Covering the cake with mastic is increasingly used when decorating it at home. If before this was mainly created by holiday professionals in this way, nowadays more and more housewives bake real masterpieces at the festive table. Do-it-yourself mastic for the cake is very simple, and with a minimum set of ingredients. But the final composition on the cake will depend on the skill and imagination of the cook.
Recipe
There are several ways to prepare this material to create an artistic composition. But mostly they are based on fruit marshmallows called marshmallows. 70 grams of this marshmallow will require about 30 grams of butter (or a little condensed milk), powdered sugar and dyes (depending on what the composition will be). They must be food. Sometimes, for decorating cakes, they also use special confectionery markers with which to write, and colored beads (all ingredients are available in the confectionery departments).
Making
mastic for the cake with your own hands is very simple. Marshmallows with butter (condensed milk) are placed in a deep bowl (not metal) and heated
in a microwave. Usually 20-30 seconds are enough for this, the main thing is not to overdo it. Then the mass is thoroughly mixed with a spoon and begin to add powdered sugar a little, kneading the dough. Next, put the mastic on the table, sprinkled with powder, and knead.
The finished mastic can be painted with food colors. If the cake is prepared for a children's holiday, it is better to use vegetable juices (beetroot, carrot, spinach).
The mastic prepared in this way is perfectly rolled out with an ordinary rolling pin (sugar powder is used instead of flour), absolutely any figures can be fashioned out of it: flowers and leaves, fairy-tale characters and animals, in general, all that is enough for imagination. As for the cake itself, which will be hidden under a layer of mastic, it can be anything. To keep the decoration well, it is desirable that between it and the cake was a layer of cream.
In addition to the classic recipe for preparing material for decoration, there are others, for example, chocolate mastic for the cake with your own hands is also done easily. For 1 bar of dark chocolate, take a packet of marshmallows, 1/4 cup of fat cream, a couple of spoons of cognac and powdered sugar. Naturally, it’s not worth decorating a children's cake with such mastic. All ingredients (except powder) are mixed by heating in a water bath. Then gradually pour the powder, kneading the mass, as in the previous case. Brown mastic perfectly turns out an adornment for chocolate cakes, as well as a wood-like composition (barrels, decks, hemp).
Many, after they bake their first cake with mastic, try to send the recipe, photo with the result and comments to friends, acquaintances, in general, to everyone they can. This is due to the fact that even with a beginner, as a rule, the result is simply amazing. And with experience, a certain dexterity appears, so that the culinary specialist begins to make his masterpieces not only for loved ones, but also for sale. So the mastic for the cake with your own hands can bring not only a holiday to the family, but also replenish the budget. And to make the finished product look as attractive as possible, it is recommended to make decorations in advance (2-3 days before baking the cake itself) and lubricate with vodka, then they will be bright, shiny and strong enough.