Confectionery skill allows you to make the most unusual options desserts. But there are classics when it never gets old, like, for example, a wedding cake with swans.

Until now, at wedding banquets, just such a treat for guests is often found.

But it is by no means trivial, since different design techniques are used for manufacturing.

If desired, even the future newlyweds themselves will be able to make swans for their own and decorate it as they wish.

Why do you need a dessert

Traditionally main dessert on the occasion of the wedding, served at the end of the banquet, when all the main dishes have already been tried and the guests are happy and relaxed. It is believed that by cutting a piece of cake for each, the newlyweds thereby share their love with those present. Friends and relatives, eating dessert, wish the newly-made family happiness, prosperity and prosperity.

Previously, the newlyweds treated guests at the wedding with pastries - bread, pie, flat cakes, loaf, etc. Then, in Europe, the tradition of serving a richly decorated cake, symbolizing financial well-being, was born. Until now, such a dessert is considered a priority for a wedding, and confectioners can compete in their skills to the delight of young people and guests.

The cake should emphasize and, therefore, it should be ordered after the main concept of the event has been determined.

Peculiarities

Both in Christianity and in early pagan cultures, swans were considered sacred, in Russia they were sung like the kings of all birds.

Many legends and traditions are associated with them, but the main symbolism in different nations matches. It is believed that the swan is a symbol of rebirth, purity, nobility, wisdom, and perfection. These birds choose their soul mate once and for life, which is about a hundred years.

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A well-designed dessert allows you to emphasize the theme of the celebration and make bright, harmonious photographs for memory.

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Swans are incredibly loyal, every day they are ready to give each other affection, tenderness and care. A pair of these creatures is identified with the bride and groom, because they must maintain warm feelings and sincere relationships for the whole life together.

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A single-tiered wedding cake with swans can look very different. For someone it will be ideal cream decoration, as tender and airy as the birds themselves. Others prefer the elegance and sophistication of swans, which can be emphasized with mastic. You can decorate such a cake in the form of a pond or a waterfall, and lilies, roses, a couple of rings or hearts are used for decoration. The swans themselves can be purchased at finished form in a confectionery store, and the birds may or may not be edible. The second option allows you to keep the cake decoration as a keepsake.

The newlyweds should determine the taste of such a dessert based on personal preferences. It is not recommended to chase exotic fashion trends, because, no matter how spectacular the design of the dessert, its idea still belongs to the classics. The cakes can be made vanilla, nut or honey, and custard or custard can be used for the filling. butter cream with the addition of candied fruits or nuts.

A cake with swans is most often made for a classic celebration, not associated with any style. Since these birds are white, the dessert itself is decorated in this shade; you can only choose one or two additional colors for decoration. Often, such a cake is decorated for a wedding in a certain shade, most often red, blue, pink or gold.

Options - with flowers and others

First of all, desserts are divided into single-tiered and multi-tiered. In the first case, several cakes of the same size are used, smeared with filling.

The cake can be made round, square, or, in addition to the swans, depict a small lake. You can make two identical one-tier desserts by placing them side by side. The surrounding space can be decorated with lilies and water lilies.

In this case, one swan is installed on each of them, their necks are bent towards each other, and their beaks touch.

Tiered cakes can be made more original. The swans are placed on the top element, and since it is not too large, no additional decoration is required. Only other tiers are formed, for example, small water lilies are cascaded along the side. Decorations in the form of a flowing fabric or a waterfall will harmoniously fit into the decor.

Looks original tiered cake, which is located on the stand. In this case, the swans decorate only the top element, while the rest are decorated with a neutral design, for example, in the form of cream flowers. There are also unusual stands, on which the tiers are not arranged one above the other, but in a free order.

Interesting! In the design of the cake, if you fix them in special floristic cones.

Often, a cake with swans is decorated with flowers - lilies, water lilies or roses. The latter option allows you to emphasize the elegance of the wedding, as the queen of flowers is considered a classic for weddings. Rosettes can be made small so that they frame each tier, and large buds can be used to decorate the space around the swans. Flowers are made from cream or mastic, and in the second case, the result is more realistic. You can make it so that white cake was decorated with colored roses, and snow-white swans will complement the delicate design.

How to do it yourself

There are different confectionery techniques and ways on how to make swans for a wedding cake. Some methods are available even for beginners, so the bride and groom will be able to arrange a wedding cake with swans, as in the photo, on their own, saving a small part of the family budget.

