In the summer season, you can not think up the decor of desserts brighter and more spectacular than the abundance of seasonal berries. Among the latter, the general favorite is the strawberry, which is combined with desserts on almost any basis. For more details on how to decorate a strawberry cake, we will describe in the following recipes.
How beautiful to decorate a cake with strawberries at home?
You do not need to be a sophisticated confectioner in order to create a work of art from your humble culinary masterpiece. This can be done with the help of fresh strawberry berries, which will become a bright accent even on a simple snow-white cake.
Decoration options for beginners can include compositions from strawberry alone or its combinations with other berries. There are a lot of ways here: lovers of minimalism will definitely appreciate the neatly laid out crescent of raspberries and strawberries on the surface of the cake, and those who want a riot of colors on the table can cover the tops and sides of the cake with sliced berries. Another version of the decoration - pieces of strawberries whipped with cream. The ready berry cream can be spread over the cake in a slightly careless manner, and then complete the decor with a couple of whole berries.
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Do not forget about the combination of strawberries with other sweets on the surface of the cake. The decoration can be wafer tubules , favorite sweets, marshmallows or macaroons, with which beautiful bright berries are perfectly combined. Another option - flowers, through which desserts acquire a very light, springy look.
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How to decorate a cake with strawberries and chocolate?
The eternal partner of fresh strawberries are not only cream, but also chocolate. Chocolate decor not only looks spectacular on the surface of the cake, but also advantageously complements the sour taste of berries. Depending on the type of chocolate, you can also vary the taste and the dessert itself.
If you want to recreate a delicate, delicate decor, then decorate the surface of the cake with a fringe of fresh berries and small coins of white chocolate, they can be bought already prepared in any confectionery store. More futuristic decor can be recreated from the fragments of white chocolate. To create them, the chocolate bar is melted, distributed evenly, sprinkled with colored sugar or food coloring, and after solidification is broken. Such fragments can be fixed on the upper biscuit, and around lay out whole berries.
Fans of the classics recommend creating patterns on the surface of the dessert. Such a pattern can be a thin twisting twig from melted chocolate, on which are placed "fruits" - cut in half strawberries.
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How beautiful to decorate a chocolate cake with strawberries?
Particularly beneficial strawberry berries look at the contrast with chocolate biscuits, creams and ganash. There are also enough decor options. Strawberry berries can be simply placed entirely on the surface of a cake covered with cream or ganache , you can cut it figuratively, turning them into roses, and you can also cover with chocolate or even several of its kinds.
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Cake decorated with cream and strawberries
Another classic combination - strawberry and cream - is considered perhaps one of the most traditional options for decorating cakes, but modern confectioners have refreshed the usual image of the cake "Strawberry with cream". Innovation in the decor is mainly concentrated on negligence: the cream can be distributed not with the help of a shaped nozzle, but simply with a spatula, or leaving the cakes on the sides of the cake uncovered. More conservative home confectioners are offered to make a biscuit cake decorated with strawberries from above, and on the sides covered with white cream and supplemented with almond petals.
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