I greet you today and with pleasure I will continue to develop the Easter theme. Moreover, there are so many interesting topics in it. For this bright holiday, they begin to prepare in advance, they create,. And the day before the holiday, the baking of Easter cakes and the creation of Easter begins. And every housewife is in search of the very recipe that is tastier than the rest.

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

Cream of whipped protein is one of the most traditional and widely used options for decorating the head of Easter cake. It is quite simple to manufacture, and experienced housewives have already found the nuances, under which the cream will be perfect. You can use not only protein, but also others. But that's what they did when I was a kid. Mom whipped squirrels, decorated pastries, and gave the rest from the walls of the ladle to us. We licked these spoons to a shine!

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

1. Clean and completely dry dishes.
2. Eggs must be cold.
3. If the cream is not immediately applied to the case immediately after cooking, it will settle.

Ingredients:

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

It is very easy to prepare. Eggs are separated into whites and yolks.

Put the bowl in which you place the squirrels 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 by a teaspoon. Beat the sugar mixture for 2 minutes.
Then pour in 1 tsp. lemon juice and now beat the cream to good peaks. This will take another 6 to 11 minutes.

Before decorating, let the pastry cool, otherwise any cream, at least, at least, will begin to flow along 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.

Such an Easter should be kept in the refrigerator, and the butter can be replaced with one, which also keeps its shape well, but not as fatty and high-calorie as oily.

Chocolate decor at home

Chocolate decoration is also always in use. It looks very nice in contrast with powdered sugar or white chocolate. You can also make chocolate letters or lines on white glossy icing!

Most often, they simply take a bar of milk chocolate, break it and melt it in a water bath. And then, when all the pieces are completely melted, the process of registration begins. You can just cover the top of the cake instead of icing, or you can think about the design.

For example, I really like the idea of ​​dark sweet letters on white protein cream.

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

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

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

To make the strip go 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 piping. And a lot of this crumb is then thrown away. Today I want to give you a recipe for white icing, too, but without the use of eggs, and it does not crumble at all. The whole secret is the absence of protein and the addition of gelatin.

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

Gelatin pour 2 tbsp. water and leave to swell.

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

Remove the hot mass from the fire.

Spread the swollen gelatin and mix.

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

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

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

It easily lays on the surface and is squeezed out of the confectionery syringe.

Also in this glaze, you can add any dyes.

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

Ideas for designing goodies through a stencil

I started my journey in the design of baking with this method. Yes, and I still consider it the simplest and most beloved.

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

It turns out very beautifully when large lace is laid out on top of the chocolate and powdered sugar is sprinkled on top. You can do the opposite, and pour cocoa or colored sugar onto 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 it to an uneven, for example, rounded surface than a cardboard blank.

I also give a couple of templates that are suitable for the 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 Easter cake on top without protein?

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 suit.

My dears, for those with a sweet tooth, condensed milk will be an excellent option. The usual Gostovskaya needs to be applied in a thin layer, and the boiled one can be thicker, it is not as liquid as the usual one. Or use icing sugar, which I wrote about above, or melted chocolate.

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

Yes, my dear various bright glazed kernels, gummies and small cookies - that's all we need.

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

They can put nuts or dried fruits, 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

Mastic produces magnificent flowers, figurines and patterns. But real mastic or marzipan at home is not so easy to make. I will show you how you can knead such a delicious dough for marshmallow decoration with your own hands, in the store it is called marshmallow.

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 colorful decoration will inspire you very much!

See what decoration is made of mastic: flowers, ornaments. And I like the idea of ​​cutting out one element.

It turns out very harmoniously and without unnecessary details.

Easy ideas with coconut flakes and candy sprinkles

In our childhood, my mother and grandmother used only purchased confectionery powder or colored sugar. Now, in addition to the fact that the dressing is of different shapes, it is still possible to pick it up by color. If you want, take multi-colored, but if you want in one tone.

Often it is simply sprinkled on top of pastries, trying to make it very even.

But we always drew with it the two main letters of the XV holiday, which mean "Christ is Risen."

