Whether to sell or to please loved ones, a cake is always a hug for the stomach, but you need to know how to decorate a cake.
Special occasions call for cake, right? Whether to sell or to please our loved ones, cake always gives a hug to the stomach. That’s why we made a list of 26 creative and easy ways for you to decorate your cake and rock your afternoon tea, without despair.
The act of cooking for someone is powerful. Using your affection through something to be offered certainly gives another taste. Therefore, bringing the family together around this activity can also be a good time of fun for those you love.
Therefore, we have selected some ways on how to decorate cake without difficulty. There are several ways to decorate a cake, but there are also different levels of difficulty. The important thing is to experiment and improve. There is a lot of satisfaction in this practice, moreover, accepting your evolution and focusing on the process makes this experience enriching.
How to start your cake
To start decorating your cake, you first need, of course, a cake! Today, a wide variety of flavors and brands of cake dough preparation with different textures can be found on the market. Therefore, if you still don’t feel confident starting your cake from scratch, certainly starting with these preparations could be a good choice.
Paying special attention to the shape of your shape can be interesting. A larger pan can make your cake smaller. Therefore, it is always important to keep in mind the relationship between the size of the pan and the amount of dough prepared. However, if you want to make a layered cake, an interesting way could also be to make more than one batch of cake in the same pan, to guarantee the same shape.
How to decorate cake
To start decorating the cake, the shape is generally leveled with icing or whipped cream, however there are those who prefer the famous ‘Naked cakes’, which do not require leveled icing. By the way, it is interesting to point out that the consistency of this icing or whipped cream can be compromised by room temperature. In warmer places, a mixture of whipped cream and powdered milk, known as ‘chantininho’, is often used to ensure a greater consistency for the cake and other decorations.
Having decided whether your cake will be ‘Naked’ or not, we move on to the decoration stage! It’s always good to remember that this stage is, first and foremost, a blank canvas. Therefore, keep in mind that any form of decoration is valid. Just unleash your creativity.
To warm up this creative potential, we have selected 26 proposals for decorating a cake with a lot of innovation that certainly do not require high manual skills. Furthermore, composing the environment will certainly help to contextualize the entire decoration.
26 ideas for creatively decorating cake
1. Invest in pastry nozzles
Pastry nozzles can be great allies for decorating cakes, however they require some manual practice to handle. However, it’s nothing that practice can’t help you achieve.
2. The value of gambiarra to add texture to cake decoration
For those who are still beginners in this area, you certainly won’t have common confectionery items at home, however that doesn’t mean your cake will be without personality. Invest in techniques with banal items and your cake will certainly gain a lot in beauty and creativity.
3. Crushed cookies can be composed and decorated differently
Crushing cookies and biscuits can be a good way to innovate the appearance of your cake. That’s why it’s always good to test different inventions that have the potential to match the flavor of your cake, and as a result, you’ll have a tastier and more beautiful cake.
4. Edible glitter is a simple and attractive material for decorating cake
For those who still don’t feel completely confident in risking more elaborate decorations, glitter will certainly be a great ally. Basically, glitter can be sprinkled on top of a completely simple cake. This way, it’s easier to make it sophisticated, in other words, it’s just success!
5. Explore other uses for already known materials: simple decoration made with guava as a topping
Despite the simplicity of this cake, its surprising difference lies in how guava paste was used as a topping.
6. Use and abuse decoration with food coloring, like painting a blank canvas
Dyes are not only used to dye and pigment pasta and whipped cream, since, when used in powder form, it can be used as a form of paint. That’s why it’s always worth testing different unusual uses of already known materials.
7. Make decorative compositions with candies
Adding other forms of ready-made sweets to your cake decoration can be a good way to innovate without needing a confectionery course. Therefore, using creativity can be essential for those who want to innovate.
8. Add fruits with standardized compositions, creating decorative prints
It is possible to draw beauty from everything you experience. However, creating patterns for your decoration makes a lot of difference in the visual organization of the decoration.
9. Real flowers can decorate surprisingly
Add flowers to your cake decoration. As a result, you will have a simple yet sophisticated cake.
10. Edible flowers can also be part of your cake
However, there are those who like to put edible flowers on the cake. That’s why it’s good to research which ones can be consumed in this way. Nasturtium is one of the most famous edible flowers.
11. Use melted white chocolate with food coloring to create an irreverent style
When decorating, what counts is the end result. There are several confectionery techniques that transform the cake, however, creativity is a decisive factor. Therefore, experimentation can be a great ally for those who do not yet feel fully capable. This decoration can basically be done with a spoon or a bag with holes.
12. Explore different possibilities: mix colors in whipped cream
This technique gives your whipped cream another look! Prepare two or more colors and pour them into the piping bag, each on one side. As a result, a beautiful gradient will be created.
13. Jelly candies are very versatile to decorate the cake
There are countless forms of jelly candies on the market, so there are countless combinations and decorations that can be made just by adding the candies to your cake!
14. There are countless shapes of cereals that can also be added to this decoration
Exploring food shapes that go well with cake can be surprisingly beautiful and delicious. Worth the experience!
15. The different shapes of sprinkles can give you new decorating ideas
Explore the decorative capabilities of each material and as a result, you will have new innovative decorating possibilities.
16. Use marshmallows to highlight your cake
Marshmallow can be very versatile, and is normally used melted, however here we can see other ways of using this sweet, combining it with decoration.
17. The famous ‘M & M’s’ chocolates or colored candies
Creating patterns is a sure way to bring order to your decor. So, separate the sweets by color and get creative.
18. Impalpable sugar or powdered chocolate stencil
The stencil is nothing more than a more rigid sheet of materials such as acetate, which is cut into different shapes, creating a hollow on its surface. Using it can result in new possibilities for creation.
19. There are countless options for using rice paper
Rice paper is a really cool option! However, its use is usually quite limited by common sense. Its great advantage is that it can be completely customizable, as you can choose an image and have it printed on rice paper with edible ink. Here it was used almost as the cake’s ‘wallpaper’.
20. Add sanitized toys to decorate your cake
For themed birthdays, the cake’s scenography counts in every detail. Above all, innovate!
21. Decorating with melted chocolate
Melted chocolate can be handled in different ways, however, simplicity lies in much of its potential. On top of baking paper, use melted chocolate to make designs.
22. American paste also offers countless possibilities
Certainly fondant can have several uses. Basically, this dough can be shaped to the customer’s liking.
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23. There are also cutters that help shape the fondant
There are confectionery items that help a lot and do not require supernatural abilities to be used. This probably makes it a lot easier.
24. Decorate by adding coloring to the cake batter
Surprising from the inside out is also worth it! Above all, this option is beautiful.
25. You can also decorate with pearl or gold powder
For those who like it, strolling through confectionery stores can bring good ideas for using materials. Metallic powders certainly add a lot of charm to the decoration.
26. Cake toppers also help decorate and are simple to make
Finally, the cake toppers are varied. Furthermore, creativity can be exercised at full steam to create countless composition possibilities for your cake!
Finally, there are countless ways to innovate in the composition of your special occasion. Finally, now that you’re inspired, how about planning a delicious meeting with special people?
Anyway, did you like this article? So you will also enjoy making refreshing drinks, which are also a spectacle in themselves!
Imagens: Wilton, Pinterest, Dani Nocce, Chantilly e Sugar and Sparrow.
Sources: Tudo Interessante, Mago.com and Dani Nocce.
