Or as it is also called "Red Velvet", so for connoisseurs of cakes I want to offer a recipe for a delicate, tasty, bright and very interesting blueberry cake "Blue Velvet". Very impressive and delicious cake, with butter cream!

Ingredients:

For the cake:

• 3 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 and 3/4 cups granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs, room temperature if possible
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup of kefir at room temperature (if you have buttermilk, it's great)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 500-700 grams of blueberries (depending on the desire for saturation of taste)
• blue food coloring

• 115 grams unsalted butter, room temperature
• 330 grams cream cheese, at room temperature (Philadelphia is ideal)
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cooking:

1. Preheat the oven to 170 C and prepare a pie dish greased with butter and lined with parchment paper. The size of the mold is 24 cm, you can prepare 2 molds or bake in sequence.
2. In a bowl, mix flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
3. In another bowl, beat the butter with a mixer until light and fluffy (about a minute)
4. Then gradually add sugar to the butter, beat until fluffy for about 3 minutes.
5. Add eggs one at a time without stopping beating, vanilla, then blue dye, adjust the color at your discretion, first add a couple of drops, mix, evaluate the color, add more if necessary, mix and evaluate the color again and so on until the desired result. Keep in mind that you still need to add kefir and flour and the color will be darker as a result.
6. In 3 passes, add the flour mixture, alternating with the addition of kefir, when all the ingredients except the berries are added, set the mixer aside, add the blueberries and gently mix with the dough, for example with a spatula or spoon.
7. Divide the dough into 2 parts, pour into molds and bake for 30-35 minutes, readiness can be checked with a toothpick, it should come out dry.
8. While the cake is cooking and cooling, you can proceed to the filling.

1. Mix butter, cheese until fluffy 3 minutes
2. Add powdered sugar, vanilla extract, mix thoroughly and you're done!

Cake shaping

1. In the original recipe for this cake, from the great pastry chef, there is advice to cut off the top from the cake to make a perfectly smooth surface, but it seems to me that this can be done at the discretion.
   Put the cake on it, put a little less than half of the cream, evenly distribute and put the second layer on top.
2. Spread the remaining cream over the entire cake, carefully brushing the edges and sides.

Enjoy!

10 servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4 tsp soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

130 g sugar

70 g butter

40 ml vegetable oil

110 g kefir or sour cream

blue dye

130 g cream 33%

130 g cream cheese

sugar to taste

120 g white chocolate

170 ml milk

9 g gelatin

400 ml cream

30 g sugar

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BISCUIT

Whisk eggs with sugar. Add butter, vegetable oil.
We tint kefir or sour cream on eggs.
Sift all dry ingredients, mix.
Bake in 18 cm ring at t 170-180˚
CREAM

Beat cold cream and cheese with sugar until fluffy cream.
MOUSSE

We send white chocolate and sugar to hot milk.
Dissolve gelatin.
We whip the cream. Combine with cooled milk.
ASSEMBLY

At the bottom of the form 20 cm pour part of the mousse.
We put the collected cake in the ring (3 biscuits, cream and berries between them).
Pour in the remaining mousse. We freeze.
We decorate according to your taste.

Today in stores you can easily find a fabulous variety of food colors that will decorate any pastry in all the colors of the rainbow. That's just the chemical composition of these dyes often calls for concern. Especially when it comes to sweets for children, when you need to make or order a birthday cake for a toddler.

The following are ways to prepare natural dyes for creams and glazes.

Light pink dye

Pale pink icing and cream are created using raspberries.

In this case, you can make a completely raspberry cream. In this case, the cake will require 180 ml of raspberries. Or you can just paint the cream or glaze with raspberry paint. To do this, take 2 teaspoons of concentrated raspberry juice for 1 cup of cream.

White-pink color

Created with strawberries.

Everything is exactly the same as with raspberries. 180 ml of strawberries per volume of cream or glaze for one cake. And then it's pure strawberry cream. Or 4 teaspoons of concentrated strawberry juice per cup of cream or frosting.

intense pink

Many people are afraid to paint beetroot cakes. But what if instead of cake you end up with beetroot salad? Do not be afraid. Will not work. The beetroot glaze will be red and will not endow the dessert with the aroma of borscht.

Beets should be baked in foil until tender. But you can also just boil it. Who is more comfortable. The main thing is that the vegetable does not lose its color. Then grate on a fine grater.

