In addition to dresses, brides especially carefully choose wedding cakes; photos of real confectionery masterpieces of different colors only confirm this. Sweets can be created in celebration style, taking into account the taste preferences of the newlyweds. Each wedding cake is an incredibly delicious work of art.
For a large number of guests, it is worth ordering a cake in several tiers so that everyone can enjoy it
WEDDING CAKES WITHOUT MASTICE HAVE BEEN A FASHION TREND OF 2021
Young people are increasingly choosing a wedding cake without mastic; photos of such options look very unusual, and the recipes are amazing in their variety. Naturalness and naturalness are in fashion today. The cakes are without any fancy details and are decorated with all sorts of delicacies. The following are becoming increasingly popular:
- Fruit and berry compositions.
If your wedding celebration falls in the summer, you can choose seasonal fruits
To decorate the cake, you can form a wreath of blackberries, blueberries, currants, raspberries, rosemary and thyme
Citrus fruits not only add juiciness and freshness to the cake, but also give it incredible brightness.
Miniature single-tier cakes go best with richly colored berries.
- Exotic combinations.
A cake with baked pear, berries, rosemary and figs looks very unusual
If you think that strawberries, cherries and raspberries are banal, use marine decor for decoration
Blueberries, blackberries and rosemary, sprinkled with powder like snow, will become a bright accent on a white wedding cake
In addition to aesthetics, original wedding cakes should also be delicious. Sponge cakes are made chocolate or regular, with a variety of impregnations.
Light mousse goes perfectly with fresh fruit
You can use classic cream for the cake, or choose cream cheese, which you won’t find anyone indifferent to.
How to decorate a 2-tier wedding cake?
Under the influence of wedding fashion for everything natural and organic, caramel figurines of the bride and groom, swans and oil roses are a thing of the distant past and appear extremely rarely, except on mastic cakes. But fresh flowers, fruits and berries are just a must-have for a wedding cake today.
A two-tier wedding cake with berries (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries) is a real find for a summer celebration. If the filling is very sweet, then for a variety of tastes you can decorate the cake with currants: black or red. If, on the contrary, the filling of the cake is a light soufflé or airy cream, then you can add richness with the help of caramelized strawberries or cherries.
A two-tier wedding cake with fruit is decorated almost before serving, especially if the fruit is sliced. Pears, apples, peaches and apricots darken some time after cutting. Kiwi does not have this property, but fruits that are too ripe can quickly release juice. You can even decorate the dessert with gelled fruits. This way they will look aesthetically pleasing for a long time.
Decorating two-tier wedding cakes with fresh flowers has become very popular: roses, peonies, orchids. This is done a maximum of an hour or two before serving. If this is not possible, flower stems are placed in special containers with water to prevent them from wilting. In addition, you can use any natural elements for decoration: twigs, cones, spikelets, etc.
Advice: when choosing a wedding cake, keep in mind that it must correspond to the theme of the holiday: for a wedding in a rustic style, a “naked” cake with berries is suitable, for a boho-style celebration - a cream cake with flowers, for a Hollywood-style celebration - a cake with glossy icing.
Now you know how to choose the right two-tier cake for your wedding, which means the “sweet part” of your banquet will be at its best. Look for even more useful ideas and tips, of course, on the website svadbagolik.ru.
PHOTOS OF THE BEST AND UNUSUAL OPTIONS FOR WEDDING CAKE DECORATION
If you want to have the most beautiful wedding cakes, the photos below will help you decide on decoration. As decoration you can use:
- Chocolate.
You can cover the top layer of the cake with chocolate and use it to glaze berries for cupcakes.
Chocolate will be an excellent background for the bright colors of oranges, peaches, kiwi and rosemary
What could be tastier than chocolate with berries?
- Marshmallow.
If your wedding celebration falls in the winter and fresh fruit is not available, use marshmallows for decoration.
- Sweets.
Macarons, straws, cookies and even your favorite candies are suitable for decorating the cake.
- Caramel.
For cakes, fresh berries and fruits are often used with a background of aromatic caramel.
