How to decorate Easter cakes with your own hands? This question already worries those who are going to bake Easter cakes. After all, the holiday is getting closer, and very soon we will be captured by the whirlwind of the pre-holiday excitement. Have you noticed how every year, 2-3 weeks before Easter, different Easter-themed goods appear on supermarket shelves? But already a week before the holiday, the choice of Easter decor is not at all so great, since thrifty housewives prepare in advance. And what to do when you do not have time to prepare, and the design of Easter cakes is definitely included in your plans? A great way out is to make decorations for cakes with your own hands!

I talked about how to bake an Easter cake at home in. I really hope that it was useful and you were inspired by the idea of \u200b\u200btrying to cook Easter cakes according to old recipes. Let's share our impressions and results in the comments and our cooking groups.

How to decorate Easter cakes with your own hands using edible decorative elements

Beautiful Easter cakes are made by those who are ready to spend not so much money as time and imagination. In general, the basis of almost all edible Easter decor is sugar and dyes. An exception is the decor made of dried fruits, nuts and chocolate. Consider how to decorate Easter cake using the simplest and most affordable ingredients.

Cake decoration made of dough

Experienced housewives make exquisite decorations from cake dough. For example, my grandmother always decorates Easter cakes with small curly crosses. Such decorations are prepared from the same dough as the cakes themselves. You can make braids, spirals, letters and flowers, leaves and petals. Dyes are also sometimes added to the dough for decoration.

In order for your jewelry to look beautiful after baking, you need to proceed as follows:

• let the cake rise
• cut out the decorations and attach them to the top of the cake with protein
• grease the cake together with the decorations with a beaten egg or butter
• pour over ready-made and still hot cakes with syrup

You can also bake a dough decor separately from the cake, and then attach it to the finished cake. This way you can be sure of the result, because in any case the decorations made from yeast dough will rise during baking.

Decorating cakes with glaze

Easter cakes are also traditionally decorated with white glaze. It would seem that a mixture of proteins and sugar could be simpler. However, not everyone gets a good glaze. You can often see Easter cakes, from which the glaze is just glass, leaving sloppy streaks and excess moisture. This is the result if you add too much moisture to the glaze. Also, the glaze, which was simply smeared on the cake, does not look very nice. This option is usually found on mass-produced commercial Easter cakes.

A plentifully watered cake looks much neater and more appetizing, the icing on which had time to harden well and did not spread too much. The most important thing in the preparation of the glaze is to observe the proportions of the ingredients so that the glaze is sure to freeze. I will describe in detail how just such a fondant for Easter cake is prepared, and also present to your attention several useful recipes.

Icing sugar for cakes

Mix one cup of finely ground powdered sugar with 4 tablespoons of boiled water and add color and flavor to taste. For example, I really like the rum and almond flavor additives. The mixture must be mixed well and heated to about 40 degrees. The proportions of water and powder are approximate. If it turns out too liquid, add more powdered sugar, if it's too thick, add water. You can also add lemon juice for a richer taste. Put icing on the cakes immediately after cooking.

Sugar-protein icing for cakes

The recipe for sugar and protein icing for Easter cakes is equally popular. It is only important to make sure of the quality of chicken eggs so that the delicacy turns out to be safe for health. For cooking, take 1 protein and beat it with 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Then gradually add 1 cup of finely ground powdered sugar to the protein. The thickness of the glaze can be adjusted with the amount of lemon juice and powdered sugar. It is imperative to use such glaze immediately so that it does not have time to harden.

Fruit icing for cakes

Fruit glaze is prepared using fruit and berry juices, which makes it possible to play with its color and taste. Beat the egg white (1 pc.) Into a strong foam, add about 1 cup of finely ground icing sugar, and then about 3 tablespoons of fruit or berry juice. The density of such glaze is also controlled by juice and powdered sugar.

Decorating Easter cakes with mastic

Decorating Easter cakes with mastic is more complicated, but it also opens up more opportunities for creativity. You can treat mastic like plasticine, sculpting and cutting out figures, flowers, leaves, as well as traditional decorations for cakes. Having experimented with plenty of different types of mastic, I can recommend you the simplest and most proven recipe. It's easier just to buy ready-made mastic in the store!

Milk mastic

My favorite mastic is made from condensed milk. She has a wonderful milky taste and is very easy to work with. Mix 160 g milk powder with 160 g icing sugar and sift. Make a depression in this dry mixture and gradually add 200 g of condensed milk and 2 teaspoons of lemon juice. Knead the mastic until smooth and wrap in plastic. It can be painted with gel dyes in any color, and then covered with rolled mastic Easter cake, as well as make decorations.

DIY traditional Easter cake decorations

Decorating Easter cakes is that stage of preparation for the holiday that children love so much. And if the preparation of glaze or mastic is too difficult and troublesome for a child, then laying out patterns from edible colored sprinkles, marmalade and sweets is perfect for kids. Open the bag of sprinkles, cut the marmalade, cover the cake with icing or honey and show your child how to decorate the Easter cake with your own hands. As a result, they will all be decorated with touching children's patterns.

The most traditional way to decorate a cake is to put the letters X and B on its top, which means "Christ is Risen!" You can apply letters with colored sugar, raisins, other dried fruits, nuts, as well as sugar pencils and chocolate. You can also paint any pattern or drawing on white glaze using special food paints.

How to decorate Easter cake with inedible decorative elements

When considering how to decorate an Easter cake, do not forget about the huge selection of decor options using ribbons, lace, paper and themed figurines. The easiest way is to buy an Easter cake decoration, but you can very easily make an Easter cake decoration with your own hands. The modern decoration of Easter cakes is generally distinguished by a creative approach, as well as the use of the most unexpected combinations and materials. Stylish Easter cake decoration can be made of crumpled paper, ribbons and colored twine.

