Starfish and shells from mastic mk. Decoration of cakes for a pearl wedding

Here it is - my wonderful mold! Incredibly soft and a pleasure to work with!

Let's take some chocolate. You can use both white and dark, the effect will be slightly different, but it will be good with both. I just want to point out that I think dark chocolate more suitable for simulating very old shells. However, this largely depends on how you color them.

Chocolate must be tempered! I wrote about this process separately. Since the amount of chocolate is very small, the method described there is fine. However, in Lately I most often temper on frozen beans, because I don’t have a special granite slab yet. How exactly I temper - I, who is here.

You need to temper! Don't skip this item!

Fill the mold with chocolate. Can from pastry bag with a narrow opening, you can simply pour with a spoon. It is important that as little air as possible remains in the molds. To do this, lightly tap the filled mold on the table. Of course, some bubbles will still remain, but there will be fewer of them.

Swipe over the surface of the mold with a spatula, with light pressure, removing excess chocolate.

Forget about it for a while) The temperature in the room should not be higher than 20 degrees, but better than 18. When high temperature chocolate will not crystallize, that is, it will not harden, or you will have to wait a very long time. If you have tempered the chocolate correctly and the room is cool, it will take about 15 minutes for the shells to harden. If the products are large in size, then it will take more time.

In the most extreme cases, you can put the mold in the refrigerator to speed up the crystallization process, I don’t advise you to do this, but if it’s very hot and you can’t cope with it, then - well, use the refrigerator, what now)

Ready-made shells easily come out of the mold.

We see that there are air bubbles somewhere and now there are voids, something can break while we get it, this is all completely normal! And in the case of shells, even good! After all, the real shells that we find on the shores of the sea or rivers are also imperfect, right?

You can leave them as they are, or you can go ahead and color them.

To do this, I took my favorite titanium dioxide powder and diluted it in a drop of Russian vodka (also beloved, but in a good, confectionery and decorating sense, and not what you might think :)). And with a brush applied more densely.

According to statistics, not every marriage lasts 10 years. life together. No matter how hard the husband and wife try, but to find mutual language, to hold the family together they do not always work out. But there are people who mature every year, complement each other, improve, become a strong couple. This process is similar to the development of a pearl. 30 years is quite enough for the family “pearl” to get stronger, and the spouses to become a reliable support for each other. The date of the pearl wedding is proof of the efforts of the spouses. Which cake to choose to decorate such an anniversary?

Cake Design Ideas for 30th Wedding Anniversary

This day must be celebrated. Start with a touching conversation with your spouse, and in the evening arrange festive dinner with the closest people. Many such people have accumulated over the years - children, grandchildren, friends. Discuss your goal with them, let their gifts be original and unusual. A great example is a pearl wedding cake. What can this delicacy be?

In the form of a half-open shell

You can take a chance - prepare a cake in the form of a half-opened shell for a pearl wedding yourself. To do this, you need to find the most delicious recipe voluminous dessert. As a basis, take the recipe for "Napoleon", " honey cake», « sponge cake with condensed milk or protein cream”, and on top it is better to cover with white chocolate or icing. For a half-open shell, use mastic or icing. They perfectly keep their shape, are edible, and do not harm health.

Decorated with coral and marine life

Ordering a cake for a pearl wedding is not a problem. Most importantly, specify exactly what you want to see and eat. If confectioners help you decide on the filling, then it’s better for you to choose the design yourself. The 30th wedding anniversary themed cake can be edible figurines of corals and marine life(fish, starfish, skates, shells). All of them do not have to be done in natural colors. Try to issue festive table in soft light colors.

With bows and ribbons

You don't want to get too bogged down in a nautical theme, but prefer something simple and festive? A chic cake with bows, ribbons without pearls will look luxurious, festive. You can pick up decor elements in brighter shades than the main part of the dessert. The colors you choose can symbolize the idyll of family relationships. And let the only gems at the party be real pearls mined deep in the sea.

Cake decorated with mastic pearls

Are you prone to self-cooking wedding cake? Then chewing marshmallow "Marshmallow" - indispensable assistant. To prepare the mastic you will need gelatin, powdered milk, white or black chocolate and marshmallows. By mixing all the ingredients, you will get various forms of jewelry, incl. and pearls. Experiment by adding butter to your cake recipe. Having rolled the mastic into the correct shape, it is worth waiting a little. For the shine of pearls, use kandurin (dry powder). Cover the surface of the decorations with a brush, and you will have gorgeous cake with glitter!