The exact amount needed to color the crushed beets is determined by how intense the color you want to achieve. Usually the ratio of beets: icing is enough - 1 to 8.

Do not be afraid. The icing will become intensely pink, but not beetroot in taste.

Pink purple shade

Creams and glazes of a similar color are obtained using blackberries.

The recipe is similar to using raspberries and strawberries.

True Blackberry Cream requires 120 ml of blackberries per serving. For tinting, you can take 4 teaspoons of concentrated juice per glass of cream or glaze.

orange paint

Orange creams and glazes are as easy to obtain as red ones. Sometimes it is advised to add citruses, mainly orange, for orange coloring. But this method is not very efficient.

A much brighter orange color is acquired by creams and glazes in which carrot juice is present.

And again, do not be afraid that the carrot juice will make a carrot cake out of the cake. Won't. The juice has a rich color, and you need very little of it.

The standard dosage is 3.5 tablespoons of carrot juice per 1 cup of cream or glaze.

yellow dye

Glaze or yellow cream is very easy to make. It is enough to add a little turmeric to them.

But you have to be very careful with turmeric, as this spice is spicy. And unlike the harmless beet, it gives the glaze a sharpness and its own specific taste. Therefore, if you put it a little more than required, you can easily spoil the pastries.

To prevent such an incident, turmeric should not be added immediately to the icing or cream itself, but to the amount of liquid that is planned to be added to them.

The best ratio is ½ teaspoon of turmeric powder to 2 tablespoons of liquid (preferably milk). Next, the liquid with turmeric dissolved in it must be added to 1 glass of cream or glaze.

Green color

As for the coloring of the cream and glaze in green, then not everything is clear.

The most effective way is to add chopped spinach leaves in a blender. It's just that the color is not too intense.

For example, the icing of this cake required the use of two whole cups of chopped spinach for its coloring. It is clear that such a large amount of greens can give a cream or glaze its own flavor, which is completely inappropriate for sweet pastries.

Therefore, other bright flavors, for example, a large amount of mint, have to be added to green creams and glazes with spinach.

Still, some people can't eat this kind of spinach cake. The sweetness is said to leave a nasty aftertaste.

yellow green shade

This shade is achieved by adding 8 teaspoons of mashed avocado pulp to 1 cup of cream (glaze) in a cream or glaze.

But the food turns out to be an amateur, since the taste of avocado is felt distinctly.

It can be seen that even spinach, even avocado, the dye is not too bright and has its own taste unsuitable for dessert.

Light lilac color

Light lilac, white-lilac are obtained using blueberries.

For blueberry cream (glaze), take 120 ml of blueberries per serving (per cake). For a simple touch-up, use 8 teaspoons of concentrated blueberry juice per glass of cream. But in this case, the color is not so bright.

Violet and blue dyes

For all their apparent artificiality, dyes for cream in purple and blue glazes may well be natural. True, their preparation is quite troublesome.

To create purple and blue food coloring, we need a large head of red cabbage.

It must be cut into large pieces, pour water and put to boil. Water should be poured as little as possible so that it only covers the cabbage.

Boil the cabbage for 15-40 minutes. Depends on the variety. The main thing is that the cabbage broth acquires an intense purple hue.

As soon as this happened, we take out the cabbage from it. And the broth itself continues to boil until evaporation. It will take quite a long time to boil. Since, after all, the broth from under one large head of cabbage should turn into only ¼ cup of dye.

This is how it should look like in the end.

Or just add the resulting purple dye to the icing or cream, and end up with purple pastries.

Or add a pinch of baking soda to purple dyes, which instantly turns purple dye blue.

From which you can then easily prepare any blue cream.

And don't be afraid to spoil the taste of baking with cabbage spirit. He won't.

A blue wedding cake is a good choice. This color has a huge number of shades and combines well with other tones, which will allow you to choose the option according to personal preferences.

The dessert itself can have any shape and be decorated with various elements. A treat of this color can be used in any season, but the wedding itself should be decorated in similar colors. The best solution is a blue-blue palette.

This video will show you how to make edible cake ribbons:

The tape can be located on the upper tier or evenly distributed over all floors.

Mastic blue wedding cake

Mastic is an excellent choice for a colorful dessert. With its help, you can perform an openwork drapery that will impress all guests.