New Easter cake decorating ideas

Easter cake is a special festive product, but still it remains a baked goods. But there are a great many ideas for decorating baked goods. So you can arm yourself with a variety of ways to decorate baked goods and pastries, and all this can be applied to Easter cake. So, here are some new ideas for decorating cakes I will offer you this year:

Merengi.Prepare a strong meringue and dip the still hot cake into it. You can let this snow-white pointed cap dry, or you can bake it or brown it with a burner. Peaks and roses applied with a pastry bag with nozzles will look beautiful. The edges can also be browned in the oven or burner.

Lacy chocolate rim and voluminous chocolate figurines. After punching a small hole in the chocolate bag, apply the lace patterns to the thick wrap. The width and length of the lace edge should be suitable for the cake. Draw with chocolate, let it harden a little (the chocolate should remain plastic, but not drip). Cover the cake with honey and wrap it in a foil with chocolate lace, lightly pressing the chocolate to the sides of the cake. Let the chocolate lace harden in the refrigerator and gently peel off the wrap.

Caramel jewelry.Liquid caramel is an excellent material for creating any decorative elements. Apply an Easter-themed drawing (letters XB, a dove, or a dome of a church) to the parchment, prepare a caramel and circle it around the drawing using a simple teaspoon.

Colored coconut flakes. You can make sprinkles of any color from white coconut flakes using dyes. Just dissolve the dye in a little water and soak the shavings, let them dry completely, and decorate your Easter baked goods on top of the icing.

Walnut kozinaki. From nuts and caramel, you can easily make kozinaki, with pieces of which you can beautifully decorate the sides and top of the cake.

Rice balls and nuts in chocolate. In combination with other decorative elements and glaze, the balls can perfectly decorate the Easter cake. How exactly is a matter of creativity.

Candied citrus wedges. They are quite beautiful in themselves and, in combination with ribbons, chocolate, spices, will decorate your baked goods.

I greet you today and will gladly continue to develop the Easter theme. Moreover, there are so many interesting topics in it. They begin to prepare for this bright holiday in advance, create,. And the day before the holiday, the baking of Easter cakes and the creation of Easter begins. And each housewife is in search of the very recipe that tastes better than the rest.

Of course, delicious and aromatic pastries are already half the success, but for the holiday they also want to decorate them. And the puzzle begins - how and how to spread and sprinkle it on the top of the cake. And everything is very simple, read below, I will tell you about very affordable and beautiful options. We simply forget about some of them, although they are very suitable for festive decoration.

Whipped protein cream is one of the most traditional and widely used options for decorating the cake head. It is quite simple to manufacture, and experienced housewives have already found the nuances, subject to which the cream will be ideal. You can use not only protein, but others. But in my childhood they did just that. Mom whipped the whites, decorated the pastries, and gave the leftovers from the sides of the ladle to us. We licked these spoons until they shine!

But, not everyone succeeds in this simple cream, so I will give the basic rules for whipping proteins.

1. Clean and completely dry dishes.
2. The eggs should be cold.
3. If the cream is not immediately applied immediately after cooking, it will settle.

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

It is prepared very simply. The eggs are divided into whites and yolks.

Put the bowl in which you put the proteins in the refrigerator for 20 minutes, it should be cold, only then start cooking.

Beat only the whites for 20 seconds, then add the powder in a teaspoon. Beat the sugar mixture for 2 minutes.
Then pour in 1 tsp. lemon juice and now beat the cream until nice peaks. This will take another 6 to 11 minutes.

Let the baked goods cool before decorating, otherwise any cream, at least, will begin to flow on the sides.

All the lush protein mass must be used, the next day it will no longer be so airy, because it will simply settle and dry out.

You can use absolutely any cream, for example, beautiful flowers are obtained from butter.

This Easter must be kept in the refrigerator, and the oil can be replaced with one that also keeps its shape well, but not as fatty and high-calorie as butter.

Home decor with chocolate

Chocolate decoration is also always in use. It looks very beautiful in contrast to powdered sugar or white chocolate. You can also make chocolate letters or lines over the glossy white frosting!

Most often, they just take a bar of milk chocolate, break it and melt it in a water bath. And then, when all the pieces melt completely, they begin the design process. You can just cover the top of the baked goods instead of icing, or you can think of a design.

For example, I really love the idea of \u200b\u200bdark sweet letters on a white protein cream.

Or I also want to give you a delicious basket idea using a stencil and a chocolate mixture.

For this, we prepare a stencil. To do this, you can use tracing paper or parchment paper. We measure our bead around the circumference and cut a strip of the same length, 4 centimeters wide.

Now comes the hardest part. Pour chocolate into a bag, tie the edge well and cut off the cellophane tip at the corner. We begin to draw chocolate paths according to the template. This must be done quickly so that the mixture does not cool down.

To make the strip come off well, you can first grease it a little with oil, and then apply chocolate.

Making icing for cake

The protein cream starts to crumble when you cut the paste. And a lot of this crumb is then thrown away. Today I want to give you a recipe for also white glaze, but without using eggs and it does not crumble at all. The secret is the lack of protein and the addition of gelatin.

• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 tsp gelatin
• 6 tbsp water
• Lemon juice

Pour gelatin with 2 tablespoons. water and leave to swell.

Then pour sugar into the container, fill it with 4 tablespoons of water. And you until the sugar dissolves.

Remove the hot mass from the heat.

We spread the swollen gelatin and mix.

Then beat with a mixer at maximum speed for 4-5 minutes, until the mass turns white.

Now we squeeze a couple of drops of lemon juice into this mixture, you can replace it with an orange or grapefruit or a dye.

Now beat for another thirty seconds and you're done.

It easily falls on the surface and is squeezed out of the pastry syringe.

You can also add any dyes to this glaze.

This should be done at the stage of adding gelatin. Then the paint will mix well with the whole mass.

Ideas for decorating treats through a stencil

I started my way in baking design with this method. And I still think it is the simplest and most favorite.

This decoration option consists in the fact that a stencil is laid out on the surface of the baking, on which a mass contrasting with the coating is laid.

It turns out very beautifully when large lace is laid on top of the chocolate and powdered sugar is sprinkled on top. You can do the opposite, and pour cocoa or colored sugar on a white glossy surface.

