Some important events in life that are not tied to a calendar take place for the first time, for example, a kiss, the steps of a child, and going on stage. And some that happened once, I want to celebrate every year, but the first of them always has a special meaning. Such events necessarily deserve a holiday, and a symbolic cake in the form of a single will allow to emphasize the importance of the first year.
Holidays for which you can cook a cake "One"
The first year of a baby’s life - a baby, having learned to crawl, walk and communicate, becomes an almost independent person. The first year of a family’s life - romance gives way to obligations, the couple’s relations move to a new level. Other important events: the year of trouble-free driving, the first year of business, the end of the first year, the first year in your apartment, etc. There are many reasons for making an iconic cake, but mostly they give it to children.
The "Unit" cake for a boy unfolds a whole road story or episode from a favorite cartoon in front of the kid. Most likely, it will be executed in blue and white using purely boyish characters - cars, trains, and designer. Maybe Winnie the Pooh and his friends or animals from the Jungle will come to visit the baby on the cake.
Cake "Unit" for the girl emphasizes the tenderness of the baby thanks to her favorite girl characters, lace and a round dance of flowers. This masterpiece of culinary art is usually performed in pink shades, and princesses, mermaids and fairies will act as guests at the baby’s celebration.
Options for making a cake base
To make the iconic Godik cake, the unit can be in the form of decorations, or the treat itself can have a symbolic shape: the number "1", the word "One" or One. The second option looks more interesting on the table. Such a figured cake can be ordered in the confectionery, but it is much more pleasant to make it yourself, surprising the guests with the “pumped” skills of the hostess.
Stencil cakes
One is cut out of paper. The cake is prepared according to the basic recipe, and the cakes from the dough are formed using a stencil. So you can make a honey treat, where each cake is baked separately.
Products: butter - half a pack, sugar - a little less than a glass, 3 yolks, 2 tbsp. l honey, 1 tsp any liquor, 2 tsp. soda, 2 cups flour.
Put butter in a pan and place it in a water bath. When it melts, add the yolks, mashed with sugar. Next put honey and some alcohol. When all the ingredients are heated, pour soda and mix, so that the mass increases in volume. Add flour and knead the dough on a cutting board. It turns out 8-10 cakes, depending on how thinly the dough is rolled. Cakes are baked in a hot oven for about a minute. The rest of the dough can be baked in one layer, which will then be used as a sprinkle.
Cutting the finished biscuit
Knead the biscuit dough. While the screen printing unit is waiting for its turn, the cake is baked in the oven. With a sharp knife, the resulting biscuit is cut in half. Then each cake is clipped on a stencil. Trimming biscuit can be dried, minced, and then mixed with cream.
Products: a glass of sugar 5 eggs and a glass of flour.
Preparation: beat the proteins with a mixer at a minimum speed of about 5-7 minutes. When the mass turns white and takes on a fairly dense consistency, add sugar little by little while continuing to work as a mixer. Beat the yolks in another container. Connect the masses carefully using a mixer. Add the sifted flour, stirring from the edges to the center and always from the bottom up. The main thing is that the fluffy structure of the dough does not fall. Lubricate the mold and pour the dough into it. Send to the hot oven for half an hour.
Cooking molds and putting numbers with cakes
You can pre-acquire the form in the form of the number "1", which is useful to us for the preparation of our goodies "Unit". Cake can be prepared according to any recipe. It is desirable that the dough is liquid. There are silicone and iron forms. On sale there is even a universal version of the container with hollow cubes, moving which you can bake any angular figure. The dough is poured into places free of cubes, and the whole structure is sent to the oven.
Especially creative housewives can offer guests a cake laid out in the form of the number "1" from the cakes. Or form the very foundation of the numbers from meringue, “gluing” it with cream, and then decorating it in any way. A minimum of effort, and the "Unit" (cake) is ready!
How to decorate a cake
Most housewives prefer to fit the cake with mastic, so the culinary masterpiece holds its shape better. In addition, from this food-grade plasticine you can mold any character so beloved by children. The second most popular decoration option is cream, due to which the cake turns out to be airy. With its help, floral elements of decor are also well obtained.
For decoration, you can safely use any sweetness that is in the house: chocolate, nuts, marmalade, marshmallows, icing sugar, cocoa. Fresh berries and fruits will look wonderful on the cake. The main thing is to combine products correctly and know a sense of proportion.
Jewelry can be neutral, suitable for any occasion, and can take on part of the semantic load. For example, many mothers love the Baby theme, decorating the cake with masticized booties, nipples and a baby in cabbage, indicating the baby's name, date and time of birth, as well as his height and weight when he was born. The gender of the baby can be emphasized with color.
To decorate the “One” cake for a boy, you need to know what the kid is interested in, what characters he loves, what games he prefers to play. Then the treat will turn out to be very individual, it can act as a tasty gift. The main stylistic themes for the boy:
- favorite characters - Winnie the Pooh and his friends, minions, bears and hares;
- fauna - the jungle, circus, marine themes;
- transport - cars, trains, planes;
- Sports and toys - balls, pyramids, cubes.
A similar situation is with babies. Cake "Unit" for the girl will acquire an individuality, given the tastes and preferences of a one-year-old beauty. Thematic styles for girlish snacks:
- favorite heroes - fairies and Disney princesses, mermaids, ponies, Masha and the Bear;
- outfits - dresses, shoes, bows;
- nature - flowers, butterflies, bears and hares.
A self-made iconic cake will certainly become a real decoration of the holiday, leaving only pleasant impressions and memories.