The following options for making cake swans stand out.

• From the cream. Using special attachments for pastry bag or a syringe, you can make the body of swans, but the neck and head will have to be made from another product, for example, mastic, icing or chocolate.
• From mastic. This is a plastic confectionery mass from which you can mold any figures, like from plasticine. The torso, neck, wings and head are created separately; ordinary toothpicks or professional pastry tools are used to give the desired texture. The mastic itself can be bought ready-made or made yourself.
• Made from caramel. Such swans look unusual and bewitching, as they are transparent, similar to crystal ones. The necessary figure is cast from the heated sugar syrup, but you need to work quickly, since the mass quickly solidifies. Since the products for making caramel are inexpensive, future newlyweds can practice several times to learn how to make these swans ideal.
• Chocolate. Swans are created from melted chocolate using special molds. The figurine can be solid, or it can be assembled from several parts - head, neck, torso and wings. Better to use White chocolate, and not milk, so that it is clear that the figures of birds are swans.
• From marzipan. It is an elastic paste made from powdered sugar and grated powdered almonds. As in the case of mastic, any figurines can be fashioned from marzipan, which are then decorated with food colors.
• Glaze. From the white flowing mass, you can "draw" figures of swans on tracing paper, and when they harden, separate them and decorate the creamy base of the body. Each bird will need two identical parts, so it is advisable to put a clear drawing under the tracing paper.

There are not only desserts with figures of swans, but also whole cakes in the shape of these birds with a 3D effect. In this case, the cakes are made oval to resemble the body of a swan, and the texture of the feathers is conveyed with whipped cream. The only drawback of such a cake is that the bird's neck is made short, otherwise there is a possibility that it will break and ruin the whole impression of the dessert.

Confectionery techniques allow you to create real masterpieces for a wedding. The wedding cake with swans and roses can play with new ones bright colors if apply own fantasy and get inspired for creative solutions.

If future newlyweds make and arrange such a dessert on their own, they will be able to put their souls into the process, show their own individuality and surprise everyone present at the wedding.

The wedding celebration always ends with the serving of the cake. Traditionally, it has developed that the final dessert carries a great semantic load, because earlier, by beauty and taste, it was determined how much good hostess will come out of the bride. By placing figures of a pair of swans, the newlyweds demonstrate that they do not plan to part - just like these beautiful birds. Loyalty and mutual understanding thrive in union, because between them there is eternal and unfading love.

There are both inedible and edible swans. If you want to keep the figures on long years then they order a porcelain decoration. But most often they are the edible part of the cake and are made from different materials.

Types of figurines of swans for cake:

• From caramel - hardened sugar syrup. In order for it to thicken properly, it is required to stir a lot of sugar in a very small amount of water and heat it up. This is a difficult material to work with, which burns quickly, turning brown. Also, the disadvantage is that the mass solidifies when room temperature... Only experienced chefs create real works of art - swans that look like crystal products. Sugar figurines are very hard. To eat them, you will need to dissolve the pieces for a long time or dip them in hot tea.
• Mastic ... Mastic is a sweet, edible mass that is good at sculpting and maintaining its shape. The consistency resembles plasticine. There are many formulations that necessarily include milk, sugar, gelatin or agar-agar, and can also be found with honey, marshmallow, marshmallow or marzipan. To create a beautiful do-it-yourself swan figurine, you need patience to draw all the details.
• Chocolate ... Swans are created from black, milk, white, or a mixture different types chocolate. For this, figures are used, into which the melted mass is poured. After hardening, take out, if required, additionally paint the beaks and set on the cake.
• From marzipan ... Marzipan, like mastic, has an elastic consistency that can be easily shaped into any shape. But the composition of this mass is different, it includes ground almonds and powdered sugar. Due to the high fat content of nuts, it does not require additional astringent components. But such swans need a cool place, they can weather and darken; to avoid this, they are often covered with frosting or lemon juice.

How to decorate a cake with swans?

Figures of swans are also decorated with a mastic surface. The most common way of placing birds is to connect with their beaks, this posture forms a heart shape from the necks. A wedding cake with swans without additional decoration will look faded and inexpressive, therefore, intricate compositions with a variety of decor are created at the treat. For the preparation of such a dessert, cream is suitable.

