The wedding day should be special in everything, because the choice of the venue, dresses, and, of course, the menu is given great importance. If the hall is unlikely to be remembered for a long time by everyone present at the celebration, then the menu and its highlight - the wedding cake, will be remembered for many more years. So that all the treats were to the taste of those present, it is important to choose and prepare them correctly. A great option for a cake is a treat with berries, which can be used both in the form of a filling and for decorating the product.
Form Options
To make the wedding a success, it is worth considering every moment to the smallest detail. If the newlyweds themselves are organizing the holiday, then they will have to spend a lot of time on all the worries, but the festival will turn out to be truly wonderful. In case of help from the organizers or relatives who give the bride and groom the opportunity to relax, taking all the chores on themselves, it is necessary to get all the comments and wishes of the young people regarding each stage of the banquet organization, so that everything works out the best way possible.
Particular attention is usually paid to decorating the wedding hall, where guests and a young couple will spend most of the day celebrating an important event, as well as a cake that will be the crown of the holiday and should reflect its essence. To surprise and please a couple, you need to seriously approach the issue and decide what shape the wedding cake will have.
There may be several options:
- round;
- square;
- in the form of petals or cloves;
- hexagonal;
- single tier;
- tiered.
A round cake is considered traditional, because many bypass it, although this is not deserved.
If you properly start and decorate it, then it can turn into a real work of art.
A pleating surface made with mastic looks very impressive, stamping in the form of various figures that will decorate the dessert also looks beautiful.
If we talk about the square shape, then it will be interesting for those who want something unusual and interesting for their wedding. Externally, the dessert looks quite simple, but with the right decor is transformed beyond recognition. The right color schemes and decorative elements can make a culinary product special, timed to a specific event and a certain pair of people.
Using a flower shape or a jagged version of the preparation of the cake will look very impressive and will distinguish the product from a number of others with a more traditional shape. Such a cake will look very beautiful in nature, where the connection with flowers and petals will complement the surroundings. In this case, it is worth choosing light colors, which can often be found in nature, and the decoration will be flowers and leaves painted on mastic or made of cream.
Using a hexagonal shape will make the wedding cake very beautiful and expensive looking. In this case, the decoration will be mastic and pearls, which create the effect of covering the product with a white woven fabric with an original pattern. It is definitely worth making accent lines in the form of strips of a bright shade: red, purple, pink, which will make the cake even more beautiful.
One-tiered desserts are suitable for those weddings that take place with a minimum number of guests. The shape of the cake can be any of the above or more original, for example, in the form of a heart, a crown, two rings, it depends only on the imagination of the pastry chef. Cakes with a large number of tiers are created for celebrations, where many guests will be present, therefore they are not only an idea, but also a need for large dimensions to be compactly placed on the table and have an original and attractive shape.
A beautifully decorated cake is the basis of a good mood for young people, but in order for the external effect to match the content, it is important to choose the right filling for it. A wedding cake with berries will be appropriate at any time of the year and will be able to please even the most sophisticated guest. It is a berry dessert most often ordered by the newlyweds to celebrate their most important day.
Varieties of filling
If you want to make not only a beautiful, but also a delicious cake, you should take care of its filling. The most popular options are.
- Red berrieswhich are especially popular in the summer. To prepare a delicious dessert, you can use cherries, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, which will give a pleasant aroma and sweet taste. If you need to add a little piquancy, then you should add red currants or cranberries, which have a more acidic taste. A wedding dessert will look stunning if you add chocolate to the biscuit cake and fruit.
- Blue berrieswith which you can gracefully decorate the cake, as well as add them to the filling of the product. These include black currants, blueberries, blackberries, blueberries and mulberries. This dessert is best combined with white chocolate and has an interesting taste. Rarely use one color scheme, adding berries of other colors to it for beauty and taste diversity.
- Colorful berries, with the help of which you can achieve an amazing decoration of a confectionery product and using them as a filling, you can get a very tasty and unlike anything cake. Among these berries, white currants, gooseberries and cloudberries can be distinguished.
For the preparation of the filling, you can use both fresh berries and jam made from them by heat treatment and the addition of additional components.