I cut out my stencils with a clerical knife from paper and tea packs. But, if you have a large drawing, then it is better to choose a landscape sheet. It is easier to apply on an uneven, for example, rounded surface than a cardboard blank.

And I also give a couple of templates that are suitable for a Bright holiday.

For example, such letters that are always used on this day.

The hare in the egg is a very symbolic picture. And for a wide Easter cake it will be very appropriate.

They do not contain many details and are easy to cut.

How to decorate the cake on top without squirrel?

Many people are afraid to use raw eggs for food. I recently also began to relate to this category of people, so let's figure out what other design might be suitable.

My dear ones, for those with a sweet tooth, condensed milk would be an excellent option. The usual gostovsky must be applied in a thin layer, and the boiled one can be thicker, it is not as liquid as the usual one. Or use the icing I mentioned above, or melted chocolate.

Ok, we have prepared the base, now we want to add some bright colors! And we run to the store for dried fruits, candied fruits, nuts and MMDs.

Yes, my dear various kernels in bright glaze, gummies and small biscuits are all we need.

For those who value naturalness and healthiness, it is better to take candied papaya, mango and pineapple.

You can add nuts or dried fruits to them, such as dates, figs, or prunes with raisins.

But more often, dried fruits go into the dough itself than for external decoration.

Making decor with marshmallow mastic

Gorgeous flowers, figures and patterns are obtained from mastic. But it is not so easy to make real mastic or marzipan at home. I'll show you how you can knead such a delicious dough for decorating with marshmallows with your own hands, in the store it is called marshmallows.

Watch a detailed video, where a wonderful hostess shows and tells everything in a very accessible way.

I think that the very process of creating such a multi-colored jewelry will greatly inspire you!

See what decoration is made of mastic: flowers, ornaments. And I love the idea where one item is cut out.

It turns out very harmoniously and without unnecessary details.

Simple ideas with coconut flakes and pastry topping

In our childhood, mothers and grandmothers used only purchased confectionery sprinkles or colored sugar. Now, in addition to the fact that there are different forms of sprinkling, you can also pick it up by color. If you want, take a multi-colored one, but you want in one tone.

Often it is simply sprinkled over the top of the baked goods, trying to do this very evenly.

But we have always drawn with her the two main letters of the holiday XB, which mean "Christ is Risen."

Of course, you cannot write a complete transcript on a kulich, but an abbreviated one is definitely possible. Now, if we have a chocolate cake, we make the letters with coconut chips so that they are clearly visible.

How to decorate Easter cake with dough?

You can decorate with dough not only the top of the cake, but also the sides. Especially if they are not very even.

For the top, you can make roses and leaves. For example, let's roll out the usual dough, you can not yeast.

Cut 5 circles out of it with a glass. We put them in one line so that the edge of the next one is on the previous one and we fold it into a roll.

We cut it in half and finish the design of the flowers.

So that during baking the roses do not fly off, we will put them on toothpicks. And we will send the baked goods to the oven until fully cooked.

But you can also make an unusual edging from Easter. To do this, we also roll out a layer from an ordinary dough, take a long lace, put it on the layer and begin to roll out the fabric with a rolling pin.

This will transfer her pattern to the dough.

Now we will remove the lace and cut the pattern along the edges.

We transfer our beautiful preparation to a baking sheet and dry it a little in the oven, for five minutes at 180 degrees. This is necessary for the dough to start keeping its shape.

Then we take it out of the oven and wrap the cake. We also hold the edges with toothpicks.

Now you need to bake this structure for 20 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees.

Strawberry berry decoration

And also very modern berry design. For example, use strawberries. Of course, we will not take out frozen foods, because they will melt, release a lot of liquid and juice and thus spoil the appearance of the baked goods. So let's take some fresh strawberries. Moreover, it is sold now at any time of the year in hypermarkets.

To add sweetness, the berry can be dipped in chocolate.

Combined with strawberries, the cookies look very natural. Its bright color immediately inspires and reminds of summer and warmth.

My dear! I have already found several options for myself that I will embody this Easter. And how do you decorate Easter cakes? Your ideas and wishes are very interesting!

The main dish for Easter is, of course, Easter cake. There are a thousand recipes, and still, each housewife prepares it in her own way.

More of these recipes can only be the number of options for decorating the cake.

Thanks to a large assortment of confectionery decorations, making Easter cake can turn into an exciting activity for mothers and children.

I offer you some ideas for inspiration and master classes on decorating cakes.

Painted Easter cakes

It all depends on your talent - you can create whole pictures, or you can add a few traditional details: willow or lily of the valley branches, apple flowers, simple patterns.

Flower cakes

Now there are a lot of ready-made flower decorations on sale, waffle, sugar and chocolate, but you can try to make flowers yourself, for example, from marzipan.

Flowers can even be alive: chamomile, lilies of the valley, daffodils, violets, willow twigs.

Easter cakes with domes

Easter cakes in the form of churches with domes look very original.

Easter cakes with berries

Little cakes

Little cakes will definitely appeal to children, and it is also convenient to give them to friends and family for Easter.

Attention to detail

Lace, ribbons, bows and various figures will make your Easter cake the most original and unique!

Composition:

For the test:

• Milk - 0.5 l.
• Flour - 1 kg
• Yolks - 5 pcs.
• Draining. oil - 250 gr
• Sugar - 0.5 kg
• Raisins - 150 gr
• Yeast - 50g (wet)
• Vanillin

For fondant:

• Protein - 2 pcs
• Sugar - 1 tbsp.
• Beet juice
• Carrot juice
• Cocoa

Preparation:

Add yeast and 2 tablespoons to a glass of warm milk. flour. Stir and let the yeast sit. Then add butter and 2 tbsp. l. sugar, mix everything and place.

Add everything according to the recipe, mix well and in a warm place to suit well.

Knead again and place the dough in oiled tins on half of the mold. Allow to come up and place in a preheated oven.

Bake at 200-220 degrees until golden brown.