Options for decorating cakes with swans for a wedding:

• . Flowers are often added to symbolize feelings or hopes for family well-being. Roses symbolize falling in love, passion and the beginning of a new relationship. Calla lilies mean good relationships. Lilies have 2 meanings: purity of thoughts or greatness and success.
• Figurines ... Sometimes figures are placed next to the birds, denoting hobby, occupation or character traits of the newlyweds.
• Rings ... If they want to emphasize the loyalty and devotion of the newlyweds to each other, then they place paired rings next to the swans.

An alternative dessert for a wedding can be.

How to make swans for a wedding cake: helpful tips

To create a mastic swan, you need a knife with a sharp end, some wire and a tapering spatula. It is also desirable to have a shape for the wings. If you don't have one at hand, then create a paper template according to which the necessary parts are carefully cut out.

1. The mastic is divided into 3 parts, the smaller one is fixed on a wire and rolled out, forming a neck. Leave more mass at the end to make the head and beak.
   
2. After even distribution, the wire is bent and defects in the neck are removed.
   
3. An oval shape is rolled from a piece of mastic.
   
4. A recess is formed inside the workpiece with a round stick and the finished neck is inserted.
   
5. The entire structure is gently pressed against the table.
   
6. Roll out the mastic and cut out identical leaves 5 mm wide and 10 mm long.
   
7. The workpieces are embossed using a mold or a spatula.
   
8. The finished leaves are applied to the body of the swan from the tail, bending up the edges, so that they imitate feathers.
   
9. Embossed sheets are also applied to the carved bases for the wings.
   
10. The finished wings are fixed on the body with sugar syrup or vodka.
    
11. At the end, a beak and eyes are drawn, decorative elements are attached and left to dry for 1-2 hours.
    

If making swans seems like a difficult process for you, then try making a simple nude wedding cake. You will find a master class on our website by clicking on the link.

Detailed master class on decorating a wedding cake with cream swans:

Swan-shaped cakes have become quite popular now. To create such a dessert, you need to have a lot of pastry experience. The base is ordinary, but baked or cut to a special shape that mimics the body and head, and then covered with whipped cream, which creates a plumage effect.

No wedding goes without a cake. Usually, the wedding dessert ends the holiday when the newlyweds cut it with their own hands and distribute the pieces to the guests. It is believed that this is how newlyweds share their love with the invitees. To decorate the dessert, use edible and inedible decor but the classic is a wedding cake with swans. Figures can be small, located on the upper tier, or they can occupy the entire surface of the main dessert of the holiday.

Options for making figurines of swans for a cake

Different materials are used to make figurines:

• ceramics;
• polymer clay;
• porcelain;
• marzipan;
• mastic;
• caramel;
• chocolate;
• candy mass.

If the newlyweds want to keep the jewelry for a long period of time, then inedible swans are chosen. Moreover, according to an old Russian tradition, wedding paraphernalia brings prosperity and happiness to the spouses' house. Edible figurines can also be stored in the refrigerator for a while, so that, for example, on a wedding anniversary, you can decorate a cake with them. Such decorations are made in the same place where the cake is baked. Watch the video below to see how quickly professionals create beautiful figurines swans for a wedding dessert.

From mastic

A viscous edible substance, which in its composition is similar to a homogeneous plasticine, is called mastic. Figures made from it are not only beautiful and tasty, but also natural, because honey, milk, gelatin, sugar, soft marshmallows or icing sugar... You can easily find mastic in the store or you can make it yourself at home.

From caramel

Caramel is preheated sugar syrup... Manufacturing complexity caramel figurines consists in the fact that the syrup cools quickly. But if the pastry chef does not have time to mold the desired decor detail, the caramel heats up again. Caramel swans are made in different sizes, from a small miniature to a majestic sculpture, making up a great sweet composition with dessert.

Chocolate and marzipan

Pastry chefs have a special elastic paste that includes icing sugar and grated powdered almonds called marzipan. Such a mixture has a certain fat composition, which is ideally formed in different figures without the use of adhesives. Often made marzipan decorations are glazed with sugar, lemon or chocolate. Chocolate marzipan swans - exquisite decoration for a wedding cake.

Wedding cake design ideas with swans

Confectioners love to decorate their products with edible flowers, fruits and herbs, perfectly matching the delicious swan decor. The choice of decorations for a wedding dessert depends on the imagination of the newlyweds and the professionalism of the master, but there are several standard ideas:

1. Figures of white swans are located opposite each other, and slender graceful necks create a heart shape.
2. Next to the birds are sweet figurines indicating the type of activity of the newlyweds, for example, a harp, if the bride plays on it, or a soccer ball, if the groom is fond of this sport.
3. Delicate lilies, roses or calla lilies almost always accompany a sweet couple of swans.

