“Sandbox” - a cake with which you can pamper not only a small child who loves to build castles. This delicious surprise can also be presented to an adult as a reminder of a childhood spent together, a vacation on the sandy coast or another memorable event. Today we’ll talk about how to bake and decorate such a cake.
Cakes
“Sandbox” - a cake for the preparation of which you can use a variety of cakes: from purchased honey to the most sophisticated and complex. This style of design involves simple forms, for example, a rectangle or square in one tier. For this purpose, a base from biscuit dough or even more complex textures are suitable: layered, jelly and megapopular mousse. However, if you plan to arrange in the sandbox not only the little ones, but also multi-tiered castles, you may have problems with the stability of the form. To avoid this, use stiffeners (cocktail tubes filled with melted chocolate, bamboo skewers), and for high towers, choose light waffle cups and ice cream baskets as the basis. Sandbox cake, the photo of which is located below, is decorated with towers made of them.
Decorative elements
What is there in the sandbox? Of course, equipment for games with sand: pasques, shovels, rakes, buckets and much more. Someone decorates cakes with slides, benches, swings, because some sandboxes also have this.
The easiest way to make such a decor is to fashion it from mastic. To do this, heat a handful of “Marshmallow” candies in a water bath and knead smooth plastic dough using powdered sugar instead of flour. Food colors are used to dye the mass in the right colors. Use it as plasticine, and send the finished figures for a short time in the refrigerator.
There are other options. For example, you can make flowers and wooden elements using a syringe using various nozzles. As a basis, use a cream of whipped oil and condensed milk (in equal amounts) or melted chocolate with the addition of a small amount of cocoa butter. “Sandbox” - a cake on which candies in the shape of shells, colored pebbles will look beautiful.
How to make sand?
“Sandbox” - a cake that must be reminiscent of a warm summer sand. There are many ways to make such coverage. For example, from ready-made marzipan chips or even ordinary cane sugar.
But advanced confectioners offer a more progressive way. Cake "Children's sandbox", decorated with velor, looks very stylish. For this, pneumatic or electric spray guns or ready-made cream bottles are used. You can buy them in culinary goods stores, and using such paint is very easy: just spray the cream on the cake, after covering the surrounding surfaces with film or newspapers.
You can make a cream for velor yourself. Melt separately from each other 20 g of cocoa butter and white chocolate, combine and add yellow, beige or brown dye, let cool to 30 degrees. Apply using a regular construction spray gun (of course, a new one) on a layer of cream. Be sure to cool the cake before starting work!
Do not forget to remind the child that not every sand is tasty and edible, so that he does not try to treat him to a walk.