Decorated with flowers

If the date of your pearl wedding coincides with the warm season of the year (spring, summer), then the decoration of the holiday should be airy, floral, and light. To add beauty to the atmosphere of the celebration, decorate the pearl wedding cake with flowers. In this area of \u200b\u200bdesign, you can roam in earnest. Consider the following factors: the temperament of the relationship, the warmth of feelings, mood. Based on them, draw the right conclusions about choosing a cake:

A pronounced temperament prevails in relationships, do you still feel passion for your partner? You shouldn't hide it! 30 years of passion is something more than the usual relationship. You can ignite a spark in each other, which means you need a cake with fiery red flowers - roses, poppies, tulips.
If you feel warm and calm, being next to your beloved husband, then light blue, light pink flowers will ideally express mutual feelings. Sweet cornflowers, orchids, callas, peonies on the cake will be the end of a romantic holiday.

Cake with a pair of white swans

A classic option for a wedding anniversary is a cake with a pair of white swans. This design symbolizes rebirth, chastity, wisdom. For couples, white swans are family unity, loyalty and affection. You can arrange them on the dessert so that they form a heart shape. Complete the cake with a pastel-colored ribbon or two or three colors for asymmetry, snow-white dishes. To create swans with your own hands you will need:

condensed milk - 180 g;
dry milk - 150 g;
powdered sugar - 150 g;
lemon juice - 2 tablespoons;
cognac - 2 tsp

Mix all dry ingredients, add condensed milk, cognac and lemon juice. You will get mastic, from which you blind the swans: first the head, neck and torso. Further - separate wings, feathers with incisions. The mastic should be warm, so heat it up in the microwave if necessary. Glue all parts of the body with gelatin or egg white. Be sure to wait for drying after each connection of the parts. Decorate the swans' beaks and eyes with food coloring. The top layer of the cake is often covered butter cream with vanilla topping. Ready!

Tiered, square shape

Tiered a wedding cake is a luxury. And if it is also square, then this is a guarantee of originality. Nobody canceled the order in the confectionery workshop, but if you decide to make multilayer tiers yourself, then you need to stock up additional elements. Inventory should include support sticks made of wood or plastic, cake bases, a knife, icing or chocolate. The sticks will take on the entire weight of the upper tiers, and the substrates will provide durability to the dessert. Icing or chocolate - filling and impregnation of the cake.

Photos of wedding cakes for a pearl wedding

A pearl wedding happens once in a married life. This date must be recorded at the highest level. Your marriage has been successfully formed, both of you are mature, accomplished people, honed by care and love. A wedding anniversary cake can be a direct reflection of your family relationship. What are they? What example would you like to set for your children? Find ideas for decorating an anniversary dessert in our photo selection of cakes.

35 years of married life is a coral wedding. Therefore, any cake can be prepared for such a significant date, but decorated with the appropriate decor - corals, shells, etc. The corals on the cake will be in an upright position, so gelatin is suitable for them - the most durable, it is not so easily affected by moisture. So let's get ready decorationfrom mastic for cake "coral wedding"with your own hands.

Required products:

gelatin - 6 g,

water - 30 ml,

honey - 1 tsp

powdered sugar - 200-250 g (+ 50-80 g),

corn starch- 50 g,

food colorings,

confectionery glue.

How to make mastic cake decor:

Dissolve gelatin in cold water and leave for a few minutes room temperature"to swell". Then, in a water bath, bring the swollen gelatin to a homogeneous state. Tip: never bring gelatin to a boil - it loses its gelling properties.

Mix powdered sugar and corn starch. Sift the dry mixture and divide into two parts.

Combine honey with gelatin mass and cool down a bit. Add to dry mixture (one part) and mix thoroughly.

Enter into the mass in small portions powdered sugar with starch. It is very important to mix the mixture well so that there are no lumps in it - the quality of the gelatin mastic depends on this.

When the mass becomes a little thick, transfer the batch to a work surface sprinkled with the mixture. powdered sugar and starch.

When the mastic becomes elastic and smooth, will not stick to your hands, roll it into a ball and wrap it in cling film. Put in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes (maybe more) for "rest". During this time, she will mature. Tip: it is worth noting that with an excessive amount of powdered sugar and starch, the mastic becomes crumbly, unsuitable for work. So don't be in a hurry to add a large number of powdered sugar. In the case when it is too soft, it is also inconvenient to sculpt it, but this can be corrected by adding a little powdered sugar.

Color the sugar paste in the desired shades using food coloring. . Tip: dry dyes must be diluted in a small amount of water or vodka. During operation, the remains sugar mastic must be stored in cling film- it dries quickly.

For a large sink, roll out the white mastic into a layer about 4-6 mm thick. Cut out two identical pieces in a round shape with scalloped edges.

With a stack (mastic tool) or the back of a knife, push the grooves, imitating the texture.

Build two balls of foil needed to dry the parts. Place the resulting shell blanks on the foil and gently smooth them so that they take a rounded shape. Set aside to dry. Tip: It's important to work quickly because gelatin putty dries out faster than other types and starts to crack.

The most time-consuming process is the modeling of corals. Roll a small piece of mastic of the corresponding shade into a tourniquet. Place a toothpick in the center of the workpiece, so that 1.5-2 cm remains free (without mastic). Crumple a piece of foil so that its surface becomes "crumpled". Lay the piece of coral on the foil, and roll it between two sheets of foil. The result is the most natural texture with indentations and roughness.

