08/12/2020 Zoryan Freidovich Interesting It is not for nothing that the thirtieth anniversary of family life is usually called a pearl wedding. As you know, pearls are covered with more and more layers every year, strengthening and becoming more beautiful and harder. Likewise, over the years, a married couple becomes more and more united, strong and united in everything. The 30th wedding anniversary is an amazing event. It proves that all-consuming love, loyalty and friendship between spouses exists and can last for many years. Such a holiday should be celebrated on a grand scale, with many cheerful guests and beloved relatives. And you should approach the organization of a special event long before the memorable date. It is, of course, impossible to foresee all the nuances. But today we will help you with choosing a birthday cake.
Cake selection
A wedding anniversary cake is an integral part of the celebration. His choice should be approached thoroughly, weighing all the nuances and little things. A cake for a pearl wedding can be a gift from children or relatives, or it can be chosen by the celebrants themselves for the festive table.
If you decide to give a wedding gift to your parents, then you should approach this matter thoughtfully. You can recreate the first wedding cake that was on the festive table thirty years ago. Surely mom remembers what it looked like, what kind of cakes and cream it was. By recreating it, you will remind them of the happiest day of their life, the day when a new family was born.
You can go the other way - choose a cake for a pearl wedding that will completely match the style of the festive evening in appearance. As a rule, a pearl wedding is celebrated by decorating everything around in a marine theme (pearls, sea, shells, seagulls). A cake based on the main theme of the holiday will be an excellent culmination of the celebration.
Cake design ideas for 30th wedding anniversary
This day needs to be celebrated. Start with a touching conversation with your spouse, and in the evening have a festive dinner with your closest people. There have been a lot of such people over the years - children, grandchildren, friends. Discuss your goal with them, let their gifts be original and unusual. A great example is a cake for a pearl wedding. What could this delicacy be?
In the form of a half-opened shell
You can take a risk and make a cake in the shape of a half-opened shell for a pearl wedding yourself. To do this, you need to find the most delicious recipe for a voluminous dessert. Take the recipe for “Napoleon”, “Honey Cake”, “Sponge Cake with Condensed Milk or Protein Cream” as a basis, and it is better to cover the top with white chocolate or glaze. For a half-opened shell, use mastic or icing. They keep their shape perfectly, are edible, and are not harmful to health.
Decorated with corals and sea creatures
Ordering a cake for a pearl wedding is not a problem. The main thing is to indicate exactly what you want to see and eat. If pastry chefs help you decide on the filling, then it’s better for you to choose the design yourself. Thematic decoration of the cake for the 30th wedding anniversary can be edible figurines of corals and sea creatures (fish, starfish, skates, shells). They all do not have to be done in natural colors. Try decorating your holiday table in soft light shades.
With bows and ribbons
You don't want to go too deep into the nautical theme, but prefer something simple and festive? A chic cake with bows and ribbons without pearls will look luxurious and festive. You can choose decorative elements in brighter colors than the main part of the dessert. The colors you choose can symbolize the idyll of family relationships. And let the only jewels at the party be real pearls mined deep in the sea.
Cake decorated with fondant pearls
Are you inclined towards making your own wedding cake? Then chewing marshmallows “Marshmallow” is an indispensable helper. To prepare mastic you will need gelatin, milk powder, white or dark chocolate and marshmallows. By mixing all the ingredients, you will get various forms of decorations, incl. and pearls. Experiment by adding butter to your cake recipe. Having rolled the mastic into the correct shape, you should wait a little. To make pearls shine, use kandurin (dry powder). Use a brush to cover the surface of the decorations, and you will have a gorgeous cake with glitter on your table!
Decorated with flowers
If the date of your pearl wedding coincides with the warm season of the year (spring, summer), then the decoration of the holiday should be airy, floral, and light. To add beauty to the atmosphere of the celebration, decorate the pearl wedding cake with flowers. In this area of decoration you can go wild. Consider the following factors: relationship temperament, warmth of feelings, mood. Based on them, draw the right conclusions about choosing a cake:
- A strong temperament prevails in relationships; do you still feel passion for your partner? You shouldn't hide it! 30 years of passion is more than just a relationship. You can light a spark in each other, which means you need a cake with fiery red flowers - roses, poppies, tulips.
- If you feel warm and calm when you are next to your beloved husband, then light blue and light pink flowers will ideally express mutual feelings. Sweet cornflowers, orchids, callas, peonies on the cake will complete the romantic holiday.
Cake with a pair of white swans
A classic option for a wedding anniversary is a cake with a pair of white swans. This design symbolizes rebirth, chastity, and wisdom. For married couples, white swans represent family unity, fidelity and affection. You can arrange them on the dessert so that they form a heart shape. Complete the cake with a pastel-colored ribbon or two or three colors for asymmetry, and snow-white dishes. To create swans with your own hands you will need:
- condensed milk – 180 g;
- powdered milk – 150 g;
- powdered sugar – 150 g;
- lemon juice – 2 tbsp;
- cognac – 2 tsp.