Of course, you can’t write a full transcript on Easter cake, but you can definitely write an abbreviated one. Now, if we have a chocolate cake, we make the letters with coconut flakes so that they are clearly visible.

How to decorate Easter cake with dough?

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

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

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

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

So that during baking the roses do not fly off, we will put them on toothpicks. And we will send the pastries 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 ordinary dough, take a long lace, put it on the layer and begin to roll out the fabric with a rolling pin.

So she will transfer her pattern to the test.

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

Let's put our beautiful workpiece on a baking sheet and dry it a little in the oven, for five minutes at 180 degrees. This is necessary for the dough to begin to hold 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 design for 20 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees.

Berry decoration with strawberries

And a 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 this will spoil the appearance of the baked goods. So let's take fresh strawberries. Moreover, it is now sold at any time of the year in hypermarkets.

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

In combination with strawberries, 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, which I will implement this Easter. How do you decorate cookies? Your ideas and wishes are very interesting!

Kulich is one of the important symbols of Easter, a good tradition that marks the onset of the main Christian holiday. You can buy it anywhere, but it is much more interesting (and there is nothing difficult in it) to bake with your own hands. Yes, and you can also decorate Easter cake yourself - it is in this matter that you can give free rein to your culinary and aesthetic imagination.

The 10 best options for decorating Easter cake at home are detailed below.

Perhaps the easiest way to decorate Easter cakes. As a decoration, only powdered sugar is used - finely crushed sugar. The topping contrasts beautifully against the background of ruddy dough and cheers up.

Protein glaze

Another option on how to decorate Easter cakes for Easter with your own hands is to use protein glaze. All you need is 2 squirrels and a glass of powdered sugar. Beat the whites and then gradually add the powder, without ceasing to beat. Then this mass is poured onto a cooled (but not cold) cake. Of course, you can additionally decorate with sprinkles on top.

ADVICE

If you add berry juice to this mixture (for example, based on raspberry jam), it will turn out both more beautiful and tastier..

confectionery topping

Of course, the topping itself is also a great way to decorate Easter cake with your own hands. In this case, it is better to purchase different options for decorative sprinkles so that you can get creative with this matter. And the technology is very simple: whipped proteins are added to the topping (2 is enough). Then apply the mixture with a spoon or brush.

Chocolate (icing)

Of course, you can decorate the cake with chocolate. It contrasts perfectly against a white background and also gives festive pastries a pleasant flavor. And one more plus - all kinds of drawings or inscriptions can be made from melted chocolate, for example, “XV”, “Christ is Risen” or “Easter 2018”.

The recipe for decorating Easter cakes with chocolate icing is very simple. We take an ordinary bar of chocolate (milk, bitter or white - this is already to your taste), a couple of glasses of milk and half a glass of powdered sugar. We prepare a saucepan with boiling water, crumble the chocolate into a container and melt it in a water bath. Therefore, add milk and powder, mix and apply on Easter cake.

ADVICE

Chocolate can decorate not only the surface of the muffin, but also its edges - for example, in the form of curls or mesh. Get a kind of chocolate "package".

NOTE

Glaze is applied only to the cooled surface. Otherwise, it will melt and spread.

Dried fruits and candied fruits

Candied fruits are pieces of fruit or berries that are boiled in concentrated sugar syrup. Thanks to this technology, delicious, beautiful and healthy sweets are obtained. Of course, they can also be used as homemade cake decorations. They are sprinkled on a protein glaze, which is essentially the basis of decoration. And you can also use figurines made of mastic - for example, chickens or in the form of flowers.

NOTE

Candied fruits are usually large and quite hard - it is better not to give them to very young children.

Nuts and seeds

This is an original version of the decoration - after all, it is not so common, but it looks modest and at the same time beautiful. It's no secret that the flavor combination of nuts and chocolate is one of the best in confectionery. Therefore, such a sprinkle on a pasochka can be used in combination with chocolate icing.

ADVICE

On chocolate icing, along with seeds and nuts, you can also use powdered sugar with whipped proteins. With its help, various curls, serpentines and other patterns are made.

