Types of products
Today the culinary industry is ready to offer a cake option for every taste. You have the right to choose the color of the product, as well as its style and taste . Masters are able to make almost any wish come true.
A wedding cake can be:
The latter type is gaining more and more popularity, as it looks very stylish and is extremely convenient to serve to guests.
The product
can be coated with mastic. These cakes are perfectly smooth and beautiful.
Using mastic, any shade can be added to the outer layer. Mastic is also used to create unique decorations on cakes. Many people prefer cakes without mastic . Then the products are generously decorated with cream and berries or fruits. Sweets with flowers look beautiful.
Cream cake is better for those who do not appreciate the taste of mastic products, and also if it is known that guests will not appreciate mastic.
In any case, a cake with cream without mastic is a win-win option.
Mastic wedding cake design ideas
Any decent wedding salon or private pastry chef with a good reputation will definitely offer future newlyweds a catalog of desserts with ready-made decor ideas. Exclusive design is also widespread. After all, every couple wants their wedding to be special, and an original cake is a good way to surprise the guests. What does modern fashion offer?
Trends in decorating wedding cakes with fondant in 2021 are developing in several directions:
- Classic design using wedding paraphernalia, but with a bias towards minimalism.
- Abundant decoration with flowers, including fresh ones (for floral decoration, not only roses, lilies, lilies of the valley, orchids or peonies, traditional for weddings, are suitable, but also violets, daisies, wildflowers and even succulents, which will make your treat extraordinary).
- Edible prints on rice paper.
- Emphasis on covering the cakes (the latest trend is ombre, gold or silver metallic, fabric texture, lace).
- Themed cakes in the style of a wedding scenario.
Separately, it is worth highlighting another fashion trend that combines with any of the above-mentioned trends. This is a small size of cakes, used even in a multi-tiered dessert. The huge cream-and-biscuit structures that used to hide dancers and pigeons are long outdated. The smaller the confectionery masterpieces, the brighter the trend. Therefore, it is worth considering another option for decorating a wedding sweet treat - a candy bar.
Candy-bar (literally “candy bar”) is a separately laid table with various portioned delicacies: classic cakes, cupcakes, handmade sweets, macaroons, tartlets, etc. The candy bar often complements the traditional small cake, so as not to break the tradition of cutting the main treat . For a wedding with a small number of guests, a stylish option would be a multi-tiered shelf, with a cake for the bride and groom on the top tier, and a candy bar for guests on the lower tier.
Figurines of swans or doves
A pair of white swans or doves - an attribute of pure love and fidelity - is a popular decor for wedding treats among newlyweds. For such products, snow-white mastic is used. Birds that reproduce the texture of a feather look impressive. It is not customary to eat symbolic figurines - according to tradition, the bride and groom must keep them as a souvenir. Also popular are porcelain or glass birds, which, after decorating a wedding cake, will subsequently become part of the home interior.
Wedding rings
Wedding rings, along with swans or doves, as wedding cake decor will always be a sought-after decoration. Mastic rings are the simplest decorative element that even a novice pastry chef can master. So that the theme of wedding rings at the reception does not seem banal, play with it by incorporating imagination and humor. It is worth changing the size, shape or color of this decor, and wedding rings will no longer seem like an old-fashioned decoration, amusing not only the bride and groom, but also the guests.
Photos of newlyweds
Another fashionable trend in wedding cake design is photo prints of the bride and groom made on edible rice paper with food coloring. This decoration is not considered complicated or expensive and is available for order at any reputable confectionery shop. Photos for the cake are selected and made to suit the style of the wedding (for example, black and white, themed or collage). If the celebration scenario is traditional, just beautiful photos of the newlyweds will do.
Decoration according to the wedding style
Many modern brides and grooms prefer themed weddings with an original scenario and unusual surroundings. A cake at such a wedding is a strong decorative technique. If, for example, a rocker wedding is planned, motorcycles will become a bright decoration of the dessert. For a wedding party in a boho or eco style, fashionable cakes without a topcoat Naked Cake are perfect. The beach scenario will be perfectly complemented by a mastic cake with marine paraphernalia.
