In order for the cake to look beautiful and appetizing, you do not always need to put maximum effort. Today it is easy and simple to cook an unusual and at the same time delicious cake. To do this, you can use various creams, fillings, and you can take chocolate, fruits, marshmallows and even sweets to decorate baking. It is these components that will delight guests or a birthday person on a holiday. But then a logical question arises: how to decorate a cake with sweets, caramel, chocolate? The answer is simple: you need to use imagination and improvised materials.
M & M's sweets
Such a decor can be used by every housewife. Moreover, the whole process of decoration does not take much time, and the effect obtained will exceed all expectations. The cake decorated with M & M's sweets will appeal to the kids, and it can also be served to ladies with sweet tooth.
For decoration you will need:
- long cookies - 100 grams;
- Twix chocolates - 200 grams;
- M & M's sweets - 130 grams.
Cover the prepared cake or biscuit blank with glaze or your favorite cream. Form a fence of Twix cookies and chocolate on the sides of the cake, fixing them with cream, like glue. Pour M & M's chocolates inside the resulting basket and smooth. Such a children's cake decorated with sweets will become the main dish, and each guest will ask for its recipe.
Caramel
Caramel has been used for many years to decorate baking. It is used as a glaze, patterns, inscriptions are made from it, various figures are cast. You can use it either purchased, prepared glaze, or prepared at home independently.
For such decoration you will need granulated sugar in a volume of 100 grams and two tablespoons of water. The ingredients are mixed and boiled until a thick consistency. What kind of jewelry to make, completely depends on the theme of the event and the hostess's fantasy.
Caramel Homemade Cake Options
The ideas of decorating a cake at home very often excite many housewives. In order to understand which option to choose, you can familiarize yourself with recommendations for the implementation of the most common types of decor:
- fruits in caramel not only look spectacular on pastries, but also incredibly tasty. For such a design, you need to take a fruit or a berry and dip it in caramel completely, let the excess mass drain and put it in the refrigerator to solidify;
- melted sugar is poured onto parchment in the form of patterns and allowed to freeze in the cold. Then it will remain to separate the received parts from paper and put on baking;
- the necessary inscription is applied to the cake with caramel with a dye, a spoon or a confectionery syringe;
- from sugar caramel with the addition of chocolate and butter, excellent glaze will come out to cover the cake.
Candy
Using regular or chocolate sweets, you can get a spectacular cake decorated with sweets. In this case, any kind of goodies is suitable - chocolate, with nougat, with nuts and berries, and sweets with liquor will give a unique highlight to the festive pastries.
Candy decorating tricks
In order to make the decoration process easy, you can follow some recommendations and little secrets. So:
- it is necessary to fix candies on a sticky surface. It can be a cream prepared on the basis of butter, condensed milk, also caramel or chocolate icing, jam or another viscous and sweet coating. The cake should be covered with a dense mass, carefully lubricating the area where it is planned to decorate the cake with sweets and fruits;
- when using large decor, such as chocolates, they can be laid out in a special order. Looks great details of different sizes and shapes in one design;
- sweets can not only be used as decorations, they can be put inside baking. To do this, cut out the middle in the cake and fill it with goodies (it can be marmalade, marshmallows or jelly), then add the crumbled core and fasten everything with cream;
- after decorating the cake, it should be placed in the cold to solidify.
What sweets can be used for decoration
What sweets can decorate the cake, in addition to the options already listed? As a decor, various options for sweets and combinations of their calculations on pastries are used. It can be:
- chocolates and sweets from it of various sizes and shapes;
- dragee;
- nuts in various types of glaze;
- toffee
- marmalade sweets;
- marshmallows;
- jelly candies and other types of sweets.
By and large, in the decor you can use absolutely any kind of candy. If their size is large, then sweets can be chopped or cut into pieces.
Chocolate
The use of chocolate as a cake decorating should be done with a quality product. Everyone will like this decor, because it is not only tasty, but also useful. How beautifully decorate a cake with chocolate sweets is indicated in almost every collection of recipes. But do not flip through cookbooks in search of the necessary advice. You can make a cake as follows:
- with the help of Kit-Kat chocolate sticks lay out the sides of the cake in the form of a “fence”. In order that the cake does not fall apart, it can be strengthened with an elegant ribbon;
- Twix sticks can be used in the same way. But this option is suitable for high types of baking, or each stick will need to be cut to the height of the cake;
- applying a Snickers or Mars bar can complement the taste of a festive dessert. They can be cut and laid as a layer between the cakes, like dusting or finishing the sidewalls. And if you melt them, then such a glaze will surprise with the fullness and richness of taste;
- using real dark chocolate, you can grind the top of the cake with regular chips, large curls or fine powder. Also, it will come out with an excellent glaze and chocolate cream.