Fresh berries and fruits

And here is an original and at the same time useful way to decorate Easter cakes for Easter with your own hands. Pieces of fresh fruits and berries look very beautiful and also create an excellent flavor combination. You can use a variety of fruits - raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, cranberries. At any time of the year, these berries are available at least frozen.

And among the fruits, you can take fresh pieces of peaches or apricots - thanks to warm orange and red tones, they will literally “ignite” the overall picture and create a festive mood. Pieces of fruits and berries can be sprinkled on both chocolate and protein-sugar icing - in any case, it will turn out very beautifully.

ADVICE

It would be great to decorate the top of the cake with a mint leaf or a strawberry.

sugar pencils

This is a modern, original way to decorate an Easter cake. Sugar pencils are special syringes that contain a mixture of sugar and natural dyes. Of course, you can paint them on any surface - sugar or chocolate. This method is perhaps the most creative. After all, creating an Easter drawing with your own hands will be interesting to everyone - both adults and children. Yes, and give such pastries to family and friends is also very nice.

Air marshmallow

And this method of decorating will surprise all the guests, but above all - you. In any store you can buy air marshmallows, which are very fond of children. Then the cake is smeared with a mixture of proteins and powder (or you can fill it with chocolate icing). Air marshmallows decorate not only the surface, but also the walls of the muffin. At first glance, perhaps, no one will guess what kind of pastries they were served with tea.

Natural flowers

And this decoration option is for real romantics, connoisseurs of the art of serving. The edible component will, as always, be sugar-protein or chocolate icing. And as the decoration itself, you can take the petals of small roses, chamomile, petunias, thyme, oregano, cornflower and others.

Of course, all these methods can be used in a variety of combinations. The decoration methods discussed are, rather, just ideas that are sure to lead you to more original thoughts.

Bon appetit!

No Easter celebration can be imagined without Easter cake. Preparing this pastry is very easy. It symbolizes the presence of God in our lives on the festive table. Each housewife has her own secrets for preparing such pastries. In this article we will try to reveal them.

There are a lot of baking recipes for the festive table on the Bright Resurrection of Christ. Below we have tried to collect the best of them. Such pastries can be prepared in the traditional way or using a slow cooker and a bread machine. But first things first.

dough recipes

Alexandria. Beat eggs (10 pcs.). Cut the butter (500 g) into small cubes. Fresh yeast (150 g) and warm milk (1 l) are placed to the eggs. Mix this mass and place in a warm place for 12 hours.

We wash and steam raisins (200 g). We put it with yeast and eggs. Add vanillin (to taste), cognac (2 tablespoons) and sifted flour (2.5 kg). Knead so that a soft mass is obtained. We leave for an hour. Its volume should double.

Viennese. You need to mix eggs (3 pcs.) With sugar (200 g). Yeast (20 g) is diluted in fresh milk (125 ml). We combine both masses, mix and leave for 12 hours.

Add soft butter (100 g), vanilla, zest (1 teaspoon) and flour (500 g). Mix and let rise again.

Easter cake with raisins

Recipe: We breed yeast (50 g) in a glass of warm milk. Pour flour (150 g) and salt there. We knead. Rub the yolks (6 pcs.) With sugar (2 cups). Proteins (6 pcs.) Must be whipped into foam. Melt the butter (300 g). We mix all the ingredients. The mass must be thoroughly kneaded and sprinkled with flour on top. Cover with a towel and leave overnight.

IMPORTANT: The temperature in the room where such pastries are prepared must be at least 25 degrees. In addition, you need to protect yourself from drafts in advance. They can greatly interfere with getting fluffy and airy pastries.

• The remaining flour (800 g - 900 g) and vanilla sugar and knead with dough so that the mass is not very thick. We wait until its volume doubles and add raisins (150 g). Mix and spread on prepared forms
• Filled with a third of the form, put in a warm place and cover with a towel. When the dough has increased in volume, it is necessary to grease the tops with sweet water and put in the oven
• When the cakes are baked, they need to be removed from the oven, cool and decorate.

