Lush mastic bow step by step. A mastic bow for decorating a cake, a detailed master class

Content

No birthday is complete without a cake. This symbol of the holiday has firmly entered our daily life. Cake is often associated with all of our best childhood memories.

Today, this integral attribute of the celebration is given special importance, and close attention is paid to its decoration.

In this article, we'll take a look at how to make one of the most popular and versatile cake decorations, the fondant bow.

Before proceeding to the process of manufacturing a decorative element, let's take a closer look at its varieties.

There are several types of cake mastic bow:

• classical;
• volume;
• vanguard.

Consider the manufacturing process of each type in more detail.

Classical

Many novice non-professional cake decorators, in the process of making their first works, often ask themselves the question: how to make a bow from mastic? Our master class will help you answer this question.

In order to sculpt a classic fondant bow for decorating a birthday cake, you will need the following materials:

• pre-prepared mastic of the desired color;
• rolling pin;
• round knife for cutting pizza;
• ordinary kitchen knife;
• napkins or paper towels;
• tassel;
• metal ruler.

Step-by-step master class for making a classic cake bow:

1. We begin the manufacture of a decorative element for decorating a cake by rolling the mastic with a rolling pin.
2. After completing the first stage, you should carefully cut out a rectangle with a round knife and a ruler. The resulting blank should be divided into strips of equal width, which will later be used to make a bow. In total, for a mastic bow you will need 4 strips and one slightly smaller for the middle.
3. We twist the napkins into two tubes. The edges of the two strips from which the bow will be formed are slightly moistened with a brush, wrapped around the napkin and glued the two ends of one strip together. Then lightly press the mastic along the edges, forming the center.
4. From the other two strips, cut out the ends of the bow with a kitchen knife.
5. Let's do the middle. The smallest strip is carefully folded into an "accordion". Then, with its help, we connect the first and second blanks.

A classic mastic bow for decorating a cake is ready!

The whole process of manufacturing this decorative element is illustrated in detail in the photo:

For a more successful assimilation of the material, we bring to your attention a video lesson on making a classic do-it-yourself mastic cake bow:

Volume

This type of decoration for manufacturing is a bit similar to the previous one. The difference is only in the number of loops, which give it splendor.

To make a voluminous mastic bow, you will need the same tools and materials as in the first master class, as well as a small round shape or a regular glass.

Step-by-step production of a volumetric mastic bow for decorating a cake:

Video tutorial on making a lush mastic bow:

avant-garde bow

This type of decorative element for a cake, fashioned from mastic, is very similar to the second option - a voluminous or lush bow.

Its characteristic distinguishing feature is refinement and the presence of various performance techniques, and sometimes even their harmonious combination and mixing. In addition, such a bow is full of decorative elements, often has an unusual and even asymmetric shape, can be combined with various flowers (roses, daisies, snowdrops, peonies), beads and even geometric shapes.

No major celebration is complete without a cake. If earlier store cakes did not indulge in a wide variety, now the products of confectioners impress not only with a large selection, but also with the design of confectionery. Due to the attractive appearance of store-bought cakes, many housewives prefer purchased products, putting aside their favorite recipes. That is why today I want to tell you how to make mastic decorations, thanks to which your homemade cake will take on an original look. Since we have already considered the recipe for making sugar mastic, today's topic is a master class bow from mastic.

Sugar figurines can add sophistication and originality to any cake. A fondant bow is the perfect decoration for a birthday cake.

In order to congratulate the lovely ladies, you can decorate the cake with a delicate flower made of sugar mastic.

To make a sugar mastic bow, we need:

rolling pin;
- kitchen napkins;
- brush;
- cotton wool;
- plastic bag;
- scissors;
- knife;
- egg white;
- powdered sugar;
- sugar mastic.

We need to take the mass for modeling, put it in a plastic bag and roll the mass into a thin layer using a rolling pin.

Then we need to wrap cotton wool in a napkin and thus prepare two rollers.

Remove a layer of mastic from a plastic bag and cut the modeling mass into four identical strips.

Now we start to form the bow. To do this, put the prepared roller in the center of one of the strips, and grease the edge of the strip with a mixture of protein and powdered sugar.

We bend the strip and glue its edges together.

We compress the glued part in half, forming a smooth fold.

Lubricate the sides of the ledge with a mixture of protein and powdered sugar and glue all parts of this side together.

We cut off the edge of the loop of our bow.

In the same way we make the second loop of the bow. Lubricate the sections of the bow parts with a protein mixture.

We glue the two parts together.