- Popcorn.
Was your first date to the cinema? Popcorn and nuts will be a great reminder of a romantic date
- Nuts.
Compositions made from assorted nuts look very unusual, and they are incredibly tasty.
- Flowers.
If your cake is small, don't overdo the details.
You can use sprigs of fresh mint and buds of your favorite flowers as floral decoration.
Square wedding cakes: interesting options
The correct square shape of the confectionery product looks stylish in both single-tier and multi-tier versions.
The sweetness, decorated with openwork patterns, looks original. This cake fits perfectly into the wedding atmosphere, thanks to its tenderness and airiness.
For a celebration with up to 20 guests, you can order a stylish sponge cake, decorated with figures of the newlyweds and decorated with seasonal berries. Sometimes two or more desserts with different flavors are ordered.
Open with multi-colored cakes
Open surfaces in confectionery products are becoming increasingly popular.
Multi-colored cakes are displayed, mastic is not used at all or a minimal amount is used. A large number of berries, fruits, and flowers are used as decoration. A delicate cake with multi-colored openwork layers will captivate all guests at the wedding.
A multi-tiered dessert, in which color shades move from more saturated to lighter, will harmoniously fit into the holiday atmosphere.
With geometric patterns
It has become a fashionable wedding trend to beautifully decorate the banquet hall for the ceremony with various geometric shapes and send out creative invitation cards designed in various geometric shapes.
The dessert, decorated with multi-colored patterns of squares, rectangles and other geometric shapes, is the final link of the holiday.
You need to think through its design in advance and place an order with a professional pastry chef.
With tiers of different shapes
Multi-tiered wedding cakes made from a combination of cake layers of various geometric shapes look interesting and unusual.
The lower tiers are made in the shape of a square, the top cake is baked in the shape of a heart. Decorations include figurines of young people, doves or a pair of swan symbolizing fidelity.
This video will show you how to beautifully decorate a wedding cake:
Cakes are decorated with multi-colored fondant and decorative elements made of cream and caramel.
With fresh flowers, berries
There can never be too many flowers at a wedding.
A dessert decorated with fresh flowers will complement the festive atmosphere. For a themed wedding event, you can decorate the food taking into account the preferences of the newlyweds and their guests.
A multi-tiered snow-white cake decorated with flowers will be the final touch of a classic wedding celebration.
PHOTO OF TWO-TIER WEDDING CAKES
For a celebration for an average number of people, you can order a two-tier wedding cake; the photos from this article will help you choose an original design in blue, red and other shades. The price of a dessert does not always depend on its weight; the cost is also determined by the recipe and the complexity of the design.
On average, there should be 150-200 grams per guest
Wedding cake decoration (photo) can be either edible or have a purely decorative function.
If you need a small cake, but want it to be two-tiered and voluminous, use cupcakes for the bottom element
The cream, which looks like decorative plaster, is applied deliberately carelessly
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DIY mastic
You can buy this mass in some stores. But if you are planning a delicious, beautiful and fresh two-tier cake, it is better to make mastic with your own hands, especially since the process is not very complicated. Take two hundred grams of marshmallows in the form of candies (marshmallow is very suitable). The sweetness should be dense and chewy, not fluffy and soft. If the candies are long, they are broken, filled with a couple of tablespoons of water and placed in a steam bath, where they melt into a viscous mass with continuous stirring. Then powdered sugar is gradually added (total amount - four hundred grams) until a smooth “dough” is obtained. If colored mastic is needed, in the middle of the process, a dye of the desired shade is poured in along with the powder. When finished, rolled into a ball, it practically does not stick to your hands and does not spread like plasticine. To prevent the lump from winding, it is wrapped and hidden in the refrigerator.
PHOTO OF A THREE-TIER WEDDING CAKE FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF GUESTS
Photos of a three-tier wedding cake can be seen not only from celebrations held on a grand scale. Today, even medium-weight treats can be easily made tall. The composition is not always placed symmetrically. The cakes can be laid out with a noticeable offset to one side.