Fruit decoration
If you need to prepare a treat that has not yet been tried by family members, then a cake decorated with sweets is suitable for this. The recipe is quite simple and will turn out regardless of the experience of the cook.
For shortcakes:
- eggs - 5 pieces;
- flour - 2 glasses;
- sour cream - 50 grams;
- sugar - 250 grams;
- baking powder - 10 grams.
Beat eggs with sugar in a tight foam, add sour cream to them and mix gently. Pour baking powder into the flour and gradually add to the whipped mixture. Pour the resulting dough into a mold and bake at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes until tender. Cool the finished biscuit and divide into cakes. From the proposed version of the ingredients, three cakes will be obtained.
Cut one cake into plates, the sides of the cake will be made of it. Put the first cake in a deep form, coat it with any cream and cover with a second cake. Put the third cake on the perimeter of the form, simulating the sides. Put the finished fruit puree inside the resulting container. You can also add chopped fruits and berries, and garnish with whipped cream and grated chocolate on top. After decorating, put the cake to cool.
Jelly decoration
A great option is a cake decorated with jelly sweets. To create such a decor you will need:
- agar-agar - 20 grams;
- water - 0.6 liters;
- sugar to taste.
Prepare a biscuit, if desired, it can be creamed, and then pour jelly gently, after placing the cake in a mold with sides a couple of centimeters higher than the cakes. To prepare jelly, you need to mix sugar and water, boil the mixture and boil for five minutes. Agar-agar dissolved in half a glass of cold water and pour into boiling sugar syrup. Allow to boil for another minute and set aside. Cool the jelly a few degrees and pour them a cake in the form. If you wish, you can add slices of your favorite fruits and berries to the fill. Put it in the fridge for six to seven hours.
For 1 year
To celebrate the first year of the baby's life, I want to prepare such a table and such treats that will never be forgotten. That may be a cake decorated with sweets for a year.
You will need:
- prepared biscuit cakes;
- favorite cream, preferably without high fat content;
- candy;
- jellies;
- dry cereal breakfast .
From all the components, collect the cake by coating the cakes with cream and decorating it with sweets, jelly, dragees and other sweets. If you plan to feed the kids with a cake, then all the “harmful” decorations can be replaced with healthy cereal breakfasts.
In conclusion
Homemade cake decorated with sweets will no longer scare an inexperienced hostess. You can easily create a delicious and beautiful masterpiece that will be no worse, or even better than purchased cakes, using recommendations from the best confectioners.
So, using icing. This is a special type of sugar glaze, which contains sugar, egg white and lemon juice. The ingredients are mixed and whipped to a tight foam. It should be noted that icing cannot be cooked in wet dishes, all tools must be dry. Also, additional cooling of the mixture in the refrigerator is not allowed; it freezes at room temperature and in a warm oven.
Waffles. If you decorate the cake with a waffle portrait, then this design will be appreciated by every hero of the day and birthday, regardless of age. Such a decoration will need to be ordered, since today any drawings are printed with food colors on special confectionery printers. Using wafer paper, you can make a decoration in the form of a picture, portrait or individual elements.
Meringue. Such decoration will allow you to create a relief and tasty texture on the surface of the cake. To do this, prepare meringues - bake beaten egg whites with sugar in the oven for forty minutes at low temperature. Such "bezeshki" spreads the top of the cake, the sides.
Whipped cream. Using this gentle dessert in a harmonious tandem with berries and fruits, you can create an exquisite coating for the simplest cake.
Chocolate is the classic way to decorate cakes with sweets. It can be used as a sprinkle. To do this, the tile is rubbed on a coarse grater in the form of chips. Also, craftsmen remove chocolate with plates and turn them into curls, which are subsequently laid out in a random order on the cake. Melted chocolate can be poured into silicone molds and allowed to cool at room temperature. You can also do by pouring a picture or inscription on a sheet of parchment. Chocolate icing will perfectly complement any cake. And if you add fat cream to it, then such a coating will become soft, delicate and shiny.