We take the third strip and bend it so that a notch forms in the middle, and the edges of the strip are compressed towards the middle.

Lubricate the junction of the two loops of the bow with the mixture and lay the third relief strip on top (you can make any middle).

Lubricate the edges of the strip with a protein mixture, bend the edges back and thus form the middle of the bow.

Take the fourth strip, cut it in half, compress the top of each section, and then glue these parts to the bottom of the bow.

After watching the master class bow from mastic, you can familiarize yourself with the options for decorating cakes with such bows.

This wedding cake is very original, and the cakes in the photo below are designed in a classic style.

Well, the cake shown in the next photo is perfect for any celebration.

The cake in the photo below is decorated not only with a bow, but also with sugar mastic roses.

Now you know how to make decorations from mastic in the form of bows, and you can decorate your culinary masterpieces with them. Cook with pleasure!

Many housewives love to serve homemade cakes for tea at family celebrations. An excellent decoration for a delicious treat will be a mastic bow, step-by-step master classes for the manufacture of which are presented in this article.

Mastic is a sweet mass resembling plasticine. With its help, you can create various figures, the appearance and shape of which will become more complex and interesting with the acquisition of skills.

But first you need to learn how mastic is prepared, and try to make the first decoration in the form of a bow.

We make a mastic bow with our own hands: a master class

The ingredients used in the preparation of the sweet mass may be different. Milk mastic is made by mixing powdered and condensed milk, as well as powdered sugar. Some masters get a mass of kefir, mixing it with two glasses of powder and lemon juice.

To make sugar mastic, gelatin is soaked in cold water for a couple of hours. After swelling, it is melted in a water bath, then cooled and mixed with citric acid.

A neat and pretty bow is obtained in the manufacture of this method.

You will need:

1) Mastic;

2) Scissors and knife;

3) Cotton wool and napkins;

4) Brush;

5) rolling pin;

6) Roll of soft paper;

7) A container of water.

Manufacturing steps:

1) We make a ball out of cotton wool, which we then wrap with a roll of paper. These actions will not allow the roll to wrinkle during operation.

2) We form two thin strips of mastic using a rolling pin. We make the edges even, cutting them with scissors.

3) We take one of the strips, put a roll of cotton wool on top. We coat the mastic with water along the edges with a thin brush.

4) We put a strip of mastic on a roll so that its edges are evenly joined at the bottom. This stage of work is clearly shown in the photo below.

5) We proceed to the formation of a bow. To do this, fold the glued side of the strip into an accordion and coat the layers with water.

6) Similarly, we make the second part of the bow. Next, we connect both blanks, holding them a little with our fingers.

7) From a small strip of mastic we make an accordion, with which we then wrap the bow, cutting off the excess with scissors. We take out the rolls with cotton wool and attach the resulting decoration to the place allotted to it.

We make a complex voluminous mastic bow quickly and easily

This master class will step by step describe how to make a magnificent mastic bow on a cake with your own hands. It is better to make a sweet mass dense and quick-drying. An excellent option would be milk mastic, in which you need to put more powder than prescribed by the recipe.

1) Mastic;

2) Rolls of food foil and film;

3) Regular and figured rolling pins;

4) Figured roller;

Manufacturing steps:

1) We make a pattern depending on the size of the intended bow. Roll out the mastic in a thin layer and cut out according to the detail scheme. For a large bow, you need at least 12 large petals.

2) To get a colorful bow, it is better to make a variety of details. Therefore, we make six ordinary yellow petals and six pink patterned ones, which were obtained thanks to a figured rolling pin. You can also use a figured roller to make several thin red petals. We will make them in the amount of 10 pieces.

3) Thoroughly powder the cut parts on the inside and leave to dry well. It is best to put them on rolls of cling film or foil, avoiding strong bending. We glue the ends of the petals of the bow.

4) After the parts have dried, we begin to assemble the bow. You should not immediately fasten the petals, it is better to just try on for a start.

5) You should get three layers. The first is laid out from six wide petals, the second - from four. The last row will consist of two parts. We put thin red petals between wide petals. They will give the bow more splendor.

6) If, after pre-assembly, the appearance of the product is completely satisfied, carefully disassemble it. Then we assemble again, already fastening the parts together in the center. As a “glue”, you can use a regular mastic cream or melted chocolate, which you need to put in a slide in the middle of the composition.

The finished product should be placed in the refrigerator, where it will become stronger and stronger.

Video materials on the topic of the article

Below is a selection of videos that clearly describe the process of making bows from mastic mass. It also explains incomprehensible questions that could arise during the performance of this type of work.