Single tier with swans and rings

Wedding cake with swans can be large in diameter and weight, but in order to sweet dessert did not take up much space festive table, it is better to order it for a small number of guests. Composition single tier cake it can be different: with biscuit, honey, sand or puff cakes; proteinaceous, curd, creamy or sour cream and with fruit, liqueur or coffee impregnation. Nuts, fruits or candied fruits are used as a filling. But the main decoration of a single-tiered product will be snow-white swans and two wedding rings, as a symbol of marital fidelity.

Multi-tiered with figurines of birds and roses

If you need big cake, then it is better to cook it in 2-3 tiers. Quite often, newlyweds order “floors” of different taste with various fillings... For example, first vanilla, then chocolate, and peach on top, on which sweet swans and gorgeous marzipan roses are picturesquely placed. Diverse tastes will please all guests, and so that the tiers of the cake have a perfectly smooth white or colored surface, they are covered with special sugar paper, which is based on natural ingredients.

3D effect cake in the shape of a swan

Volumetric cakes with 3D effect are becoming more and more popular among newlyweds. Such sweet masterpieces are created by high-class professionals. To make a 3D dessert in the shape of a swan, use the same recipe as for other wedding cakes, only the dough is laid out in special form smeared butter... The 3D effect of the swan is given by whipped cream, with the help of which the feathers of the bird are made.

Photo of wedding cakes with swans

The priority in choosing a wedding cake is its appearance. However, do not forget about the ingredients, because not all guests are able to eat a heavy dessert after a hearty meal. Choose light biscuits with layers of whipped cream, berries, or fruit. They will be appropriate and welcome for many guests. To holiday dessert when cut, it did not look sloppy, it should not contain fragile components. Check out a selection of sweet wedding masterpieces below. Perhaps you will like some idea.

Start browsing with a virtual catalog where you will see what treats we can offer you. The collection of our sweets is really big. And any of them can be changed by our confectioners according to your wishes and depending on your preferences. Choose the swans you would like to see as decoration on your Swan Fidelity wedding cake. These can be romantic toppers. Our designers will place swans next to or opposite each other.

A wonderful snow-white or matte red wedding cake with white mastic swans can be additionally decorated with beautiful hearts at your request. It is also worth noting that the color of the mastic or cream coating can be anything - only your personal wish will affect this option. Swan figurines will be a decoration on a cake with a small weight for a modest wedding ceremony or for a giant heavyweight cake in several tiers for a large-scale celebration in a big way. The size of the swans may vary depending on the size of the cake.

But our custom-made wedding swan cakes can be decorated not only with figures. So, photo cakes, on which the image of swans is placed on the side surface of the dessert, also look beautiful. And on top you can place beautiful hearts or flowers.

Maybe you would like our artists to paint swans on the cake? Or should we prepare chocolate or mastic silhouettes of these proud birds to decorate a wedding treat? We will gladly fulfill your wishes regarding decor!

If you want to buy a wedding cake with figures of swans with minimal time expenditures, we invite you to place an order for a sweet dish directly on the website of our workshop or by phone. In the telephone mode, you can always discuss all the details and details of the order with our managers. We will also be happy to deliver you a wedding cake wherever you specify.

Designed taking into account the requirements of the newlyweds. If you have a wedding planned, contact us now to determine the size, design and flavoring.

The decoration of the main dessert at a wedding can be anything, but we suggest paying attention to the photos of wedding cakes with swans in our portfolio. This decor option is quite in demand, but if you do not find a suitable option in the catalog on the site, find the cake you like on the Internet and show it to us so that we can repeat it in exact accordance or with some differences from the original.

What are swan figurines made of?

The key elements of Swan Wedding Cakes are crafted from a variety of materials and ingredients. They can be edible or artificial, depending on your preference. Some people want to keep the swans as a souvenir, so they order them from ceramics or porcelain. If you like the edible option, Cakes Club confectioners will make figurines from:

• mastics;
• chocolate;
• caramel;
• marzipan.

You can also store such swans in the refrigerator if you wish, and use them to decorate a cake for your wedding anniversary. In general, the possibilities of our pastry chefs are limited only by your ideas and fantasies.

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