What does white color mean?
White color has long been considered a symbol of purity and solemnity. He is the personification of poetry and romance.
A white wedding cake looks very delicate and fabulous. This is a great option for a wedding of any theme. No wonder white is considered a classic color. He is not subject to fashion trends.
Recipes of the most famous white cakes
White Velvet Cake
This White Velvet Cake recipe is a close relative of the gorgeous and incredibly popular classic American Red Velvet Cake.
White Velvet Cake is the perfect moist, tender and crumbly sponge cake recipe that can be used for a birthday or wedding cake.
Unlike its famous “relative,” White Velvet does not contain dyes, so it is completely safe for people who may be allergic to food dyes. This cake can be flavored with vanilla, almond or lemon zest, and also pairs well with strawberry flavor.
White Truffle Cake
Tartufo Bianco is a very famous Italian dessert recipe. In Italy, this dessert is better known as Tartufo (truffle) and is a multi-layer ice cream with different flavors.
The classic White Truffle cake recipe includes a Genoese sponge cake with chocolate-caramel flavor, cream with mascarpone, cream and white chocolate and a surprise hidden inside - a layer of fruit, most often strawberries.
White Forest Cake
The White Forest Cake recipe is a variation of the famous Black Forest Cherry Cake or Black Forest Cake recipe. This recipe is somewhat simplified, but the result is no less tasty.
There are more complex and simpler recipes for White Forest cake. However, the main mandatory ingredients are white chocolate, cherries and kirsch - cherry brandy, a colorless pure distillate of cherries.
White Girl Cake (Milk Girl)
The “Milk Girl” cake owes its name to a well-known condensed milk manufacturer in Germany, who gave its product the name “Milch Mädchen”, that is, “milk girl”. German housewives did not rack their brains over what to call the cake, the cake layers for which basically contained this same condensed milk. In turn, the idea of preparing such delicious pastries was picked up by our compatriots, simply by translating the name. And the name “White Girl” is one of the translation options.
The Milk Girl cake is prepared quickly, soaked in literally an hour. The good thing about the Milk Girl cake recipe is that it can always be varied with different creams and fruit fillings - almost any fruit and berries, both fresh and canned, are suitable.
White Raffaello cake
This cake recipe takes its name from the famous candies, as the cake usually turns out very tender thanks to the combination of custard and white chocolate. Its basis is made up of white sponge cakes, layered with butter cream with coconut flakes and sprinkled with coarsely crushed almonds and waffles.
The classic Raffaello cake is decorated with plenty of grated coconut and candies of the same name. The cream is prepared from sour cream, concentrated milk or cream; sometimes cream cheese or soft cottage cheese, mashed with condensed milk, is used.
Cake height and shape
Typically, traditional wedding cakes are made with three layers. But, if you wish, you can change the number of levels.
A piece of confectionery art consisting of 4 or more tiers, each of which is different from each other, but together they form one whole, looks amazing.
If your wedding is on a small scale, then a one- or two-tier cake will be enough.
The shape of the cake can be different: round, irregular, square or rectangular. It all depends on the imagination of the pastry chef.
- A traditional round cake adds a touch of tenderness to a wedding celebration.
- The irregular shape gives the confectionery masterpiece originality.
- A cake in the form of a strictly defined square is perfect for a wedding in the Art Nouveau style.
- An unusual creation by confectioners in the form of connected hearts of newlyweds, a cake made of pillows with mastic coating and beads - these are just some of the few design ideas for decorating a wedding cake.
How to bake sour cream cake
- Take a large bowl and mix all the dry ingredients in it by hand using a whisk.
- Add the liquid ingredients and beat the mixture with a mixer for two to three minutes, setting the speed to low. The consistency should become homogeneous.
- This sponge cake does not rise very much in the oven, so choose a pan that will be filled three-quarters full with dough.
- Bake the biscuit at 175 degrees.
This amount of batter makes two separate medium-sized sponges, but if you wish, you can pour less batter into the molds and make a three-layer white cake. From mastic, sold in ready-made form in confectionery stores, enthusiasts make beautiful flowers to decorate desserts. Why don't you try it too?
Choice of filling
The external beauty of a wedding cake is certainly important, but its taste is no less important. Therefore, the choice of cream, cakes and filling must be approached very responsibly.
When choosing a cake, it is advisable to follow the following recommendations:
- The appearance of the cake and its contents should be in harmony;
- Only high-quality ingredients should be used for production. The sweetness of the cream and the hardness of the cakes will cancel out all the advantages of the confectioners’ masterpiece.
Typically, sponge cakes are used for wedding cakes. If this option does not suit you, order a huge white wedding cake without mastic with one tier, decorated with white cream.
White cake cover
Depending on your taste preferences, the white cake coating can be prepared in a variety of ways.
- White chocolate ganache
is a delicate creamy chocolate cream that is ideal for smoothing the surface of cakes under mastic. Only by using ganache can you ensure that the surface of the cake is even and smooth, and the mastic does not melt. - White chocolate glaze
is used to make the dessert more refined, beautiful and tasty. There are a lot of ways to prepare glaze; each housewife has her own secrets and recipes. White icing is not only very tasty, it looks great and beautiful on any confectionery product. Even an ordinary cake covered with such glaze looks wonderful and becomes more appetizing. - Mirror glaze
is a spectacular glossy coating for modern cakes and pastries. It is most often used in mousse desserts, but sometimes it is also used to cover traditional cakes, although in this case, as a rule, not completely, but only the top, so that the glaze drips down in beautiful drips. The mirror glaze is based on brown chocolate and can be colored in various colors using food coloring. - Chocolate velor
is a confectionery coating for a cake that looks very much like the noble fabric velor or velvet. The coating composition is chocolate (dark or white) and cocoa butter. To cover a white cake, you need to use white chocolate. - White cake cream
is one of the most popular creams for coating white cakes. The basis of the protein cream is eggs beaten with sugar. Protein creams turn out tender, airy and perfectly white. - White buttercream
is another traditional way to decorate a white cake. Buttercream is used to decorate cakes and pastries. Since buttercream holds its shape well, you can make various cake decorations from it: roses, flowers, petals, various patterns. Butter cream for covering the cake can be prepared using white chocolate, condensed milk, cream cheese or sour cream. - Sugar mastic
. There are several varieties of sweet confectionery mastic for decorating cakes. The most common recipes are sugar mastic and marshmallow mastic. Milk mastic, gelatin mastic or pastillage, marshmallow and chocolate mastic are also prepared for covering and decorating cakes.
Cake design
White wedding cakes look great on their own. However, confectioners sometimes create real works of art that you can’t take your eyes off.
An example is a white confectionery miracle, decorated with a floral arrangement and the finest lace. This is the very personification of tenderness, beauty and harmony.
