I love decorating cakes, and I think their appearance may be just as important as their taste. In this entry, I am going to present a few tricks I use to make my cakes look more "professional" and tempting.
Make chocolate stripes. This is a very easy way to make you desserts look beautiful. Melt white or dark chocolate (white for dark surfaces and dark for light ones). Then move a fork dipped in chocolate rapidly over your cake. I like to vary the amount of chocolate on the fork, and how fast I move it, to make the stripes differ in thickness and shape.
Add some green. Regardless of which dish I am decorating, I always add a little green. It makes your dish look more fresh and appealing. For desserts, I usually add some lemon balm leaves.
Use fresh fruit and berries. Decorating with fresh fruit and berries is a good way to add some colour and freshness to your cake. I used some red currants on my cake, which make a good contrast to the green lemon balm leaves. The strange-looking berry is a physalis fruit. I love to use these berries as decoration for cakes and desserts - their dry leaves make them stand out.
Learn from the professionals. The best way to get better at decorating cakes, is to watch how the professionals do it. When I'm at a bakery or restaurant, I love to study how the cakes and desserts are decorated, and then later try something similar at home.
I hope this was any help to you! If you'd like to share your ideas, or have some questions, feel free to leave a comment!
Innlegg