The fruits must be used carefully, because juice is actively allocated from them, which can ruin the appearance of the product. If fruit jam is used, it is important to guess with its consistency - too thick will be poorly smeared on the cake and can deform it, and too liquid will spread over the entire surface of the dessert and even go where it should not be.
With the help of berries, you can make cake, in which, in addition to the main ingredients, currants will be added, for example, which will change the taste of the dessert, as well as its color. In this case, you should not use any other layers inside, enough beautiful decor and delicious cream on the surface to get a decent result.
Additional decorations
A wedding cake can say a lot about the newlyweds. Calm and gentle by nature people will prefer light colors in the decor and a small amount of jewelry, while explosive and vibrant personalities will focus on something unusual, which excites imagination and taste buds.
Cake decoration can be done using these options:
- the use of mastic, from which you can make both the outer layer covering the product, as well as decorative elements, figures, inscriptions and any other ideas;
- the use of sugar glaze to create beautiful inscriptions on the cake;
- chocolate icing, which will help smooth and decorate the surface of the dessert;
- decoration with an oil cream from which flowers, petals and other decor figures are made;
- fruits and berries that can transform even the simplest cake will always be relevant;
- the use of candied flower petals as a decoration for a wedding cake.
A confectionery product can be decorated with one thing or several methods can be combined if they combine well. In the case of a multi-tiered cake, you can use a different decor on each of the levels, which will make the treat incredibly beautiful. When planning to decorate a dessert, it is important not to overdo it, otherwise the impression of the product will be completely different. The traditional decor in the case of the celebration of the wedding are flowers and fruits, which most accurately characterize the event and can have a very different version of execution, making it possible for a flight of fantasies.
Beautiful examples
Creative people have enough imagination to come up with a design and filling for any dessert, but, unfortunately, not everyone has the proper creativity and experience for such work. That is why examples of ready-made culinary masterpieces allow you to choose the one you like best and make one yourself.
The most traditional is a wedding cake made in white colors and decorated with berries. In the case of a big celebration, it is worth ordering a design in several tiers, and for a small feast, a single-tier option is enough. The cake can be covered with white mastic, on which patterns are made with protein or oil cream, or the whole product is completely covered with cream. The choice of a variant of appearance and its components depends only on the desire, imagination and tastes of the newlyweds, which they will embody or a confectioner.
For lovers of original shapes, a wedding dessert in the form of a heart is suitable, the highlight of which will be decoration with berries. Usually for holidays associated with the manifestation of feelings, choose strawberries, which are framed by a protein cream, but you can take whipped cream. Fruits can be contained in the filling, but they should be few so as not to make dessert sugary. A great addition to the decor of natural berries will be mint leaves, which are placed on top of the product, diluting the red spectrum of dessert.
Newlyweds who love berries and consider them not only useful and important food, but also a wonderful decor option, will like a single-tiered dessert, on which red and blue fruits of different shapes and sizes are placed in the original composition.Such a composition adds personality to the cake, and outwardly it looks very appetizing.
Layered wedding cakes can have a completely different version of the decor. One and the same dessert can be decorated with fruit, which will create a summer and bright mood and give the taste special notes. If you want to make a very delicate version of the product, you can use coconut flakes and strawberries. The presence of small flowers allows you to achieve a romantic design, and the use of chocolate helps to understand the nature of the bride and groom, which can be described as explosive, passionate, sweet and heady.
Amazingly, at any holiday table, a multi-tiered cake made exclusively of red berries will look like. Using them on a white background with a tasty and sweet cream will create an appetizing dessert that will amaze the culinary imagination of guests and a young couple due to the presence of different berries of the same color scheme, but different taste qualities. The filling in this case may be different, but the presence of a small amount of fruit or berries in it will be a pleasant addition to the dessert.
The use of berries to create a wedding cake is one of the main directions, because the dessert turns out beautiful and tasty. Multi-colored fruit decorations can be the main decor, not yielding to chocolate glaze or mastic, and the filling from berries will make any cake unusually tasty.
To decorate the cake with berries, see the following video.