For a wedding in delicate shades, a white cake will be suitable, the decoration of which will be only a voluminous bud.
For berry lovers, a cake option with aromatic creme brulee in pastel colors is suitable.
The combination of berries, figs and mint will transport your guests to an oriental fairy tale.
How to bake cake layers to assemble a two-tier cake
To assemble a two-tier cake, you need to bake sponge cakes, from which we will actually assemble our cake, and in order for the sponge cake to really turn out lush, it is very important to accurately observe the proportions of all ingredients. We will need:
- 200 grams sugar;
- 6 eggs;
- 200 grams of flour.
Mix the eggs with sugar and beat very well with a mixer until very fluffy. Next, add the flour not all at once, but gradually, in very small portions, constantly mixing well.
In this case, sliding metal baking pans will be very convenient for baking cakes. They are very convenient and easy to adjust from the smallest to the largest diameter, which is what we need. Line a baking tray with baking paper, place the mold on it and pour in the prepared dough.
Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 20 minutes until done. You can check the readiness by pressing the finished biscuit with your finger, if it takes its original shape, then it is ready, or pierce it with a match, if it remains dry, then the biscuit is also ready.
In this way, we bake the required number of cakes of different diameters for the first and second tier. When the sponge cake is ready, take it out, turn the mold over, remove the paper and take out the finished cake. If it turns out to be quite voluminous, it can be divided into two by cutting lengthwise with a regular knife.
How to assemble a two-tier cake
Take the first cake of a larger diameter and cover it with cream about 1 cm thick. Cut the fruit. I used canned peaches. You can use anything you like (kiwi, bananas, mangoes, etc.). We spread all this beauty on a layer of cream, and also add already chopped walnuts.
Cover the top with a second cake of the same diameter. Then we repeat everything again. The number of layers depends on how tall you want the cake to be. I made 2 layers of large diameter and 2 layers of small diameter.
When the base is already assembled and looks like a cake, it must be completely covered with the remaining cream. To do this, coat our cake thoroughly on all sides and very carefully level it with a pastry spatula. If you don't have one, you can use a simple wide knife.
Filling for two-tier cake | Cream and syrup
To layer between the sponge cakes and level the entire base, we will use a cream based on whipped cream and yogurt. To do this, whip cream with a fat content of at least 23% until it holds its shape well, and mix with yogurt in a ratio of 1:3 (3 parts whipped cream and one part yogurt). Grind the walnuts. You can use absolutely any nuts according to your desire and taste.
To prevent our future cake from being dry, our sponge cakes must be soaked. To do this, cook the syrup. 1 glass of sugar in 800 ml. water and a pinch of citric acid, cook for 8 minutes. The syrup should be quite thick.
Next, we will make an impregnation from this syrup, adding boiled water and a pinch of vanillin. We add the amount of water depending on the degree of sweetness we need for the cake. We soak all the biscuit cakes with the resulting mixture.
Decorating a two-tier cake
In order for the chocolate to spread well, it must be liquid enough. To do this, we need to melt it. This can be done in a water bath. Hold the container with chocolate over boiling water or in an oven preheated to 80-100 degrees.
When the chocolate melts, mix it with cream (not whipped). The proportion is approximately 2:1 (2 parts chocolate and 1 part cream). Mix everything thoroughly.
Next we start pouring chocolate. Take a mixture of melted chocolate and cream prepared in advance. If you have one, you can use a piping bag with a tip. If not, then just take an empty half-liter milk carton and, cutting off one corner, fill it with chocolate.
We start pouring from the center, moving towards the edges. At the very edges, try to ensure that the chocolate does not completely cover the sides of the base, but there are smudges left. It looks very nice. We also cover the first tier of the future cake. Place in the refrigerator for about an hour to allow the chocolate to harden. Now our cake base is ready.
The only question that remains open is how to decorate our two-tier cake. And this is done depending on the purpose, for what celebration we are preparing it. To be honest, describing in words how to decorate a cake is quite a difficult task, so I suggest you watch the videos on my You Tube channel. There are a large number of ideas and ways to decorate cakes for all occasions.