Easter cake with raisins and candied fruit

RECIPE: We are preparing the dough. Yeast (30 g) is diluted with milk (500 ml) and mixed with flour (300 g - 400 g). We put the dough for 3-6 hours in a warm place. After the dough rises, add the remaining flour (600 g - 700 g), eggs (3 pcs.), Sugar (200 g), butter (200 g), ground cardamom, saffron and candied fruits. Mix well.

IMPORTANT: It is believed that baking will turn out if, when kneading the mass, it is “hit 200 times”. That is, to carry out this process very long and carefully.

• We put the mass in a warm place. When it rises 2-3 times, grease the molds with oil and fill half. We are waiting for it to rise, grease with yolk and sprinkle with chopped almonds and candied fruit
• We bake at a temperature of 200 degrees for about an hour. Remove, cool and decorate cakes

Homemade cake recipe

• Beat eggs (8 pcs.) With sugar (0.5 kg). Add sour cream (200 ml), cinnamon and vanilla (at the tip of a knife). Add softened butter (200 g). Dissolve fresh yeast (50 g) in warm milk (500 ml). We add to the mass. Mix everything and add flour (1.5-2 kg). kneading the dough
• Grease a deep saucepan from the inside with oil. We put the dough there, cover with a towel and leave for 7-8 hours
• Lubricate the table and hands with vegetable oil. Take out the dough and knead it. Leave for 1 hour under a towel. The procedure is repeated 3 times. Before the last batch, add candied fruits (100 g) and raisins (100 g) to the dough

IMPORTANT: You need to do Easter baking on Clean Thursday. Before that, be sure to swim before sunrise and, with a clean body and thoughts, prepare delicious dishes.

• Lubricate the baking molds with oil and put the dough in them. Its volume should not exceed half the form. Leave cookies for 30 minutes
• Turn on the oven to maximum and bake the cakes for about 10 minutes. Then the fire must be reduced to a minimum and baked until a crust appears.
• Remove cookies from oven, let cool and decorate.

lush cake

• Mix hot milk (1 cup), warm cream (2 cups) and flour (2.4 cups). Mix everything thoroughly, and wait until the dough cools to room temperature.
• Dilute yeast (50 g) in a small amount of milk and add eggs (2 pcs.). Mix and add to dough. Mix it until smooth and put in a warm place.

IMPORTANT: During the preparation of Easter dishes, you can not swear, quarrel and argue. All negative energy can be transferred to dishes.

• Divide sugar (2.4 cups) into two parts. In one half, beat the squirrels (8 pcs.), And grind the second with yolks (8 pcs.). Mix both masses from top to bottom and add flour. We mix everything again. Waiting for the dough to come
• We beat out the dough. We divide into two parts and put each in a greased form. Let the dough rise and bake at 180 degrees until cooked.

Easter cakes with nuts

• To prepare such pastries, we take raisins (100 g), almonds (100 g) and candied fruit (100 g). We sort out the raisins, clean them from twigs and other debris. Pour hot water for 15 minutes. Then we drain the water
• Soak almonds in boiling water for 3-4 minutes. After that, we drain the hot water, fill the nuts with cold water and peel the almonds from the husk. We dry the nuts for 2-3 minutes in the microwave, then fry in a pan and chop with a knife. Blender for crushing nuts is not good

IMPORTANT: Only two types of nuts are mentioned in the Bible: almonds and pistachios. Therefore, only such nuts should be used in Orthodox Easter baking.

• We warm milk (500 ml) and dissolve yeast (50 g) in it. For this recipe, it is best to use fresh yeast. Add flour (500 g) and mix. The resulting mass must be put in a warm place and covered with a towel
• Rub the yolks (6 pcs.) With sugar (300 g) and vanilla (1 teaspoon). Beat egg whites with salt
• Opara should be ready in 30 minutes. This will be signaled by its volume. It should increase by 2-3 times. Add yolks, melted butter (200 g) to the dough and mix. Proteins are added last.
• Sift flour (1 kg) and add to the total mass. This should be done in parts, each time kneading the mass until smooth. Be prepared for the fact that more flour may be required. Its amount depends on many factors.
• The dough must be placed in a pan and sent to approach in a warm place. Depending on the temperature, it will fit in 40 minutes-1.5 hours. Roll the raisins in flour and add to the dough. Then you need to add candied fruits and chopped almonds
• Knead the dough well again and send it to a warm place. We are waiting for it to increase by 1.5 - 2 times. Preparing forms. Lubricate the bottoms with oil and spread the oiled parchment along the walls
• Put the dough on the table and cut into pieces. Each piece is rolled into a ball and placed in a mold. Forms need to be put on a baking sheet, and wait until the dough rises. After that, the forms are sent to the oven preheated to 100 degrees.
• After 10 minutes of baking Easter cakes, you need to increase the temperature to 190 degrees and the oven is already ready. We take out the forms with Easter cakes from the oven and leave for 10 minutes. Then we take them out of the molds and decorate

