Cake design is literally, in English, cake design. Cake design refers more concretely to the art of decorating cakes. Many people try their hand at this activity nowadays: some for pleasure, others as a profession, going so far as to specialize and create real masterpieces. Have you ever seen the program "The Cake Boss", where an Italian American, Buddy Valastro, creates wonderful cakes with his staff in his New York laboratory? Well, it's exactly the same thing.
What types of dessert can I prepare with this technique?
You will be spoiled for choice: it will be possible to prepare muffins, decorated biscuits, mini and maxi multi-tiered cakes, cup cakes.
In general, you can have fun creating any shape: for example, a multi-tiered themed cake for your child or a loved one's party. Children, in particular, love sweets and love them even more if they are presented in a playful and playful way. Think about being able to make a decorated cake for your daughter's birthday with your own hands that represents her favorite heroine, Elsa, protagonist of the Frozen cartoon. Wouldn't that be great?!
A bit of history: how cake design was born.
The origins of this art date back to 1840 in England when, on the occasion of Queen Victoria's wedding, it was decided to create a particularly beautiful and amazing cake with decorations. To do this, it was discovered that sugar mixed with rose water produced a frozen mixture. Thus, according to legend, Royal Icing was born, one of the most common techniques for decorating desserts.
Modern cake design: basic tools and products
As already mentioned above, today, master pastry chefs who dedicate themselves to cake design and not to traditional pastry making, create true artistic masterpieces. But what does it take to get to these results, or in any case to start trying? First of all, the cake designer works on the base of his cake which he can choose to his liking: one of the most used is sponge cake, which must be covered with sugar paste (link to dolcencasa product).
Sugar paste is also the basis for making the main decorations, if you want to be the creator of the entire creative process: you can shape flowers, characters, objects thanks to your hands and work tools. Cake design tools:
- Silicone mat;
- Plastic rolling pin;
- Cake mold base, round or with a different and particular shape;
- Spatulas of various sizes;
- Brushes;
- Scalpel for shaping decorations.
And then, off to work! Send us your creations, we will publish them on our Facebook page.
