a syringe. After the glaze hardens, unhook the sweet drawing and transfer it to the cake.
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MarzipanMarzipan - almond dough. This is one of the oldest types of sweets, to this day being the most beloved among the lion's share of humanity. Marzipan (almond dough) is a plastic mass that can be easily dyed in any color and which can be given any shape. Buy the finished marzipan mass in the store or cook it yourself (it’s easy), color it with food colors, tighten the entire surface of the cake with marzipan or make from him flowers, fruits, figurines with which to decorate your product. Preparation of marzipan: - 500 grams of sugar pour 125 grams of water and put on fire. Bring the syrup to a boil, add vanilla, reduce heat and warm the mass until it becomes viscous. Turn off the fire. Pour 500 grams of almond flour into the syrup (you can buy it, or you can cook it yourself by chopping the almonds to a powdery state) and mix the mass well - so that you get a uniform dough. If you decide to cook almond flour yourself - before chopping nuts, keep them in the freezer. This is necessary so that the almonds do not give oil during chopping.
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Butter (cream) cream This is one of the most popular ways to decorate cakes. Preparation: - Put 5 yolks in a heat-resistant dish;
- Mix in another pan 60 milliliters of water and 180 grams of sugar. Warm the mixture to obtain a syrup having a temperature of 110-120 degrees;
- constantly stirring so that the yolks do not cook, pour sugar syrup into them in a thin stream;
- continue to whisk with a mixer a mixture of syrup and yolks until the mass cools down to 25-28 degrees and increases in volume by about 3 times;
- Put the softened butter into the mixture in pieces, without stopping the whipping;
- at the last stage, add dyes, flavors to the cream. Coat the cake with cream using a special spatula or apply cream patterns on the product using a pastry bag.
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Whipped cream Whipped cream is the most elegant and easiest way to decorate cakes. Buy ready-made cream or whisk yourself. Put on a cake with a pastry syringe, sprinkle with chocolate and nut crumbs - and the amazing cake is ready.
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Candied fruits Using candied fruits is a spectacular and very quick way to decorate a cake. Simply decorate the cake or cream with bright candied fruits. By the way, instead of candied fruits or with them it is quite possible to use bright candies, nuts and even fresh fruits - strawberries or physalis.