Willingness to check by piercing the cake with a stick. Allow to cool and carefully remove the cake from the mold. Beat the whites and sugar until stiff. For painting, mix small pieces of fondant with beet juice, carrot juice and cocoa. Brush the top of the cake with white fondant.

Then drip colored glaze onto the white fondant.

Draw the stains with a stick.

It is beautiful to decorate from above.

Our Easter "Painted cakes" are ready!

Good and bright Sunday to you!

More options

Beat the whites and sugar until stiff. Mix small parts of the whipped proteins with cocoa, spinach broth, turmeric.

Lubricate the tops of the cakes with white fondant and drip colored fondants on top.

Use a stick (toothpick) to make beautiful stains.

Here is one of the options we got.

Another option for painting.

On top of the painting, you can decorate with mastic flowers or colored sprinkles.

There are several more options for decorating the Easter cake.

Preparing the powder yourself

In addition to the confectionery powder, which is made from hard glaze, colored coconut flakes, colored sugar, semolina and even millet are used as a powder for Easter cakes. You can buy powder not only before Easter, but also at any other time. It is stored for a long time, and in a cool dry place, the excess can remain until the next year. Preparing the powder yourself is also not difficult. This will require food paint and base. At home, semolina is best, but, of course, sugar powder will be tastier.

Egg paint gives bright and saturated colors. You need very little of it, so you can use the leftovers. But if vinegar has been added to the paint, it will not work for making powder. Semolina or sugar is placed in cold paint for a few seconds and dried on paper. After drying, large lumps can be broken into which cereals and sugar soaked in paint stick together.

Usually the colored powder is mixed, or it is already sold in mixed form. But coconut flakes, for example, are packaged in separate colors. You can decorate the cake in an original way if you apply the powder in strips or concentric circles. You can also cut out a stencil with XB letters and simple patterns and apply powder through the stencil, letters and patterns in one color, the background in another.

Traditionally it is decorated with the letters "ХВ". This is an abbreviation for the Easter greeting "Christ is Risen!" Letters can be laid out with pieces of finely chopped fruit, raisins, dried apricots ... Used for inscriptions and candied fruit (usually flat and multi-colored). And the letters "ХВ" are molded from dough. And when the cake is ready, sprinkle it with powdered sugar, and highlight the letters with bright sprinkling (culinary beads, for example), chocolate.

Glaze. Decorating cakes with icing is a very common way to give them a festive, beautiful look. A glaze is prepared from egg white and sugar (or powdered sugar), which are thoroughly whipped until thick foam.

Icing for cake

Ingredients:
1-2 egg whites
0.5 cups powdered sugar
1 tbsp. a spoonful of lemon juice.

Preparation
The protein should be refrigerated. Beat it with a mixer. Start the process at the first speed, gradually increase it. To understand that whipping is enough, you can turn the bowl of protein upside down - the protein should not pour out. When the required consistency is reached, start gradually, in a teaspoon, adding powdered sugar sifted through a sieve. Finish with lemon juice and beat for another 10 seconds. Apply the finished glaze to hot cakes - then it will fit snugly, and is unlikely to crumble. Another way to give additional "strength" to the glaze is to put the cakes for a minute in the oven heated to 100-120 ° C.

Glaze is a wonderful decoration in itself. However, you can add (sprinkle) nuts, dried fruits, grated chocolate, multi-colored confectionery beads to it. Again, you can lay out the letters "XB" from the fruit. And you can just write these letters with glaze. There are many options. Kulich is a holiday treat, so get creative! Often, yolk is applied to the finished kulich to give it an appetizing shine and sprinkle with powdered sugar or bright sprinkles. A symbol of faith, a cross, is sculpted from the dough and glazed. Can be used for decoration (already on top of the glaze), for example, waffle flowers, flowers from culinary mastic.

Sugar Pastry for Flowers and Other Decorations

Ingredients:
250 g icing sugar
2 tsp powder gelatin,
6 tsp water,
1 tsp glucose.

Preparation
Sift the icing sugar. Pour it into a bowl. Take another bowl (small) and place the gelatin in it. Sprinkle it with water, let it swell for 2-3 minutes. Then place the bowl of gelatin in a water bath and dissolve, stirring gently. Immediately after dissolving the gelatin, pour in the glucose. The resulting liquid should be more or less transparent. Next, make a hole in the icing sugar and pour the mixture of gelatin and glucose into it. Stir well, using a knife, chopping movements. Then place the mastic in a plastic bag and the bag in an airtight container. Leave for 3-4 hours at room temperature. After that, you can sculpt flowers and other decorations from mastic.

Here's how to mold roses from mastic, for example. To begin with, using food coloring, tint the mastic in pink, green, scarlet, yellow and other colors. Leave some white mastic as well. Place the colored mastic pieces in a plastic bag to keep them soft and pliable. Use it in small portions.

From a small piece of mass, mold a "carrot" and place it on a table or board. After that, roll balls of the same size from the tinted mass - future rose petals. Mash the first ball with a teaspoon on a table dusted with powdered sugar, then use your hands to shape it into a petal. Make the petal thinner on one edge, thicker on the opposite. Then slightly moisten the lower part of the petal with water and wrap it around the "carrot", thereby making the ovary of the flower. From the second ball, mold the next petal. Moisten the bottom at the base of the petal again and screw it onto the workpiece so that the middle of the second petal covers the "seam" of the first petal. Glue the third petal and bend it from the middle to the side. So make 5-6 petals.

Let the finished flowers dry for 5-6 hours. The petals should be made as thin as possible towards the edges and thicker at the base! If an extra mass of glaze has formed on the bottom of the flower, it can be cut off with scissors.

Then you need to prepare the leaves for the flowers. Form "carrots" from 3-4 green balls (can be of different sizes). With two thumbs, press down the middle of the carrot and shape it into a leaf. Then with a knife in the center of the sheet, and then obliquely, apply veins. You can give the leaf any shape and bend it the way you like. Dry. When flowers and leaves are ready, they are collected in a bouquet. Attach from 2 to 3 leaves to one flower.

