Bolu rei, gulabjamun, mazariner, knafe, winarter and tiramisu - no, this is not just a bunch of words, but sweets, which are some of the most delicious and beautiful desserts in the world. Today there is a wide range of sweets, which differ from each other in amazing taste and extraordinary beauty. It is already difficult to surprise anyone with such desserts, but with a strong desire you can succeed.
Mazariner
These beautiful sweets come from Sweden and have a great taste. Such a dessert has existed for about four hundred years and today has great popularity among desserts, it is distinguished by its external variety.
Macaroons
Small bright cakes with cream filling will not leave anyone indifferent. Macaroons fit between the thumb and forefinger, and due to its color and aroma it gives both taste and aesthetic pleasure. Such beautiful sweets are a work of art of French confectioners and have many fans.
Black Forest Cake
Undoubtedly, the beauty of this dessert is pleasing to the eye. But when beautiful sweets are also insanely delicious, it’s wonderful. It is in this category that the named dessert can be attributed, which has long gained world fame. Light sour cherry combined with butter cream gives the cake a great taste.
Vininterta
This dessert is easy to prepare, but at the same time it is outwardly attractive and very tasty. It is a cake with prunes, which is especially popular in Iceland. It is usually cooked for Christmas.
Bannoffy
Probably few people are not familiar with this English pie. Such a dessert can often be found in various cafes and pastry shops. The airy mass of cream with melted toffee, which covers a cake with a banana filling, looks amazing and very appetizing.
Tiramisu
Italian dessert has long been a world favorite and is one of the most beautiful sweets. Thanks to its pleasant delicate taste with a coffee note and excellent appearance, almost every sweet lover knows its recipe.
The classic Tiramisu contains savoyardi cookies, coffee, and cream made from mascarpone cheese, sugar, and beaten eggs. But today there are a large number of variations of this delicious treat.
Mochi
This dessert, the recipe of which has spread throughout the world, hails from Japan. The filling of a sweet dish can be anything. The most common mochi options are fruit and ice cream toppings.
Gelato
This popular Italian dessert consists of cow's milk, sugar, cream, as well as various berries, fruits, nuts and chocolate. A sweet product differs from ice cream in that it contains a small amount of milk fat. Such beautiful sweets are extremely tasty and healthy.
Cream Po'e Dessert
The ancestor of this dessert is Tahiti. To date, the sweet dish is considered quite famous throughout the sea and has many different variations. But the classic product is made from papaya, mangoes, bananas, which are cooked with coconut cream and cassava root. The last ingredient is an edible tropical plant. Due to the high amount of starch, it is great for making jelly, jelly and cocktails.
Dobosh
Dobos is a traditional Hungarian biscuit cake. Such an interesting name was given to him in honor of the creator, pastry chef Joseph Dobos. This dessert is a six-cake sponge cake soaked in chocolate butter cream. A special and unusual decoration is frozen caramel glaze.
Sweet Gift Options
On the eve of the New Year holidays, many are wondering: "How to present sweets beautifully?" Undoubtedly, everyone wants to congratulate their loved ones and relatives and surprise them with interesting gifts. But there is not always time to come up with something unusual and original, so various beautiful sweets can save the situation. But even such a seemingly simple gift can be presented in an unusual way. Eating them, of course, will be a pity, but such crafts will delight relatives and friends for a long time to come. We bring to your attention several options for how to originally present sweets.
Candy cake
You can order very beautiful sweets in the form of flowers or make them yourself at home. Such a gift will not leave anyone indifferent. And it’s not difficult to do it. To make a cake from sweets you will need some free time and certain tools for work. And how beautiful to pack a bouquet of sweets?
For such a cake you will need:
- sweets of various grades;
- corrugated and wrapping paper;
- Styrofoam;
- Toothpicks
- narrow and double sided tape or glue gun.
Step-by-step instruction:
- For the basis of the composition, it is necessary to cut the heart out of foam.
- Next, we combine the blank with wrapping paper. The appearance of the flowers will depend on the shape of the sweets themselves. It is advisable to choose round and small size.
- Twist one tail of the candy wrapper and fasten the toothpick with a narrow tape.
- From corrugated paper, cut out rectangles with sides of 6 and 7 centimeters and round the corners.
- Future petals on top must be stretched a little to get wavy edges.
- We bend the second tail of candy wrapper and wrap it in corrugated paper. One flower will need two petals. After that, we fix the bud with a narrow tape.
- As all the flowers are ready, we form the composition.
- Cut off strips of corrugated paper 7 and 9 centimeters wide and gently stretch the edges of these strips.
- Using a glue gun or tape, glue the strips to the base.
- Square paper from clippings, fold them several times and glue to a toothpick. Ready leaves complement the composition.