Mix all dry ingredients, add condensed milk, cognac and lemon juice. You will have mastic from which you will mold swans: first the head, neck and torso. Next - separate wings, feathers with cuts. The mastic should be warm, so if necessary, heat it in a microwave oven. Glue all body parts together using gelatin or egg white. Be sure to wait for it to dry after each connection of parts. Decorate the swans' beak and eyes using food coloring. The top layer of the cake is often covered with buttercream and vanilla sprinkles. Ready!
Cake weight
Sometimes it is very difficult to calculate how much weight a cake should be ordered from a confectioner or baked yourself. Agree, it is very disappointing when there is not enough birthday cake for all the guests or, on the contrary, there is too much left.
As a rule, everyone loves sweets, and they eat them in large quantities at the festive table. Confectioners advise calculating the amount of festive delicacy depending on the number of guests. For each guest - a piece weighing 150-200 grams. For example, for fifty people a cake weighing seven to nine kilograms will be enough.
What to give your wife for a pearl wedding
Over thirty years of marriage, the husband could already have perfectly studied all the preferences of his beloved wife. Therefore, when choosing a gift, you should rely primarily on them.
No woman can resist a beautiful piece of jewelry. The main thing is that it contains inclusions of pearls of any size.
It could be:
- silver or gold ring;
- the neck of your beloved woman can be decorated with a necklace or beads made of white or black pearls;
- pearls of delicate color can look original in a neat bracelet;
- depending on your wife’s preferences, you can purchase earrings of any size;
- original pendant on a chain.
You can turn to jewelers and make the jewelry according to your own sketch or have it engraved.
In addition to the options listed, you can also consider the following gift ideas:
- a large and luxurious floor vase decorated with artificial pearls; only before purchasing it will you need to think carefully about whether there is a place where it can be placed and how it will fit into the overall design of the room;
- figurines or figurines from an antique salon;
- if your wife loves to read, then a beautiful lamp with a delicate lampshade is a choice that she will definitely like;
- on cold winter evenings a beautiful blanket or tapestry blanket can warm her up;
- no woman can resist a beautiful flower; it is desirable that it be in a pot and can grow for a long time and delight the woman with its beautiful appearance;
- beautiful textiles for home;
- an elegant service or set of dishes;
- Many ladies dream of turning their kitchen into a modern room with a large number of electronic assistants, so a gift such as household appliances for the kitchen will be very useful: bread machines, multicookers, food processors and blenders can make the life of any housewife much easier.
Cake filling
Today, confectioners offer a variety of cake ideas for pearl weddings. The number of cakes and types of filling are very diverse. However, experts advise giving preference to lighter fillings: fruit, yogurt or biscuit. Choose low-fat types of cream, without an abundance of whipped cream and sugar. An excellent option is cake cream with nuts or almonds, fruits or candied fruits. In most cases, confectioners offer you to try several types of cake filling and decide which one is tastier and more beautiful.
When it comes to cake layers, choose a variety. So the culinary masterpiece at your wedding will be tasty and original at the same time.
The meaning of a pearl wedding
The symbol of the anniversary is pearls.
Everyone knows that this is an expensive and beautiful decoration. Not everyone knows how it appears. One small grain of sand grows stronger from year to year, its walls become thicker, and its appearance becomes more beautiful. As a result, a beautiful decoration is born from an ordinary nondescript stone, created for expensive accessories and gifts. Love is like pearls, it becomes stronger and more beautiful every year. The fate of a married couple often faces a large number of trials and difficulties. By overcoming them together, their love and faith in each other becomes stronger.
After 30 years of living, we can definitely say that husband and wife were able to create an ideal relationship, learned to understand their other half, listen to her and make compromises. Now their love is like a precious stone that requires immediate setting.
Avoid
Try not to order a wedding cake with too rich a filling.
You should not give preference to meringue as part of the filling. Of course, this is a light filling, but when cutting the cake it will crumble. The cake will end up looking untidy. Remember that, according to tradition, the process of cutting the festive wedding delicacy is usually photographed, and even from different angles. It is unlikely that newlyweds will want to capture a crumbling birthday cake on film.
Don't order a wedding cake with a lot of artificial colors in the filling or crust. Some guests may be allergic to certain products. Agree, calling an ambulance is not at all included in the plans for celebrating a wedding anniversary.