The Easter cake should be served on a large plate, on which painted eggs can be laid out around the perimeter (we will talk more about it). But there is another option: with fruit. To do this, lay out the kiwi with chamomile, and in the center place a mixture of nuts, prunes, fresh berries, chopped orange slices. On the resulting fruit base, place the cake, decorated in the same style: fresh fruit on top of the glaze.

Easter glaze and decorative dusting

But they came up with a modern way of decorating Easter cakes, although in reality Easter glaze is the same sugar, only in the form of powder, with the addition of citric acid and starch (for better whipping and thickening). You need to add egg white to the glaze in powder form and beat with a mixer, whisk quickly and hardens better than just proteins with sugar.

Apply the icing to the tops of the cakes with a brush or spoon and wait a couple of minutes. Because if you sprinkle with sprinkling at once, it will get wet and melt.

And in a few minutes, when the icing on the cakes dries up, but does not harden - do not miss it, the sprinkling will simply crumble from the frozen glaze!) - decorate with multi-colored sugar sprinkles.
And there are so many types of sprinkles - round, and long, and asterisks, and different colors! Entrust the work of sprinkling cakes with sprinkling to children - they really like this business! True, some of the sprinkling is eaten :)

But look at how else you can elegantly paint Easter cakes using ordinary glaze and natural dyes!

Candied fruits, sugar beads and sugar figurines

You can decorate Easter cakes not with sprinkles, but with multi-colored candied fruits. It looks very nice, but candied fruits are large and hard, therefore it is better not to give them to small children.

Pasches decorated with sugar mastic figurines also look very original and beautiful - for example, such cute chickens. But, to be honest, you can't chew these figures ...

And sugar beads, shiny, gold and silver - although they are very beautiful, I do not recommend taking them for decoration! They are good only to look at, but the taste is very hard and absolutely unbreakable. And even dangerous for babies. So we'd better take ...

Sugar pencils!

An ingenious invention !!! Well done, the pastry chef who invented them! The process of decorating baked goods - cakes, muffins, cookies - turns into creativity! You can draw whatever patterns you want, leaves, flowers, put specks - paint the paste like a paint! The set includes three pencils of different colors - red, green and yellow. It is very exciting to paint cakes with them with the whole family! Give the kids one cake for decoration, and let them paint as they want!

Dough decoration

Two types of dough decorations

Decorations are laid out on top of the cake before baking, or glued to an already baked cake with raw protein. Decorations can be made from the same dough from which the cake is made, or from another, less amenable to deformation during baking. Braids are made of dough, flowers are made, letters and crosses are laid out.

If the cake is baked with decorations, grease the top with a beaten egg or vegetable oil to make it look beautiful. But this is optional. Then, after baking, the top of the cake can be poured with sugar syrup and even a fine powder can be applied over the syrup. Cover the gaps between the decorations with glaze, glue the nuts and candied fruits with squirrel.

For jewelry from butter dough:
150 gr. flour,
30 gr. margarine,
1 tbsp. l. sour cream,
20 gr. Sahara,
1 egg.

Perhaps you will be quite satisfied that the jewelry will have a crispy golden crust and the same color as the whole cake. Then the decorations can be made from the same dough from which the cake is prepared. Well, if you still want them to contrast in color, take on one more decoration tip, you can make it from yeast, but not butter dough. Gently, the prepared decorations are laid out on the already distant dough, smeared with an egg suspension, and the cake is sent for baking.

Of course, there is no comrade in taste and color. I like working with a special dough more, then the decorations are more airy and graceful. Ready-made decorations are placed on the hot surface of the baked cake. Since they turn out to be very thin in comparison with decorations made from yeast dough, it is enough to place the decor attached to the cake in a hot oven for a few minutes to fix it and create a light shade.

Simple dough- Flour, salt and water, knead dough and make decorations.

Mk roses

These are blanks for spikelets:

This is how they need to be cut with scissors:

Cut out different flowers and leaves on the rolled dough:

For roses, you can use special grooves and collect them according to the type of mastic:

These are the blanks you can make while the cake fits:

The bright, kind, historically significant Easter holiday simply cannot be ignored. Every Christian family in all corners of the globe prepares for this day with trepidation. It is necessary to prepare not only delicious treats, but also decorate the house and prepare gifts for loved ones. That's just about all this we will talk with you today.

How to decorate Easter with your own hands

Strawberry wedges lined up at the base, a little sprinkling at the very top and a delicate mint leaf - a small set of jewelry that can work wonders.

Ordinary culinary beads are fine for a clean design. You can decide on the color yourself, just like with the picture. This can be a chaotic arrangement of curved lines or simple letters XB, as in the photo below.

Candied fruits, fresh fruit, and even thinly sliced \u200b\u200balmonds are suitable for decoration. Lay out any fruits that are contrasting in color with, at the base, stick a mint leaf on top, and decorate the sides of the curd mass with almonds. Simple and original. The mint leaf can be replaced with decorative butterflies, which you can easily find on store shelves.

You can not be limited only by the appearance of Easter, go ahead and think over the filling. A slice of mango placed in the center of the curd mold will look very original in cut. Top with a little melted chocolate and almond shavings. Especially creative people can decorate the dish itself, on which Easter will be located. This is very unusual and, importantly, delicious!

How to decorate Easter cakes with your own hands

Decorating an Easter cake is a delicate matter that requires a creative approach. The main thing here is to observe the fine line between luxury and luridness. If until today you have not noticed any notes of creative impulses, then it is better to stick to the minimalist style or follow our recommendations.

Don't have enough time for decorations? Then you can go to any grocery store that sells sprinkles, dyes and pastry syringes. Having purchased everything you need, that the eye liked, just pour the cake with icing, collect the letters ХВ (which means Christ is Risen) with edible beads and ... that's it. Easter cake is ready!

However, if you have enough time to decorate the cake, here you can embark on a fabulous creative flight. Mastic alone is worth something, that they just do not make of it. Here are wonderful chickens grazing on the grass, made with skillful handles from the same edible plasticine.