A pineapple
There are a lot of options for the original candy gift. For example, as a sweet gift for the New Year, beautiful sweets, as well as a Christmas tree made of sweets, are perfect. A master class on making spruce can be seen in the following video:
In more detail we will focus on another version of the unusual gifts of their sweets. On the one hand, you might think that a bottle of champagne and candy is rather boring and monotonous. But in order to turn a banal gift into an original one, you will need:
- a bottle of champagne;
- round sweets in a yellow wrapper;
- green wrapping paper or aspidistra tape;
- yellow sisal or organza;
- harness;
- double sided tape;
- glue gun.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Previously, the tails of the candies are bent inward and fixed with tape.
- For better bonding of sweets with a bottle, glue sisal or organza on it on a double-sided tape.
- Using a heat gun, glue the candies to the bottle so that there are no gaps. One row will require about 10 candies.
- From the ribbon of aspidistra or green wrapping paper, we cut out the future pineapple leaves in the amount of 13-14 pieces.
- Glue these blanks from top to bottom so that pineapple leaves are obtained.
- We decorate the transition of the leaves with sweets, if you wish, you can decorate with a satin ribbon or bow.
Snowman made of cans
Such original snowmen will please both children and adults. As a basis, you can take simple glass jars from baby food.
So we need:
- 3 cans;
- glue gun;
- sock;
- acrylic paints,
- scissors,
- various sweets (sweets, marmalade, marshmallows).
Step-by-step instruction:
- We remove labels from the jars and carefully dry them.
- On one of the jars using paints, we draw the face of a snowman. To do this, we need paints in orange, black and white.
- On the next two banks, draw the buttons.
- Then tightly screw them with lids and glue the bottom of each jar with a lid.
- Next, proceed to the decor at your discretion. A snowman can sew a fun hat with a pompom or an interesting cardboard hat.
- Then fill the jars with sweets.
Decorate chocolate
Even ordinary chocolate can be beautifully packaged, and for this you will need:
- any standard chocolate;
- album sheet;
- new sock;
- markers;
- glue.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Chocolate must be wrapped in an album sheet, squeezed into the folds with your fingers to shape and glue the slices from the inside.
- Just above the middle, draw the eyes, carrot and mouth of a snowman. Instead, felt blanks can be used.
- Cut off the toe that part where there is an elastic band and a heel. Turn it inside out and sew it on one side. Select the edge where there is a seam and assemble it so that you get a pompom. To do this, pull it off with threads. Now the hat is ready - put it on the snowman.
- Make a scarf for the character from the rest of the fabric.
To this lovely gift you can add fir branches or cones, satin ribbons and everything that you find appropriate.
New Year's sweets recipes
We found out that there are many options for how to make a gift from sweets beautifully. Undoubtedly, the best gift is one that is made by yourself. But you can also make a present. As souvenirs, you can bake various cupcakes, sweets, cakes, pastries and much more.
In connection with the upcoming holidays, we suggest you stay at the beautiful New Year's sweets, which are perfect as a gift.
Coffee biscuits
For this cookie you will need:
- sugar - 200 g;
- flour - 270 g;
- butter - 240 g;
- egg - 1 pc;
- cocoa - one tablespoon;
- vanillin and salt - on the tip of a knife;
- baking powder - one teaspoon;
- Powdered sugar - one tablespoon.
For filling:
- Icing sugar - 250 g;
- butter - 30 g;
- ground coffee - 2 teaspoons;
- some milk;
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife.
Cooking method:
- To get the dough, you need to mix sugar with butter, baking powder and salt.
- Add the egg to this mass and beat until smooth.
- Gradually pour the flour and knead the dough. After that, we divide it into two parts and send it to the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
- When the dough froze, roll it into thin layers and cut out various figures.
- First, we cover the baking sheet with parchment paper and put the blanks on it.
- We put in a preheated oven to 190 degrees for 10 minutes.
- To prepare the cream, mix the butter with powdered sugar, ground coffee and vanilla. If the cream is thick, then it is necessary to dilute it with a small amount of milk.
- Lubricate the bottom of the cookie with the resulting cream and cover with the second.
- Mix the icing sugar with cocoa and sprinkle the finished sandwiches.
Traditional gingerbread cookie
If you want to give beautiful sets of sweets, we suggest baking macaroons of various shapes.
To prepare them, you will need the following ingredients:
- flour - 320 g;
- butter - 120 g;
- sugar - 150 g;
- honey - 100 g;
- two teaspoons ground ginger;
- one egg;
- two tablespoons of water;
- one teaspoon of soda;
- ½ teaspoon of salt and spices (ground cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg).
Cooking method:
- Using a mixer, beat butter with sugar.
- To this mixture, add honey, egg, water and mix thoroughly.
- In another bowl, mix the flour with spices, salt and soda, and then gradually pour into the bulk.
- Knead the dough, wrap in cling film and put in the refrigerator for half an hour.
- When thirty minutes have passed, we take out the dough and roll it into a thin layer.
- Cut out the shapes using special molds.
- The baking sheet must be covered with parchment paper or greased with vegetable oil.
- We put in a preheated oven to 180 degrees for 10 minutes.
Today, there are so many different sweets with beautiful names, mouth-watering appearance and unusual taste. The above options can please both yourself and your loved ones who will remember this unusual sweet gift for a long time.