simple cake

• We heat milk (125 ml) and dilute yeast (15 g) in it. Pour into a bowl with sifted flour (100 g). Mix and cover with a napkin. We leave for 30 minutes
• Grind two yolks and a protein with sugar (100 g) and pour in vanilla essence (1-2 teaspoons). Pour the mixture into the dough and add softened butter (50 g). mix well

IMPORTANT: Our ancestors determined the future by the quality of Easter baking. If it turned out fine and beautiful holiday bread, then the family was waiting for success. If the pastries cracked and did not come out, then you should expect misfortune.

• We fall asleep the rest of the flour (200 g). Knead, cover the dough with a napkin and leave for 1 hour in a warm place. We wash the raisins (100 g) and fill it with cognac (30 ml). Dump the risen dough and add the raisins. Knead the dough again and leave for 1 hour
• We line the cake pan with baking paper. Lubricate with butter and fill with dough. The dough should take 1/3 - 1.5 forms. Leave the dough in the molds for 1 hour
• We heat the oven to 100 degrees. We put the form in the oven and after 10 minutes (when the dough rises) we increase the temperature to 180 degrees. We bake 30-40 minutes
• After removing, we wait for the cake to cool, and cover it with icing

Cake recipe without yeast

• We wash the raisins (100 g). Dry it and sprinkle with flour. Sift the flour (300 g - 350 g) several times. We rub the peel of a lemon (1 pc.) On a fine grater. Add soda (1 teaspoon) to kefir (300 ml) and leave for two minutes
• We heat the oil (100 g). Add turmeric (1/4 teaspoon), zest and sugar (150 g) to it. You can add vanilla sugar for flavor. Pour kefir with soda and mix
• In the resulting mass, add flour and raisins. The dough should not be very liquid. We check the consistency by eye. Add flour if necessary. We fill the prepared molds by ½ - 1/3 of the volume. We put them on a baking sheet and place them in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. We bake until done. Removing and decorating

Cottage cheese cake recipe

• Sift flour (1.2 - 1.5 kg) 2-3 times. Dissolve yeast (50 g) in milk (70 ml), add sugar (0.5 cup) and cover with a napkin. Moving to a warm place
• Separate the proteins from the yolks (6 pcs.) And beat them with a pinch of salt. Rub the yolks with the remaining sugar (2 cups) and vanilla (1 g). Grind cottage cheese (200 g) through a fine sieve. Wash raisins (100 g), dry and sprinkle with flour

IMPORTANT: In all Christian countries, special “heavy pastries” are baked on the Feast of the Resurrection of the Lord. These products include the English cake and the Australian windling. Very filling and high calorie meal.

• In warm milk (500 ml), we dilute the yeast that has come up. Mix and add the rest of the ingredients: cottage cheese, yolks, sour cream (200 g), butter (250 g), vegetable oil (50 ml) and mix. Add whipped egg whites at the very end. Mix everything thoroughly
• Add flour in small portions, constantly stirring the mass. The dough should not become tight. But liquid dough should also be avoided. We leave it for 2.5 - 3 hours to approach. During this time, it needs to be kneaded 2-3 times.
• After that, you need to grease the forms, and fill them 1/3. Leave the completed forms for 30 minutes. After the dough doubles in the molds, you need to bake Easter cakes at 180 degrees for about 40 minutes
• Decorate in the traditional way