Another example of a non-standard approach to decorating Easter cakes. Delicate blue cream with silver sprinkles and flowers. A laconic approach, which in this case played a positive role.

Even the simplest cake, covered with chocolate glaze and sprinkled with crushed nuts, looks unusual and appetizing.
What about the peaks from the well-known meringue? It is done very quickly, but how airy and original!

Fun, joy, spring - all these thoughts evoke just one look at the cake, decorated with candied fruits and dressed in a bright ribbon.

How to make frosting

Classic glaze

• 2 egg whites;
• 250 g icing sugar;
• some salt.

1. Whisk the pre-cooled egg whites with salt on high speed.
2. Without turning off the mixer, start gradually adding the icing sugar.
3. After all the ingredients are in the bowl, keep beating for about four more minutes.
4. Spread a stable mass over slightly cooled cakes.

Protein-free glaze

• powdered sugar;
• lemon juice.

1. Gradually pour the lemon juice into the powdered sugar poured into the container.
2. Stir the resulting mass thoroughly until no lumps remain.

The mass sets very quickly, therefore, when applying it to Easter cakes, you cannot hesitate.

Glaze with chocolate

• 100 g of chocolate (white or dark - optional);
• 150 g icing sugar;
• a teaspoon of potato starch;
• 50 g butter;
• 4 spoons of cocoa;
• 7 spoons of milk.

1. Combine the powder with milk and bring to a boil over low heat.
2. Without removing the mass from the stove, add the chocolate slices and butter (for convenience, you can grate the chocolate on a fine grater).
3. While stirring the mixture, wait until the chocolate is completely melted.
4. Add remaining ingredients and stir to avoid lumps.
5. As soon as the composition cools down a little, apply it to the finished cakes.

The glaze is applicable not only to Easter cakes, but also to cottage cheese Easter.

How to make Easter sprinkles

You can buy sprinkles at the nearest supermarket, or prepare it yourself, especially since it is quite simple to do.

• 3 eggs;
• 450 g of powder;
• 7 drops of lemon juice;
• food coloring.

1. Separate the whites and yolks. For work, only the first are required.
2. Combine whites, powder and lemon juice in a separate bowl.
3. Whisk on a slow speed for 10 minutes. The composition should be dense, but with dropping peaks after the rim is lifted.
4. Depending on how many sprinkling colors you will make - divide the mass into portions. Those. if the color consists of 5 colors, then 5 servings are needed.
5. Add your own dye to each of the masses and mix thoroughly.
6. Using a small cornet, squeeze long, thin colored stripes onto a pre-wrapped plastic board.
7. Let the strips solidify completely.
8. After that, roll up the plastic and crumble the dried strips with your hands.

Voila! The sprinkling is ready! You can start decorating your prepared meals.

How to decorate a house and a plot for Easter with your own hands

Let's start with the door. After all, it is through it that guests will pass, which means it will be the first thing to pay attention to. An excellent choice would be a homemade wreath made of fresh flowers. It is better not to use artificial ones, as these are “dead” things, and Easter is life.

To prepare your yard for Easter, just hang beautifully decorated eggs on the trees. Looks original and elegant.

The general atmosphere in the house should be filled with bright colors, light and symbols dedicated to the holiday. These can be rabbits, fresh spring flowers, chickens, etc.

How to decorate a room for Easter with your own hands

Decorating a room is no different than decorating a home. The same rules apply as for other locations. Arrange homemade souvenirs harmoniously, you can hang a small flower wreath on the door. Burning candles will be an excellent addition, which will add comfort and romance to the evening. It will also help burn off bad energy in the room. Fresh flowers in vases are also welcome.

How to decorate a fireplace for Easter

The fireplace can be hung with various Easter decorations, which are either made on their own or bought. Put massive candles inside that can be lit in the evenings. Wicker baskets standing on the fireplace look original, in which knitted hens with eggs and chickens sit. Ribbons, bows and other bright decorative elements in a harmonious combination will delight your guests and create a cozy holiday atmosphere.

How to decorate a table for Easter

The decoration of the Easter table can be the Zubyanka plant sown in a small pot. The latter can also be decorated.

In general, special attention should be paid to the table, since it is at it that the whole family will gather to break the fast. To beautifully decorate the table for Easter, ordinary colors and symbols of the holiday are enough. The original serving of the dishes also does not hurt. Here are some great ideas for preparing a festive table.

How to make a candy bunny for Easter

Homemade candy bunnies can become an original decoration and gift. Needless to say, kids will be especially delighted with such a present.

• Glue the sides of the souvenir together by securing them with glue. Do not forget to secure the "filling" more securely.

Everything, the Easter bunny is ready.

How to make cookies for Easter

The ingredients are calculated for 25 pieces of cookies.

• 25 canned apricot halves
• 100 g butter
• 250 g flour
• 6 tablespoons of sugar
• 180 g icing sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 spoon of milk
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice

1. Beat the softened butter with a sugar mixer.
2. Without turning off the mixer, add the egg and milk.
3. Add sifted flour and knead to a tender soft dough.
4. Sprinkle a little flour on the table and roll out the dough so that its thickness is 5 mm.
5. With a glass, "cut" circles from the dough, 6 cm in diameter.
6. Bake the cookies on parchment at 180 ° for about 10 minutes.

While the cookies are cooling, prepare the frosting and decoration.

1. Spread the apricot halves on a paper napkin so that all the liquid is gone.
2. Rub the powdered sugar with lemon juice.
3. When the cookies are slightly warm, brush them with the cooked icing, and place half of the apricot exactly in the center, pressing lightly on it.

As soon as the mass on the cookies hardens - the treat is ready!

How to decorate a basket for Easter with your own hands

Before you put your Easter eggs in a basket, you need to decorate the basket for a festive occasion.

• An excellent option for decorating a basket is flowers. They will revive the image, make it light and airy.

• A beautiful ornament laid out on a piece of fabric and made with the use of branches and eggs looks quite original.

