A birthday is always a good reason to prepare delicious dishes, call your best friends and, of course, serve a gorgeous cake. But what if you decide to bake the cake yourself, but don’t know how to best make it? In this article you will find a selection of unique cake decors for a 12 year old girl.
Simple and uncomplicated design that will surprise guests
Not everyone can afford to buy a cake in a good pastry shop, where they can make a small copy of their daughter using color (and edible) mastic. Here are some ideas to help decorate the festive dessert simply, but with taste:
- Use bright confetti. Choose a pastry topping of those flowers which the 12-year-old girl loves. After all, this is not the same age to use dolls or silly inscriptions on the cake. How to decorate a cake for a 12 year old girl? Lubricate it with white or colored cream, and then sprinkle confetti on all sides. Remove leftovers from the dishes, after which you can serve the cake to guests.
- Cream curls. No need to be a skilled pastry chef to make an original piece of jewelry. You will need a thick cream (oil or protein), only stable, otherwise the whole decor will start to flow. Stock up on pearl beads, which are sold in the confectionery department. Using a special bag with a nozzle, make curls starting from the top of the cake and slowly moving to the sides. Decorate the finished cake with beads.
- Chocolate chips. Take a bar of bitter or milk chocolate (preferably without additives), and then grate it on a coarse grater. Decorate the cake with the resulting chips. A 12-year-old girl can be presented with a pastry set, with which she can participate in the fascinating process of decorating a dessert.
Have to work hard
Cakes for a 12 year old girl's birthday should be elegant and unusual. Here are some more ways to make a festive dessert that take a little longer:
- Cookies all over the head. You will need: airy meringue cookies, milk or chocolate wafer rolls, several packs of colored dragees, one wide satin ribbon (long). Start decorating from the sides, only then moving on to the hat of the cake. A girl of 12 years old will be delighted with such a dessert! Lubricate the dessert with a thick cream, and then gently attach the wafer rolls on the sides so that they resemble a dense fence. Tie the cake with ribbon to give aesthetic beauty. Lay out a biscuit on top of the circle, and decorate the middle with colored dragees.
- Chocolate drawing. Melt a bar of chocolate in a water bath, and then fill it with a syringe without a needle. Make a few drops on the surface of the cake. Use a wooden skewer to create droplet patterns. Just swipe the wand, starting from the middle of the drop and moving beyond its border.
Not so hard
To make the birthday cake for a girl of 12 years old exactly surprise the birthday girl and guests, you can use mastic. Make it at home is not so difficult: take a large amount of powdered sugar, sifted through a sieve. It is important to remove all small particles that can damage the plasticity of the mastic. Add a little water to the powder to knead a thick, elastic dough. After, put the mastic in the refrigerator for several hours. If you want to make the cake bright and colored, it is important to add food coloring in the mixing process, after dividing the mass into several portions.
Make a long tube from the mastic, the diameter of which does not exceed one centimeter. Start wrapping the cake with it, starting from the bottom, gradually rising to the top. Try to cut long tubes of mastic into identical strips that are attached to the dessert, forming a fence.
You can make any geometric shapes from mastic, as well as completely cover the cake. Try to make some stars and circles in order to lay them out in a chaotic manner on the dessert.
Finally
A cake for 12 years old girl will look original, if you ask the child in advance what colors and shapes he likes best. In most cases, desserts are decorated with white or pink cream, adding delicate drops and curls, while a birthday girl may like saturated shades. Do not be afraid to use additional decor, such as dolls decorated with mastic, nuts or even chocolate lace.