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How to decorate a cake with fruits. Video
Cakes decorated with fruits look elegant and very appetizing. In addition, these baked goods are usually very light and tasty. You can decorate the cake with almost any fruit. But to think that it is enough just to put fruit on the cake to make a delicious dish is fundamentally wrong. In order for the picture to be complete, it is necessary to very carefully select fruits – both in color, and in size, and in taste.
How to decorate a cake with fruits
Fruits are used to decorate not only shop cakes, but also homemade ones. True, in order for the cake to retain its beautiful appearance, fruits must be laid out according to certain rules. Otherwise, the baked goods can simply get wet and blurry.
How to decorate a cake with fruit
First you need to prepare the cakes. Any biscuits are suitable as a base. After all, the main part of the cake is made up of fruits, protein cream or jelly layers. Prepare a cake, brush the cakes with cream. On top, also grease the cake with cream, but only in a very thin layer. Any fruit is suitable for decorating the cake – citrus fruits, apples, pears, bananas, kiwi, grapes, etc. Berries are also very popular – currants, blackberries, strawberries, cherries and gooseberries. Some of them can be used whole, others can be cut into slices, circles, squares and other figures. To consolidate the result, it is best to pour the fruit over the jelly. This is necessary so that the fruits do not lose their appearance: they do not become windy and dry.
Alternatively, the fruit can be boiled in sugar syrup before being placed on the cake. These do not need further jelly pouring.
Lay out a beautiful figurine from the fruit. It can be a heart, a bow, a fish or some other picture. You can also lay out the fruits in a chaotic manner – in a circle or in stripes.
You can additionally decorate the fruits with which you will decorate the cake by dipping them in powdered sugar or melted chocolate.
If you are going to dip fruits or berries in powder, remember that they must be dry. Otherwise, the powder will simply be absorbed. Will get wet and lose all its attractiveness
How to make fruit cake decorations
Fruit roses are very popular. One of the options for such a decorative flower is made from apples and peaches. To prepare a flower you will need: – 1 glass of sugar; – 1 glass of water; – 1 apple; – 1 peach; – lemon zest.
Peel the inside of apples and peaches – remove pits and cores. Cut the fruit into thin slices. Slice the zest from the lemon. Now you can proceed to making the syrup. To do this, combine sugar and water and bring them to a boil. Add the fruit to the syrup and cook until it turns transparent. Remove the fruit and place it on a plate to drain the syrup. Then roll each plate into a roll, wrapping one in the other. One rose takes about 6 slices.
To prevent the finished flower from darkening and drying, cover it with a thin layer of jelly.
Alternatively, you can make a flower from an orange. For this you will need: – 1 orange; – cool jelly; – egg tray.
Wash the orange well and cut into thin slices. Dip each circle in jelly and roll the slices into a roll. Put the roll in the egg cavity in the tray, then the second, the third – and so on until you get a rose. Leave the flowers to harden completely and then you can decorate the cake.
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