Sweet treats in white with blue mastic lace are perfect for a wedding. But there are other options for decorating a wedding cake.

With white and blue flowers

A white cake decorated with a cascade of blue fondant flowers is quite a popular solution. Often, floral elements are placed on top of the dessert, and then scattered over all tiers or around the circumference.

With figures, beads, bows, lace

Wedding delicacies are quite often decorated with mastic pearls, beads, and other elements. Such decoration is often found at themed weddings.

With the help of mastic-based beads, you can also lay out for newlyweds. Decorating with mastic bows or lace allows you to produce an incredible effect, but is quite a laborious process, so it will cost accordingly.

Original white and blue wedding cakes

The originality of the dessert can be achieved either by its unusual geometry or non-standard decoration. A fashion trend for a wedding is a blue treat in the form of a gift box.

From above, such a delicacy is decorated with a mastic ribbon or a bow; the filling of the dessert may vary depending on the preferences of guests and newlyweds.

It is necessary to take into account the fact that the more difficult it is to cook, so you will need to take care of ordering goodies in advance.

Blue wedding cakes have become quite popular lately. And they can even be found at royal weddings or celebrity celebrations. The main thing when choosing such a dish is to create a suitable entourage. The style and design of the wedding should also be done in similar colors.

The advantage of blue is that it goes well with other shades. Therefore, creating a wedding cake of this color will not be difficult at all. First you need to figure out what the wedding dessert will consist of. It is very important to carefully consider which cakes and creams will work best.

The product in blue tones is perfect for any time of the year. After all, it can easily be combined with white, green, red and orange. If you decide to order a delicacy in such shades for your wedding, then the hall should be decorated accordingly.

One tier blue cake

This dessert is great for weddings with a small number of guests. You can decorate it with absolutely any materials. For example, berries, fruits, chocolate, mastic and more will be great options in this case.

A pansy delicacy would be a good option for your event. To do this, decorate the surface of the dessert with any. Fresh flowers can be applied on top from the side, from above or from any other side.

If you decide to hold a celebration in a marine theme, then a blue cake will be more than ever welcome. A single-tiered dessert covered with soft blue cream and decorated with edible shells will appeal to every guest. Especially if there are children at the wedding, they will appreciate your efforts.

The most popular decoration method is cream or protein cream. They allow you to cover the dessert with unusual lace, which is simply impossible to create from mastic or any other material.

Most experienced confectioners combine blue with white. They perfectly complement each other and convey the importance of the celebration.

Tiered cakes

Multi-storey desserts are most often ordered for celebrations with a large number of people. The main advantage of such a cake is that each layer can be made in a different flavor. This will please absolutely all guests. For its decoration, you can use different materials.

Mastic

This material is the most common. It is used not only for such an event as a wedding, but also for other holidays. Mastic can completely cover the product. In this case, it will resemble a kind of edible blanket.

Mastic is a material from which you can create beautiful decorative ornaments. The blue cake is an example of this. You can make beautiful blue clouds on dessert or forget-me-nots.

Naked

Such desserts are gaining more and more popularity every day. But perhaps someone will have a question, but how to arrange a naked cake in blue. Everything is very simple, there are a large number of dyes that can be easily introduced into the dough and you will get beautiful blue cakes.

Moreover, in terms of saturation, they can be varied. If you want to get a naked dark-colored cake, then you just need to add more dye.

The combination of white cream with blue cakes looks great. This allows you to achieve an unusual and at the same time bewitching effect. The top layer can be decorated with absolutely any material. It can be fruit, protein cream or caramel. By the way, very attractive figures are also obtained from this material.

With flowers

Unusual decor allows you to create plants that surround us everywhere. In the modern world, live plants are very popular on cakes. Confectioners have learned to make them quite edible. Therefore, you can safely take any blue flower you like and make a decor for your wedding cake from it.

Often, flowers such as forget-me-nots are used to decorate desserts. They are small in size, which makes them easy to work with. You can also use any other flowers that you like.

With fruits

is not only a work of art, but also a real set of vitamins. Especially, such a dessert is well suited if there are many children at the wedding. They will be able to enjoy a delicious and healthy cake.

Of course, it is very difficult for some to imagine how you can create a blue dessert. After all, as you know, there are few fruits like colors, but it’s really possible to come up with a beautiful dessert from them.

Today, breeders breed different fruits that can have absolutely any color.

