The original cake is a good birthday present for any person. This is especially true if there are no gift ideas for an employee, boss or just a close man. Cakes for a man for his birthday can express not only his personality, but also reflect wishes and dreams. Such a product can be found in any supermarket, but prepared with your own hands, it will bring much more positive emotions, since it will take into account all taste preferences, interests and hobbies.
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At home, you can make cakes for a man for his birthday (funny photos are attached) for every taste and of various shapes, for example, numbers, cars, packs of cigarettes and more. But what exactly will be a sweet dessert, depends not only on the culinary abilities of the hostess, but also on many points that are recommended to be taken into account when preparing the product. To like a gift, you need to pay attention to the following nuances:
- Taste preferences. Men usually like rich and heavy cakes, which contain nuts, condensed milk, chocolate, caramel and alcohol. Therefore, do not use soufflé and fruit in the dessert.
- The age of the birthday. If this is a young man, he can make a cake of a somewhat playful form, for example, in the form of a beach beauty, neckline and so on. Older men are recommended dessert in the form of a cigarette case, tie and more.
- Profession and hobby. Here, cakes for men for their birthday, whose cool photos can be seen in the article, can be prepared depending on hobbies or professional activities. For example, if the representative of a stronger sex is an athlete, you can arrange a cake in the form of a dumbbell, for a banker - in the form of a pack of money and so on.
Cooking nuances
In order for the gift to really cause delight, it is necessary to take into account some nuances in its preparation:
- Type of cake. In order to prepare an original cake for a man’s birthday, you must first determine the dough and the filling. The most successful here is considered to be a biscuit, which is tasty and not difficult to bake. Sponge cakes can be soaked in cognac or liquor. But if the children will eat the dessert, it is better to use milk-chocolate soaking. You can put any filling into bakery products, it all depends on the preferences of the cook and birthday man.
- The mass of the cake. It is recommended to calculate the mass of dessert in advance in order to plan the weight of the cake. It is necessary to proceed from the calculation of two hundred grams per guest. So, one and a half kilogram dessert is considered to be small, up to three kilograms - medium, and up to five - large, which are often multi-tiered.
In any case, it all depends on the imagination and wishes.
Cake beloved man
This dessert is made in the shape of a heart.
Ingredients:
- 260 grams of butter or butter margarine;
- 6 eggs;
- 160 grams of granulated sugar;
- 2 tablespoons tea baking powder;
- 210 grams of flour;
- 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder.
Ingredients for the filling:
- 1 can of condensed milk;
- 210 grams of butter.
- 210 grams of walnuts;
- 4 tablespoons cocoa.
Glaze Ingredients:
- 5 tablespoons of granulated sugar;
- 2 tablespoons of milk.
Cooking cakes
Fun birthday cakes for men like this one are easy to make. Beat eggs well with a mixer, periodically pouring granulated sugar. Beat the mass until it becomes thick. Cocoa is mixed with a baking powder and introduced into the egg mixture. Flour and margarine, previously grated, are mixed in a separate bowl. The contents of both containers are combined and mixed well. Thick dough is laid out in a prepared form and baked at a strong temperature for about half an hour. The finished cake is cooled and cut into pieces.
Cooking stuffing
To prepare the cream, the softened butter is mixed with condensed milk and beat well until smooth. The nuts are crushed, some part is left to decorate the dessert. In a separate container mix pieces of cake, cream and nuts. A large heart is formed from this mass. Next, prepare the icing. To do this, bring all the components to a boil and pour the mixture with the heart, sprinkle with the remaining nuts on top. A self-made cake for a man’s birthday is put in the cold for several hours.
Beautiful coffee cake
This dessert contains the aroma of coffee, delicious cream and delicate cakes. It will be a good gift for a husband, son, brother or nephew.
Ingredients:
- 125 grams of refined vegetable oil;
- 360 g of granulated sugar;
- 250 g of nonfat milk;
- 400 g flour;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda;
- 1 tablespoon baking powder;
- 200 grams of black strong coffee.
Ingredients for Cream:
- 230 grams of softened oil;
- 3 tablespoons of strong coffee;
- 340 grams of powdered sugar.
Cooking a cake for a man
This delicious birthday cake for a man is pretty easy to make. Prescription coffee can be taken any: instant, brewed or from capsules. All the ingredients for the dough are mixed together and poured 1/3 part into the prepared form, put in the oven and bake until cooked. Do the same with the remaining dough, divide it into two parts and bake two cakes. After they cool. Of all of the above components, a filling is prepared for the cream, with which crusts are greased. Then they collect the cake and coat it with cream on all sides. Sprinkle the whole cake with grated chocolate.
Mastic cake
Cakes from mastic for a man’s birthday will allow to realize any desires and ideas. With it, you can make various figures symbolizing the wishes, hobbies or profession of men.
Ingredients for mastic:
- gel dyes;
- 300 grams of milk powder;
- 310 grams of powdered sugar;
- 1 can of condensed milk;
- starch.
Ingredients for cakes:
- 6 eggs;
- 175 grams of sugar;
- 200 grams of flour;
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder;
- salt.
Ingredients for the filling:
- 460 grams of low-fat cottage cheese;
- 45 grams of butter;
- 320 grams of powdered sugar;
- 1 sachet of vanilla;
- 180 grams of dark bitter chocolate;
- 260 grams of fresh strawberries.
Cooking cakes
There are many cakes for men on their birthday, whose cool photos will remind you of the past celebration for a long time to come. Consider another recipe. First, the yolks are separated from the proteins. Half the whole sugar is added to the yolks and beat well with a whisk or mixer. The whites are whipped with salt, gradually introducing the rest of the granulated sugar. It should get a thick mass. All this is then combined together, gently adding flour and baking powder. This mass is laid out in a prepared form, its surface is leveled and put in the oven for forty minutes.
Cooking mastic
In a container, powdered milk is mixed with powder, condensed milk is added and thoroughly mixed by hand for several minutes. This mass is transferred to a board sprinkled with powder, and continue to knead until the mass begins to stick off from the hands. And so that it does not stick, you can also add a little starch. Then they put the mastic in a ball, wrap it with foil and put it in the cold.
Cooking cream
In order for a man’s birthday cakes to be tasty, you must choose the right cream. To do this, beat the cottage cheese with vanilla and butter until smooth. Sugar powder is sifted and added to the curd, all this is whipped with a mixer. Chocolate is grated, and strawberries are cut into plates.
Making a cake
The biscuit is cooled and cut along. The lower part is smeared with half the cream, sprinkled with chocolate and spread on top of the strawberry plate. Then lay the second cake, smeared with the remaining cream. A little mastic is painted blue, it is rolled out and details of a tie and buttons are cut out. White mastic is also rolled out and covered with a prepared cake. Buttons and a tie are laid out on top. Thus, the cake should be in the form of a men's shirt.
Mastic can be bought at the supermarket if there is no desire or ability to cook it. If the hostess uses it for the first time, she is recommended to practice first, so that possible failures do not become an obstacle in preparation for the holiday. You can use mastic to create various shapes and colors for the man’s birthday cakes. It all depends on the imagination and desire of the cook.