• In general, the basket can be decorated as you wish. Get creative. Even the most ordinary ribbon can serve as a wonderful decoration for an Easter basket, the main thing is to tie it correctly.

How to make a DIY Easter card

A simple Easter card that can be done in a couple of minutes. A detailed master class that does not require comments.

What you need:

• tracing paper;
• colored adhesive tape;
• thick paper for postcards;
• a piece of paper;
• felt-tip pen;
• scissors and a couple of minutes of free time.

Finally, a video that presents interesting ideas for Easter souvenirs. See, be inspired, create!

With the approach of the great holiday Easter of the Lord, hostesses begin to think about recipes for cakes, and, you see, there are a huge number of them - from economical to more expensive products. But no matter what recipe you choose, the cake should definitely be tasty, aromatic and beautiful.

I would like to pay special attention to the topic easter cakes decoration... After all, it is important not only to prepare a delicious cake, but also to decorate it with dignity and taste. In addition, it is believed that the decoration of the cake symbolizes the pure thoughts of people who break bread together, renewal and purification.

When do you need to start decorating the Easter cake? Definitely, the cake should be decorated only after it has cooled down. Please note that the cake should be cooled according to certain rules: slowly and rather carefully. It will be correct to wrap only baked cakes in something and leave to cool in this way for 3-4 hours. Only then unfold the cakes, decorate and send them for storage until the holiday, for example, in a saucepan.

How are Easter cakes most often decorated? It is easier for someone to buy a decoration for an Easter cake, but why not decorate the cake in some unusual and unforgettable way? We offer the following options for decorating Easter cakes:

• decorating Easter cakes with powdered sugar
• decorating Easter cakes from dough
• decorating Easter cakes with mastic
• icing for Easter cakes

- lean icing-fudge made from powdered sugar and lemon juice
- berry icing for Easter cakes
- chocolate icing for Easter cakes
- chocolate-creamy icing for Easter cakes
- chocolate icing for Easter cakes
- icing with rum for Easter cakes
- egg yolk frosting for Easter cakes

DECORATION OF EASTER CLUSTERS WITH POWDER SUGAR

The easiest, fastest and cheapest way to decorate an Easter cake is to buy powdered sugar and, using a fine strainer, scatter evenly over the entire surface of the cooled Easter cake. The white color of the powder perfectly sets off the ruddy cake and makes it more beautiful and appetizing.

DECORATION OF EASTER CLUBS FROM Dough

Why not decorate the cakes with dough? Leave a little dough and think of how you will put it on top of the cake. It can be a single drawing of a cross, flowers or letters, often “XB”. Easter cake looks very nice with dough decoration in the form of braids, petals and leaves, dough spirals. When baking Easter cake, you will see how a beautiful and harmonious pattern is formed.

For decoration, you can use the same dough from which you will bake the cake, or another. The cake dough decoration can be baked together with the cake, or separately. If you bake a cake with a dough decoration, you can brush it with egg yolk or vegetable oil. After baking, such cake can be poured with syrup or decorated with confectionery powder, nuts, candied fruits. If you bake cake and dough separately, then attach the decoration to the cake using egg white. Here you can get creative and color the dough for decoration. Note that the decoration should be made small, as after baking it will increase significantly in size.

For example, let's prepare a dough decoration in the form of the letters "ХВ" We use the same dough as for the cake. We take a small piece, roll it into a ball, form a sausage, from which we spread letters on top of the cake. Pre-grease the letters with egg yolk so that they stick well on the kulich. We grease the cake itself with the same yolk. After the cake with the letters is baked, you can arrange it to your taste - sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar, and leave the letters intact, or vice versa - sprinkle the letters, but not the cake. Easter cake will also look beautiful if you pour the letters on it with chocolate icing or decorate them with confectionery powder.

Many hostesses have long been familiar with mastic. It can be bought ready-made or. We are accustomed to seeing mastic on cakes, cookies and muffins, but mastic on an Easter kulich will look no less colorful and appetizing. The main thing is to acquire tasty and elastic mastic and you can easily arrange an original Easter cake. To do this, you need to roll the mastic into a layer, and then cut out the figures. Housewives who do not yet have experience in sculpting from mastic can start by cutting out flowers, hearts and other elements using ordinary cookie cutters. People who know how to handle mastic and have a lot of experience in this can create real culinary masterpieces. Observing the theme, you can create a voluminous decor in the form of flowers, birds, Easter eggs.

To make homemade mastic, you will need: 200 g marshmallows (chewing marshmallows), 500 g icing sugar.

How to make homemade mastic. We send the marshmallows into a small saucepan and bring it to full softness in a water bath (or use a microwave oven). You will see how the marshmallow will visually increase in volume, and when touched, it will strongly stick, deform and fall off. Mix soft marshmallows with 300 g of powdered sugar, mix and put the resulting mass on the table. Gradually add the remaining icing sugar and knead the mass like a regular dough. The mastic will be ready when it stops sticking to your hands. Then you can start sculpting figures from mastic.

Easter cakes icing is an affordable treat. In this addition, Easter cakes look especially beautiful and delicate. Moreover, glaze is not only beautiful, but also necessary - thanks to glaze, Easter cakes stay so fresh, soft and tasty longer. Let's consider several glaze options.

PERMANENT POWDER GLAZE AND LEMON JUICE

An equally difficult way to decorate an Easter cake is to pour it with fondant icing made from freshly squeezed lemon juice and powdered sugar. Why is this frosting considered lean? Because there are no eggs in its composition. This is a pretty quick way to decorate Easter cakes.

To make a lean icing with powdered sugar and lemon juice, you will need: 1 tbsp. powdered sugar, 5-6 tbsp. lemon juice.

How to make a lean fudge icing with powdered sugar and lemon juice. Everything is quite simple - you just need to combine both ingredients in a deep bowl and slowly but thoroughly mix until a homogeneous thick and viscous mass. Usually, 1 lemon is enough for such a portion, but lemons are different, so you need to look at the situation. You can also substitute lemon juice for other citrus fruits. Or why not use grated berries from the freezer in addition to or instead of lemon juice. Of course, the color of the fondant frosting will change, but the taste will not deteriorate unambiguously.