Chocolate cakes

• Mix flour (200 g), water (100 g), dry yeast (1 1/4 teaspoons) and sugar (35 g). Cover with a towel and leave for 2 hours. Melt chocolate (100 g). For this purpose, you can use a microwave or a water bath. Part of the chocolate (100 g) needs to be crushed into small cubes. Grated orange zest (1 pc.)
• Mix flour (200 g), milk (55 ml), salt (half a teaspoon), yolks (3 pcs.), Vanillin, sugar (70 g), butter (70 g), yeast (3/4 teaspoon ) and leaven. At the end, add melted chocolate. The dough should be soft and uniform. The consistency must be adjusted by adding flour.

IMPORTANT: The first to add chocolate to baked goods were English bakers. Representatives of the Fry, Rownty and Cadbury families are still arguing about who exactly began to do this.

• In the finished dough, you need to add pieces of chocolate and orange zest. Leave the mass for 10 minutes. Then divide it into several parts, cover and leave for another 30 minutes. After that, you need to fill the forms and leave them for 3.5 hours in a warm place
• Chocolate cakes need to be baked at 180 degrees. When the crust becomes ruddy, you need to remove the pastries from the oven, let them cool and decorate

Italian panettone cake

In Italy, the holiday table on this bright day is sure to be decorated with Panettone.

• To prepare it, you need to mix water with milk and add yeast (1 sachet). When a small “cap” appears, add flour (4 tablespoons) and sugar (1 tablespoon) to the mixture. Mix the mass, cover with a film and send to a warm place for 30 minutes
• Beat eggs (3 pcs.), Sugar (100 g), vanilla, citrus zest. Then add the yeast mixture and mix everything again until smooth.
• Add flour (540 g), soft butter (70 g) and salt. To knead the dough, it is better to use a mixer at low speed with a special nozzle. After the mass has taken on a homogeneous structure, add candied fruits (1/4 cup) and raisins (1 cup). Mix again

IMPORTANT: There are several versions of the origin of this recipe. According to one of them, Panettone was invented by one of the nuns of the monastery, located near Milan. She gathered a small amount of already meager ingredients and added lemon zest. Which predetermined the taste of the future pie. And his continued success.

• Sprinkle the table with flour, pour the mass on it and knead. Periodically you need to sprinkle the mass with flour. The dough processed in this way is formed into a ball and left for 3-4 hours in a greased bowl
• We heat the oven to 170 - 180 degrees. We place the mass in the molds, grease the surface with yolk and bake. 20 minutes after the start of baking, the surface of the cake is cut crosswise in order to get the traditional "crown"

Sweet Easter cakes recipes

Sugar, eggs, milk and other ingredients that determine the taste of holiday baking are baking. According to tradition, all preserved products were added to baking for the first meal after fasting. That is why the muffin turned out to be heavy and very satisfying.

The most delicious cake

• Melt the butter (600 g) and wait until it cools down. Dilute yeast (100 g) in warm milk (1 l), add flour (600 g), vegetable oil (3 tablespoons), salt and sugar (100 g). Put in a warm place for 1 hour
• Beat yolks (12 pcs.) And whites (10 pcs.) Separately with brown sugar (350 g each). Add vanillin to the yolks while whipping (2 sachets)
• When the dough rises, add beaten yolks and melted butter to it. We mix the ingredients. We prepare raisins (400 g). Before adding to the dough, it must be rolled in flour.
• Add flour (1.5 kg) to the dough. Mix until smooth. Add raisins and candied fruits (400 g). Mix again. Leave for 30 minutes in a warm place
• When the dough comes up, you need to add the whites whipped into a strong foam. Mix thoroughly and wait for it to rise again. We bake cakes in the traditional way

Easter cake with cherries

• We prepare the dough and put it in a warm place. Pour saffron (1 pinch) with a spoon of boiling water and let it brew. When the dough doubles, you need to add salt, yolks (10 pcs.), Frayed with sugar (3 cups), cognac (35 ml), melted butter (500 g) and saffron infusion. Mix all ingredients thoroughly
• Beat the whites (10 pcs.) into a steep foam and add them to the prepared mass. We fall asleep the remaining flour (2 kg) and knead the dough to the optimum consistency. We leave in a warm place. When it suits, add washed raisins (200 g) and candied cherries (200 g)
• Mix, let it brew and place in molds. They need to be placed in a warm place and let the mass increase in volume. We bake at a temperature of 180 degrees. The last 10 minutes the temperature can be reduced by 20 degrees