Many housewives love to serve homemade cakes for tea at family celebrations. An excellent decoration for a delicious treat will be a mastic bow, step-by-step master classes for the manufacture of which are presented in this article.

Mastic is a sweet mass resembling plasticine. With its help, you can create various figures, the appearance and shape of which will become more complex and interesting with the acquisition of skills.

But first you need to learn how mastic is prepared, and try to make the first decoration in the form of a bow.

We make a mastic bow with our own hands: a master class

The ingredients used in the preparation of the sweet mass may be different. Milk mastic is made by mixing powdered and condensed milk, as well as powdered sugar. Some masters get a mass of kefir, mixing it with two glasses of powder and lemon juice.

To make sugar mastic, gelatin is soaked in cold water for a couple of hours. After swelling, it is melted in a water bath, then cooled and mixed with citric acid.

A neat and pretty bow is obtained in the manufacture of this method.

You will need:

1) Mastic;

2) Scissors and knife;

3) Cotton wool and napkins;

4) Brush;

5) rolling pin;

6) Roll of soft paper;

7) A container of water.

Manufacturing steps:

1) We make a ball out of cotton wool, which we then wrap with a roll of paper. These actions will not allow the roll to wrinkle during operation.

2) We form two thin strips of mastic using a rolling pin. We make the edges even, cutting them with scissors.

3) We take one of the strips, put a roll of cotton wool on top. We coat the mastic with water along the edges with a thin brush.

4) We put a strip of mastic on a roll so that its edges are evenly joined at the bottom. This stage of work is clearly shown in the photo below.

5) We proceed to the formation of a bow. To do this, fold the glued side of the strip into an accordion and coat the layers with water.

6) Similarly, we make the second part of the bow. Next, we connect both blanks, holding them a little with our fingers.

7) From a small strip of mastic we make an accordion, with which we then wrap the bow, cutting off the excess with scissors. We take out the rolls with cotton wool and attach the resulting decoration to the place allotted to it.

We make a complex voluminous mastic bow quickly and easily

This master class will step by step describe how to make a magnificent mastic bow on a cake with your own hands. It is better to make a sweet mass dense and quick-drying. An excellent option would be milk mastic, in which you need to put more powder than prescribed by the recipe.

1) Mastic;

2) Rolls of food foil and film;

3) Regular and figured rolling pins;

4) Figured roller;

Manufacturing steps:

1) We make a pattern depending on the size of the intended bow. Roll out the mastic in a thin layer and cut out according to the detail scheme. For a large bow, you need at least 12 large petals.

2) To get a colorful bow, it is better to make a variety of details. Therefore, we make six ordinary yellow petals and six pink patterned ones, which were obtained thanks to a figured rolling pin. You can also use a figured roller to make several thin red petals. We will make them in the amount of 10 pieces.

3) Thoroughly powder the cut parts on the inside and leave to dry well. It is best to put them on rolls of cling film or foil, avoiding strong bending. We glue the ends of the petals of the bow.

4) After the parts have dried, we begin to assemble the bow. You should not immediately fasten the petals, it is better to just try on for a start.

5) You should get three layers. The first is laid out from six wide petals, the second - from four. The last row will consist of two parts. We put thin red petals between wide petals. They will give the bow more splendor.

6) If, after pre-assembly, the appearance of the product is completely satisfied, carefully disassemble it. Then we assemble again, already fastening the parts together in the center. As a “glue”, you can use a regular mastic cream or melted chocolate, which you need to put in a slide in the middle of the composition.

The finished product should be placed in the refrigerator, where it will become stronger and stronger.

Video materials on the topic of the article

Below is a selection of videos that clearly describe the process of making bows from mastic mass. It also explains incomprehensible questions that could arise during the performance of this type of work.

How to make a bow from mastic? Why is he good? We will consider these and other questions in the article. A lush and beautiful bow can turn into an independent cake decoration. An impeccable option for the base is round pastries. You can also make a rectangular cake, add ribbon around the edges, and you will have a product that looks like a gift box. Very interesting results can be achieved by combining colors: a lush bright multi-colored bow or a single-color laconic one is a matter of your taste and imagination.

Bow

We would like to present you a master class "Bow from mastic". First you need to make a bow petal pattern. Usually a large bow is made, the same size as pastries. If the cake is, for example, 22 cm across, then the bow must be made with a diameter of 19 cm. In this case, the pattern must be made with dimensions of 3.5 X 19.5 cm. The shape of your bow depends on the parameters of the pattern, so you can vary it as you like .