You can decorate a multi-story dessert:

• grapes;
• blueberries
• strawberries
• plum.

Any cream can be used as a base for this decor. And if you've opted for a fruit that doesn't have that color, it's easy to actually give the glaze a similar color.

Decor options

You can decorate a dessert of such an unusual color with absolutely any material. In the modern world, there are a lot of decorations that allow you to experiment and create whole masterpieces.

If you are, then of course you will have to break your head. But entrusting this to an experienced confectioner, you can easily get the desired result. Figures of swans or a bride and groom will look beautiful on a blue cake. But it is desirable that in their outfit there is a robe of the same color.

Conclusion

A blue wedding cake is perfect for an event that will be held in the same range. In a similar color, the hall, the bride's bouquet and the groom's boutonniere are most often decorated. This allows all parts of the celebration to harmoniously combine with each other.

A blue or blue dessert can be made from any product. It is already each couple who determines for himself what she wants to get in the end. If you are unable to choose the appropriate option on your own, then you can consult with the confectioner or the person who will arrange the event.

The advantage of the blue palette for decorating a wedding celebration is the variety of its tones. It will not be difficult for future newlyweds to choose the right option.

The blue gamma looks advantageous at any time of the year. In autumn sometimes it resembles thunderclouds, in summer it resembles an endless sea surface, in spring it will give freshness, and in winter it will reflect snow hoarfrost.

One of the main components of the blue celebration is a wedding cake in blue.

Confectionery Design Solutions for Blue Wedding Cakes

A blue wedding celebration involves the use of deep, juicy tones, the creation of confectioners is no exception.

To obtain blue color in the design of cakes, use:

• blue mastic and glaze;
• blueberries, blueberries;
• a variety of sweet blue decor: floral arrangements, ribbons, bows;
• inedible elements: fresh flowers, satin ribbons.

The most popular option for a celebration in blue is a multi-tiered cake. Masters of confectionery art set the tiers on top of each other; the option can also be used when each tier lies on a separate dish, fixed on special supports.

What decor will be on the cake depends on the wishes of the young and the skills of a professional confectioner. This work of confectionery craftsmanship looks just great.

The most unusual and interesting ideas for confectioners for white and blue wedding cakes are the following:

Cake in the form of several boxes tied with ribbons

This design has become popular relatively recently. The simplicity and elegance of the boxes, tied with mastic ribbons and decorated with huge sugar bows, will be appreciated by all guests.

This cake is perfect for any classic wedding. As a filling, you can use chocolate, various berries and fruits.

flower garlands

As a decoration, you can use voluminous flower arrangements or simply draw them. Flowers can be made from cream, mastic, be alive or not.

A snow-white masterpiece with candied sapphire-colored flowers that cascade down is very popular.

Flowers are usually used to decorate the top of the dessert, and then the flower garlands run down one side of the cake or spiral around each tier.

Sapphire roses

The blue flower wedding cake is very popular. The snow-white creation of confectioners, decorated with sapphire roses, will add solemnity and romance to any celebration.

As an addition, you can use an intricate ornament, intricately tied bows and other decorative elements.

But it is important to remember that the use of a minimal amount of decor will make such a product elegant and sophisticated.

Bows and ribbons

Bright blue bows and mastic ribbons add tenderness, beauty and conciseness to the work of confectioners. When combined with violets, you get a delicate, elegant cake in the style of Queen Victoria.

Sometimes the main creation is complemented by small blue pancakes, decorated with snow-white ribbons made of mastic. This arrangement looks very majestic.

Mastic lace patterns

They perfectly complement the blue and white cakes. Snow-white creations with blue-and-blue openwork mastic painting look gentle and elegant. They are suitable for the celebration of any style. Blue lace looks good not only on a snow-white background. The base can be made in any shades of white.

Sugar beads and mastic pearls

This is quite a popular decoration for wedding cakes. Most often, these decorative elements are found on thematic confectionery. Beads can lay out the monograms of the newlyweds.

If you are not satisfied with the usual options for wedding cakes, you want something special, then you can order this type of dessert from professional confectioners-designers. From the hands of such masters come out real masterpieces that cause admiration.

But the cost of designer cakes is rather big. But you will have an exclusive.

Blue confectionery creations are decorated with various intricate patterns, original figures, pictures of young people, edible and inedible decorative elements.

How your wedding cake will look is up to you.

Photo of a blue wedding cake