Kulich custard

• Pour sugar (1 tablespoon) into milk (50 ml) and mix. Crumble yeast (40 g) and leave for 20 minutes. Boil milk (200 g) and pour flour into it (1-3 tablespoons). Knead the mass with a wooden spoon
• We heat the cream (200 g), add them to the batter and mix. When the mixture has cooled to room temperature, pour in the yeast. We put the dough in a warm place
• Melt the butter (150 g). Separate the proteins from the yolks (5 eggs). Rub the yolks with sugar (1.5 cups) and vanilla (1 teaspoon). Beat the whites before making a dense foam. Pour the yolks, butter and salt into the dough. Mix and add whites. Knead the mass from top to bottom.
• We add flour (700 g - 1 kg) in several steps, constantly kneading it with our hands. The finished dough is greased with oil, placed in a bowl and covered with a towel. The bowl must be placed in a warm place.
• We are preparing the "filler" for the custard cake. To do this, cut marshmallows (50 g) and marmalade (50 g) into small cubes. We wash dried apricots (100 g) and cut it into small pieces. Add these ingredients to the risen dough. We knead it. Leave in a warm place
• We divide into parts. We put them in molds and bake

Creamy Easter cake

• Mix flour (3.5 cups), warm milk (1 cup), butter (200 g) and sugar (1 cup). Pour milk (0.5 cups) into the mass with yeast diluted in it (12 g-16 g). We mix. Cover with a towel and let rise
• As soon as the dough rises, you need to add eggs (3 pcs.) to it and leave it to rise again. After 1-2 hours, you need to add raisins (2 tbsp.). Knead. Let it reach and divide into parts. Bake in molds for 30-40 minutes at 180 degrees

Kulich monastic

• Dissolve yeast (15 g) in a small amount of milk. In another bowl, mix warm milk (0.5 cups) with melted butter (100 g), sugar (100 g) and salt. Mix and chill. Combine the contents of the two bowls. Add flour (400 g), mix and send to a warm place to rise
• When the dough has risen, add one yolk and one whole egg to it. Knead and add raisins (100 g). Mix the dough again and let it rise
• Forms for baking should be greased with butter and filled with dough halfway. We wait until the volume of the dough increases and bake in the oven at 180 degrees until cooked. The monastery cake is decorated with sugar icing

Kulich on dough

• Properly prepared dough for dough will help to fully activate the potential of yeast. Opara is a sourdough that helps to bake a fluffy and airy cake from heavy pastry
• Steaming is quite easy to prepare. It is necessary to warm the milk to 28-30 degrees. Dissolve yeast in it and add flour. To make a dough, usually take the full amount of milk and yeast from any recipe and half the amount of flour.
• Dough is bred in a deep bowl. Yeast, milk and flour should not exceed 50% of the volume of the container. You need to be prepared for the fact that the dough will double in volume. The container with the dough should be covered with a napkin and sent to a warm place.
• When the dough is ready, the rest of the ingredients are added to it.
• The kneaded dough should be allowed to come up and bake sweet airy cakes

Easter recipe in a slow cooker

A slow cooker is an excellent kitchen appliance that will help you cook not only various cereals and other dishes, but also bakery products. For Easter, you can cook a delicious orange cake in a slow cooker.