If the bride and groom want a traditional, but stylish multi-tiered dessert, the right decision would be to continue the color scheme of the wedding venue in the decor of the treat. Decorating a wedding cake in the style of the bride's dress is considered trendy. To do this, the pastry chef needs to show the wedding dress in advance, and modern culinary materials and technologies will make it possible to reproduce the pattern and texture of fabric or lace of the desired color on the cakes.
Selection rules
Type
First of all, you need to decide on the type of birthday cake. Its base is usually a biscuit. But delicate airy cakes are not suitable for the lower layer - under the weight of the upper ones they are deformed. The problem can be easily solved with the help of a special decorative stand. Each tier on it is located separately. Another option is to make the bottom layer from denser honey or nut cakes.
When it's hot, it's hard to resist the temptation to order an ice cream cake , but you will have to face some difficulties. First, make sure it is delivered in a refrigerated vehicle. Secondly, in the kitchen of the restaurant where the celebration will take place, there should also be a spacious refrigerator in order to keep the cake unchanged until it is taken out. And finally, such a product needs to be cut and eaten quickly. Before you place an order, weigh the pros and cons.
A crumbly shortbread cake or meringue is also not a good idea for a celebration. You should not order dessert with too juicy fillings. Guests are unlikely to like it if the dessert crumbles and spreads, and the likelihood of staining their clothes increases.
A wedding cake should not be too high in calories. After the main part of the banquet, the guests will already be full. The abundance of rich buttercream will make them refrain from dessert.
If you want to make things easier, order a cupcake cake. It does not require cutting and does not lose its appearance. Cupcakes with a variety of fillings will especially appeal to children.
Filling
Now choose the filling. Suitable for her:
- cream;
- souffle;
- sour cream;
- yogurt;
- confiture;
- cream;
- condensed milk;
- chocolate.
Choose your filling based on the time of year. At a winter celebration, the table decoration will be a cake with cinnamon and citrus aroma. At a summer holiday, it is recommended to use fresh fruits and berries when making it. At the height of the season, they contain a lot of vitamins. Advice! Try to avoid unusual flavor combinations - the dessert should please most, if not all, guests. Representatives of the older generation are somewhat conservative and prefer traditional options. It is better to postpone bold experiments until a more suitable occasion.
Cake for vegetarians
Dietary restrictions are not a reason to refuse a holiday treat. Confectioners have found recipes that help bake a wedding cake without the standard base - eggs, butter and even flour! Raw food wedding cakes for vegetarians, diabetics, allergy sufferers and pregnant women are already widely popular all over the world, especially at the peak of the popularity of proper nutrition.
Diet cake
Where to order?
To avoid disappointment, we advise you to order from a large confectionery shop with a good reputation or from trusted private artisans.
Recently, making custom cakes has become a popular activity. As a result, the risk of encountering unprofessionalism increases. Unscrupulous confectioners use low-quality products, violate the rules of their storage, and do not comply with sanitary standards.
Before deciding on a supplier, carefully study the reviews. It may be worth listening to the advice of the toastmaster or the administrator of the restaurant where the banquet will be held.
Before placing an order, discuss all the details with the bakery manager. Here is a sample list of questions to ask:
- What types of filling and dough does the confectionery shop offer;
- What types of jewelry will the craftsmen recommend?
- How much does a kilogram of cake cost?
- How to calculate the weight of dessert taking into account the number of guests;
- Is it possible to make a cake according to an individual design?
- Is there a free tasting?
- How many days before the celebration must you place an order;
- What is the amount of the advance payment?
- Does the confectionery provide delivery services?
The weight of the cake is determined at the rate of 150-250 g per person. For 20 guests, a single-tier cake weighing 3 kg is enough. If there will be more than 50 people at the banquet, it is worth ordering a multi-tier one weighing from 8 kg.
When deciding on the type of dessert, don’t skip the tasting. If the confectionery shop does not provide such a service, it is advisable to order cupcakes or a small cake with the expected composition for testing. Otherwise, you and your guests may be disappointed.