Prepare a few more details in the same way. To dry, use a foam sheet where toothpicks are easily stuck.

Corals are made up of many "branches", so they also need to be molded and textured. Having made one branch, immediately glue it to the main (vertical) part of the coral, lubricating the junction with confectionery glue or plain water ( a small amount). Decorate the main details with the desired number of "branches". Tip: do not sculpt several branches at once - they dry quickly and cannot be glued without damage.

While the corals are drying, you can start sculpting the starfish. For her, you need to roll a ball out of a small piece mastics. Flatten the resulting part and form the corners with your fingers: first, push the recesses with a toothpick, dividing into segments, then pull out the corners, smoothing them so that they look rounded.

Using a toothpick, give the starfish a loose texture (like a sponge). Bend the edges of the part to different sides so that it does not seem flat, but the most natural.

Roll up small peas and glue in the center of the starfish in the form of a branch: the largest peas in the middle, and smaller ones along the edges. Do the same for several starfish.

For a shell, roll a small ball out of a piece of mastic, form a drop out of it and flatten it. Round the edges.

Using a stack or toothpick, make grooves, imitating a natural texture. Give the shell a convex shape. Blind other shells in the same way.

fabricate required amount starfish and various shells. Also prepare a large number of flagella with coral texture for the side of the cake. On the side of the cake, corals can be assembled from individual elements. Leave the finished parts in a dry room to dry.

Connect the “strengthened” blanks for the sink with confectionery glue (or water) and a small piece of mastic. Leave the parts to bond well and dry. Then, using mother-of-pearl food grade paint(kandurin) give the sink a shimmering sheen - apply dry paint to the surface of the sink with a brush.

Decorate the finished cake with the prepared details as you wish. As you can see

My sea buttercream cake

How to decorate a mastic cake? You can make Sea Cake! Its main decoration is edible corals. To make corals for the cake from fondant you need or purchased mastic for making figurines or you can . You need to make corals from mastic in advance, as it will take several hours for them to dry and not lose their shape later. Prepared for the manufacture of corals will not work, but it can be wrapped around a cake and the same fish or pebbles for a sea cake, for example.

Corals step by step!
How to make corals from mastic with your own hands - a master class with a photo:

Decide on a color. Corals can be made both white and any other color. It looks best on the cake if there are both colored and white corals.

Break up the mask. To make coral look natural, use food coloring to make two pieces of different color saturation and put them together.

Twist the resulting sausage.

roll out

Roll into thin flatbread(you can 2-3-4 millimeters, 3 is best). Give - cut out the shape of the future coral. Pay attention - the coral should not be made in the same shape as mine, but with a wide base! I really wanted to make it “like a real one”, it looked chic, but this option is suitable if you do not plan to transport the cake. If it is transported, thin “shoots” can break off!

Cover part of the coral with foil so it doesn't dry out prematurely!

Lay out the corals from sugar mastic, giving them the shape you want. Any semi-circular surface will do - cups, glasses, bottles ...

Here in the photo I have a “correct” coral - with a base (you don’t need to make holes at the very bottom), of good shape. This is not afraid of "moving" a cake from mastic.

Leave them to dry for several hours, ideally overnight. Then simply insert into the cake (corals are inserted directly into the mastic coating).

Do-it-yourself corals from mastic are ready!

Cake Ingredients:

60 g butter
2 tbsp honey
1 cup of sugar
3 eggs
1 tbsp vodka
2 tsp soda
2.5 cups flour

Cream Ingredients:

400 g butter (2 packs)
1 can of condensed milk

Ingredients for mastic:

15 g gelatin
100 g water

Cooking method:

First of all, we will knead the dough for a honey cake. To do this, melt 60 g of butter in a water bath, 2 tbsp. honey, 1 glass of sugar, mix everything and add well beaten 3 eggs. Then add 1 tbsp. vodka and 2 tsp. soda. Stir vigorously until foam rises.

Add 2.5 cups of flour, mix and remove from the water bath. Pour the dough onto a table sprinkled with flour. Divide into 10-12 parts. Roll out each piece as thin as possible.

Bake 3 minutes, until yellow-brown.

And now the most important thing is to make decorations from mastic in the form sea shells. To do this, knead the mastic. We need 15 g of gelatin per 100 g of water.

Pour over, leave for 40 minutes to swell, melt over a fire, but do not boil, add enough powder so that you can sculpt and roll out.

So, let's start making the first shell. To do this, roll out the mastic, press down on the shell (I cut it out with a real shell) and cut it out.

Here is the carved shell.

Then put our mastic shell on a real shell and push through the strips with a toothpick. To be more natural.

Then we paint over our shell with the usual food coloring. Next, we proceed to the preparation of another type of shells. For this we need waffle cone. Cut off the top of it.