Cake decoration: standard option
There can be a huge number of options for decorating a wedding cake. You can choose the standard option - white swans, figurines of the newlyweds, a pair of wedding rings, etc. But the cake for a pearl wedding is usually made in the theme of the holiday. This is a large confectionery masterpiece, white or cream colored (several tiers), studded with pearls. Moreover, pearls can be both on the top of the cake and along the entire side surface. You can decorate the cakes with single pearls, or you can scatter whole precious placers over the surface. The cake looks very beautiful, the top of which is decorated with a pearl necklace or choker.
What to give your beloved husband for his anniversary
The question “How to choose a gift?” relevant not only for holiday guests, but also for loving spouses. With the first rays of the sun, pearl anniversaries can present each other with gorgeous surprises. What can a wife give her husband? She should think about this a little in advance and approach the purchase of a present very responsibly.
The present should please and be unusual, pleasant and, of course, memorable.
Choosing a gift in this case, on the one hand, will be easy. After all, after 30 years of marriage, the spouses already know each other’s interests, tastes and desires well. Therefore, choosing a gift that will cause sincere joy in your beloved man should not be difficult.
It is not necessary to spend a large amount of money, especially if it will be a serious blow to the family budget. You can make a gift with your own hands. If a woman is a needlewoman, she can knit a beautiful sweater or decorate a gift with unusual embroidery made of artificial pearls.
You can offer the following gifts for your husband on his 30th wedding anniversary:
- family portrait in a beautiful pearl frame;
- a beautiful photo album decorated with pearls with the wish to keep only the most heartwarming and memorable photographs in it;
- if the husband is a lover of painting, then a painting with a still life or landscape is an excellent choice;
- cufflinks or other jewelry that he has long dreamed of;
- interesting souvenir.
But a gift can also have a practical side. What man would not be happy if he was given:
- fishing tackle, fishing rod or spinning rod, which he had dreamed of for a very long time;
- various car accessories, and maybe even new tires;
- branded screwdrivers or a whole set of construction tools;
- a laptop or a modern large-screen TV with all the latest features;
- tickets to the main football match of the year or to a concert of your favorite band.
If your husband is actively interested in sports, then a new suit will come in very handy. A true gardener will be delighted with a set of garden tools, a lawn mower or a walk-behind tractor.
There are a huge number of gift options; their choice should be based on the interests and hobbies of the spouse, as well as the financial capabilities of the family.
But in addition to giving gifts, it is important to tell your husband how dear he is to you. Remember together all the happiest moments of your life together and understand that these years you were truly happy
"Marine" option
Since pearls are a marine theme, all the details associated with this theme can be used to decorate a birthday cake. Several types of chocolate can be used to make shells, corals and sea creatures. In this case, the festive treat will be turquoise, blue or light blue. You can make figurines of a man and a woman – mermaids – from pastry paste. A sea wave is created from white cream, flowing like a light veil along the sides of the cake.
Bright option
The design of cakes for a pearl wedding can be more rich and vibrant. The cake does not have to be the traditional color - white. For example, a great option is a biscuit in the shape of a big red heart. A shell is placed on top of such a heart or pearls are scattered. You can depict the entire cake in the form of a shell with pearls. By placing such a culinary miracle on a shiny turquoise dish, we will receive an original and unique holiday gift.
A cake decorated with flowers will look very beautiful. Between them you can place a pearl necklace, pearl beads or small shells with pearl droplets inside. You can place two goldfish on top and ask the “young ones” to make a wish. The numbers “three” and “zero” made from edible mastic will look great. In general, mastic is a popular technique for modern confectioners. You can make absolutely any thing from it: flat and three-dimensional figures, numbers, letters, flowers.
How to hold a pearl wedding?
A pearl wedding symbolizes how many years the family has lived in a happy marriage. That is why you can invite not only relatives, but also friends to such an important round date. When decorating a cafe hall or the living room of your home, give preference to family photographs, snow-white flags, photographs of children and grandchildren.
You can also order family photography in advance and hang the processed pictures on the walls of the rooms.
Of course, the 30th wedding anniversary is an important and bright event, so for such an occasion you can order the production of a family letter decorated with artificial pearls
Decorate the tables with floral arrangements, and the chairs of the heroes of the occasion with strings of decorative pearls.
An excellent solution would be to use candles.
A wedding of 30 years is a pearl wedding, which means it’s worth seriously considering the plan for the celebration. If you want to make a cozy family evening, then it is best to prepare video clips from home holidays, pictures from vacations and home evenings. Let all this be presented in the form of slide shows, photo albums and other attributes.
If the pearl wedding is planned in a restaurant, then inviting a host will be the best solution. In this case, you and your guests will be provided with a program rich in competitions and memories.
Also, the celebration of a pearl wedding can be organized abroad, at sea, at the dacha or even in a neighboring city. Wherever you want to sit alone or with your guests.