Details

We continue to create a bow from mastic. To create it, you will need a dense, quick-drying mastic. You can apply milk mastic, the recipe that we will provide you with below. Before using, add a little more powder to it than indicated in the recipe. Roll out a layer of mastic in a thin layer and cut the petals according to the pattern.

The number of petals can be changed, thereby modifying the shape of the bow. For our pattern, at least 12 petals are needed. Before drying, powder them thoroughly from the wrong side.

Drying

A mastic bow is an amazing decoration for a cake. So, dry the cut petals thoroughly. Use improvised means for this: rolls of foil and cling film. They are perfectly round and have identical dimensions, which is very convenient. To avoid a strong bend, add more foils of smaller parameters. Glue the ends of the bow at the ends.

Options

A mastic bow can be made in various versions. You can make six even pink petals and six yellow ones. In this case, roll the pink ones with a curly rolling pin. Additionally, you can make red thin petals. It is convenient to make them with a special roller. Whoever has it is great, since such thin petals give an excellent effect, the bow becomes brighter and more magnificent.

So, you already have 12 wide elements ready for the base, by connecting which you get a circle. It is very convenient to make thin red petals shorter and just put them in the gaps between the wide ones.

Elements

Few people know how to make a bow out of mastic. For our bow we needed:

six pink curly wide petals;

six yellow wide petals;

• ten red narrow.

Assembly

So how to make a bow from mastic? Let's start assembling the decoration. To begin with, do not fasten the petals together, try them on each other, take a closer look at them.

Our bow has three layers: six wide petals at the base, four wide elements in the second tier and two on top. In the space between the petals, for splendor, you need to slip thin red petals, as we talked about above.

If you have already assembled the bow and you are completely satisfied with its appearance, carefully disassemble and assemble it again, but already fastening the petals together. It is convenient to do this with melted chocolate or the usual mastic cream that you used when leveling.

You need to fasten only in the center, putting a cream there in a slide. Then no one will notice the junction. The cream will harden in the refrigerator and your bow will hold well.

In the manufacture of bows, you will need experience and numerous tests. We recommend not limiting yourself to 12 elements, but making them in large numbers so that there is a reserve. After all, if there are not enough of them, then there will also not be enough time to create new parts of the bow and dry them.

Milk mastic

How to make mastic? It is known that milk mastic is universal and easy to use. Sculpt figures from it, beautifully cover the cake with it. Due to the oily and sticky structure of the mastic, even without special confectionery glue, you can glue the details of the figures. Only this should be done immediately, without waiting for drying. After the figures dry, they will become strong and solid. But they can be eaten.

This mastic has only one drawback - it is not white, since infant formula and condensed milk have a yellowish tint. It is impossible to get pale blue or pure white from milk.

So, how to make mastic? To make this product, you need to buy one package of baby formula "Malyutka" (350 g), one can of condensed milk, 350 g of powdered sugar.

It should be noted that any milk formula can be used. You can also use dried cream or milk instead. The quality of condensed milk is especially important. It should contain only sugar and milk. Use very fine powder. You can buy it in stores, but you can grind sugar in a coffee grinder at home. The main thing is that there are no grains in the powder, otherwise the mastic will have an inhomogeneous structure, it will crack and the figures will turn out to be sloppy.

How to cook?

First, mix the milk mixture and powdered sugar in a saucepan, and then add the condensed milk and knead the mastic. After a couple of minutes, during the kneading process, you will feel that the product has become loose, sticky and heterogeneous. After another five minutes, the mastic will become homogeneous, well mixed. Wash your hands, dry, sprinkle with powder and form a ball out of it.

To make it convenient to work with mastic, wrap it in cellophane and leave it on the table to strengthen the structure for half an hour. After that, separate the desired piece from it, add dye and roll it out for tightness. Also, immediately and after kneading, you can work with it, as it is soft and perfectly rolls with powder, does not stick.

The thickness of the mastic for covering should be approximately 3-4 mm. On a cake, which has a diameter of 24 cm, a height of 8-10 cm, it takes about 400 g of mastic.

Agree, your guests will remember a cake with a mastic bow for a long time! Store leftover product in the refrigerator. If you took out the semi-finished product from the refrigerator, it will be solid, but it will quickly become usable if it is heated in the microwave, stirring. That is, put the mastic in the microwave oven for five seconds, remove and knead. If it's not soft enough, put it back in the oven for five seconds and knead it again. Repeat these steps until the product becomes plastic.

Always work with mastic with powdered hands. Roll it out on a table, previously sprinkled with powder. Otherwise, it will stick.