The glaze will amaze you with its delicate color and pleasant berry flavor.

To make icing for Easter cakes, you will need: 1 tbsp. powdered sugar, 4-5 tbsp. natural juice of berries.

How to make icing for Easter cakes... Pour natural berry juice (homemade, not diluted) into a bowl with powdered sugar. We grind and monitor the consistency. The mass should not turn out lumpy, but resemble thick sour cream. The color of the glaze is obtained in pastel shades, even despite the rich color of the juice used. If you want a brighter glaze color, use food coloring.

Do you like chocolate? Decorate the Easter cakes with chocolate icing. Nothing new or unusual, but it is definitely delicious!

To make chocolate icing for Easter cakes, you will need: 200 g sugar, 4 tablespoons cocoa, 120 ml of water, 100 g of butter.

How to make chocolate icing for Easter cakes... Melt the butter in a small ladle. Add cocoa, sugar, mix and pour in water. Cook over low heat until lightly thickened and remove from heat. After the frosting has cooled, it will become much thicker. For aroma, you can add a little vanilla or orange juice.

CHOCOLATE CREAM GLAZE FOR EASTER CREWS

Amazing icing for cakes - with a certain sourness, not sugary, of a beautiful consistency. It will take a little of your time - and the result will pay off!

To make chocolate-creamy Easter cakes icing, you will need: 1 tbsp. sugar, 4 tablespoons heavy cream, 100 g butter, 6 tbsp. cocoa.

How to make chocolate creamy icing for Easter cakes. We send a ladle of butter to a slow fire, melt it, add sugar, cocoa, mix and add sour cream (preferably homemade country). Stir constantly, boil the mass until thickened.

Perhaps this is one of the easiest ways to decorate Easter cakes. The chocolate glaze is prepared with just two ingredients and in just a few minutes.

To make the Easter Cakes Chocolate Frosting, you will need: 100 g of chocolate (black milk or white), 30 ml of heavy cream.

How to make chocolate icing for Easter cakes... We send a ladle of cream on a slow fire, break the chocolate there and, stirring constantly, bring the mass to homogeneity.

Make an awesome flavorful rum cake frosting.

To make the rum frosting, you will need: 0.5 tbsp. powdered sugar, 1.5 tbsp. rum, 0.5 tbsp. hot water.

How to make rum frosting. Sift the icing sugar into a small bowl, pour in the rum and hot water. Rub the mass thoroughly with a spoon. The glaze is ready, you can cover the cooled cakes with it.

We are all used to hearing about protein icing for cakes, but there is also an equally good recipe for egg yolk icing.

To make the egg yolk frosting, you need: 5 egg yolks, 1.5 tbsp. powdered sugar, 3-4 tbsp. orange fresh juice.

How to make egg yolk frosting... We send egg yolks into a bowl, pour in freshly squeezed orange juice and beat with a blender until a stable foam forms. Separately sift the icing sugar and gradually add to the egg-orange mass. Mix thoroughly until smooth. Cover the cakes with the resulting glaze and send them to the oven to dry at a temperature of 100 degrees.

Toffee Glaze For Easter Coughs

Do you like toffee? Do not eat them all at once, save for the icing for the cakes.

To make the toffee frosting, you need: 400 g hard toffee, 80 g butter, 0.5 tbsp. milk, 2-4 tbsp. icing sugar.

How to make butterscotch frosting... We send a small saucepan with butter to the fire, melt it and pour in the milk. Heat, then add toffee, add powdered sugar. Cook the mass over low heat, stirring constantly, until the candies are completely dissolved. Apply the finished icing to the cake in several layers.

1. Any glaze should be of medium consistency - not liquid or thick. In consistency, it should resemble sour cream. Then the glaze is well applied to the cake, does not run off, does not take in lumps and does not crack. If you followed the recipe and your frosting is too thick, add 1 tsp. hot water, if too rare - a spoonful of powdered sugar.
2. For the icing, it is better to use the icing sugar that you have prepared, be sure to sift it before adding to the rest of the ingredients.
3. Lemon juice is often added to the glaze, it should be used freshly squeezed. Lemon juice can be used as a substitute for water or added for flavor. Lemon gives the glaze an incredible aroma and taste.
4. The glaze can be prepared either separately from egg whites or from egg yolks. Glaze with proteins is more often used to cover Easter cakes, and it is also ideal for applying patterns. As for the yolk glaze, it has a pleasant yellowish tint. Such glaze must be dried in the oven at a temperature of 100 degrees.
5. You can diversify the glaze and change its color. Many people use food coloring for this purpose. There is nothing wrong with that, of course, but remember that you can use natural colors, for example, use turmeric, beet juice, or simply add a little raspberry jam to the icing.
6. It is more convenient to apply liquid icing on cakes with a culinary brush. Painting glaze is applied using a pastry syringe. By the way, if you don't have one, you can use a regular disposable syringe.
7. Your Easter cakes will look especially beautiful and original if you apply icing not only on top of the cake, but also on the sides. To do this, put the cooled cake on its side, make patterns, wait until the icing dries, and then do the same on the other side of the cake.
8. If you plan to sprinkle confectionery powder on top of the glaze, “seat” ready-made figurines or decorative beads, do it directly on the freshly applied glaze, otherwise it will harden and your jewelry will not stick to the glaze.
9. In addition to glaze, Easter cakes can be decorated with chopped nuts, dried fruits, candied fruits, marmalade, pieces of chocolate, coconut and more.
10. You can decorate Easter cakes with patterns and inscriptions over the glaze using sugar pencils. It is quick and convenient, especially for those people who do not have much free time to decorate the cakes.

Nowadays, you can find a lot of ready-made icing for Easter cakes, but why buy them if now you know a lot of options for icing and other types of decorating cakes? Let's not turn Happy Easter into a celebration of fast food! We offer you dIY Easter cake decoration