• Sift flour (450 g), add salt, vanillin and dry yeast (2 teaspoons) to it. We mix the ingredients. In a separate bowl, beat eggs (4 pcs.) With sugar (1 cup). Using a fine grater, remove the orange zest (1 pc.). We cut it into two halves and squeeze the juice from one
• Add in the flour mixture of eggs and sugar, juice and orange zest. We mix. Then add softened butter (100 g) and knead the dough again. Place it in an oiled bowl. Cover with a towel and send to a warm place
• While the dough is coming up (usually takes 1.5 - 2.5 hours), you need to prepare the raisins. To do this, it must be cleaned, washed and steamed. Then dry and roll in flour. Knead the risen dough lightly and mix with raisins.
  Lubricate the multicooker bowl with oil and place the dough in it
• We turn on the "heating" for 2-3 minutes. Turn off and let the dough rise for 30 minutes. The multicooker must be closed. After half an hour, we activate the "baking" mode. We set 150 degrees and wait 45-50 minutes.
• This cake is decorated in the traditional way

Easter recipe in a bread machine

A bread maker is another useful tool in the kitchen. If you want to bake delicious and fragrant bread yourself, then you cannot do without this device. You can also bake cakes in a bread machine.

RECIPE: Pour peeled raisins (175 g) with cognac and let it brew for 20 minutes. Pour whey (200 ml) into the container of the bread machine. We fall asleep in order: salt (6.5 g), egg (1 pc.), Sugar (75 g), softened butter (100 g), raisins, cinnamon and cardamom. Sift the flour (½ kg of flour) and also add to the container. We make a place for yeast (11 g) in the middle of a heap of flour and pour it there.

We activate the “butter bun” mode and bake the cake.

Easter cakes

Pastries for the Easter table are not limited to Easter cakes and muffins. There are a lot of recipes for pies that bake Easter.

Cottage cheese easter pie

• Mix flour (200 g), baking powder (1/2 teaspoon), sugar (40 g), vanillin (5 g), eggs (1 pc.) And chopped butter (80 g). Proteins (6 pcs.) Must be whipped into foam. Mix cottage cheese (1 kg), yolks (6 pcs.), Sugar (90 g), starch (90 g), vanillin and grated zest of one orange. Add egg white mixture and stir
• Lubricate the baking dish and lay a layer of dough. We prick it with a fork and bake for 10 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees. Then we put the curd mass in it, grease it with yolk and bake at a temperature of 180 degrees. After 15 minutes, make an incision along the perimeter of the cake. Before serving, the cottage cheese pie should be sprinkled with powder.

Easter pie with raspberries

• Dilute yeast (30 g) in warm milk. Add salt, some sugar and flour. We leave the mass in a warm place. Eggs (4 pcs.) Rub with sugar (3/4 cup). Add butter (6-7 tablespoons) and lemon zest. Pour the risen dough into the container, mix and add flour (2 cups) and milk (1 cup). Knead the dough well and let it rise
• When the dough rises, it must be kneaded again and placed in a mold. Bake in a hot oven for 35-40 minutes. Remove the hot cake from the mold, pour over with raspberry syrup (3/4 cup). Again, put in the form and leave for several hours
• We heat up the raspberry marmalade and grease the surface of the pie with it. Grind the almond cake and sprinkle it with crumbs on the raspberry pie. Decorate with berries

Easter cupcakes

You can diversify the Easter table with delicious cupcakes. Below are two recipes for this delicious confection. They can be baked in a large muffin tin or in a small muffin tin.

classic cupcake

• We take out the oil (250 g) from the refrigerator and wait until it warms up to room temperature. We heat the oven to 200 degrees. We clean the raisins (0.5 cups) and pour boiling water over it. Sift flour (2 cups). Add butter and sugar (1 cup) to it. Grind the ingredients with your hands. Add baking powder (1 sachet) and mix
• Eggs (6 pcs.) Should be added to the dough one at a time. Added, mixed and add the following. After adding the last egg, pour cognac (2 tablespoons) and raisins filled with water into a bowl
• Lubricate the cake mold with butter. We shift the dough into a mold and bake the cake at a temperature of 200 degrees for 25 - 30 minutes. Then reduce the temperature by 40 degrees and bake for another 30 minutes.

banana cupcake

• Mash bananas (4 pcs.). Sift flour (1.5 cups) and add sugar (3/4 cup), soda (1/2 teaspoon), baking powder (1 teaspoon) and salt (1/4 teaspoon) to it. Make a well in the center of the mass and stir in the oil (1/2 cup), eggs (2 pcs.), banana puree and vanilla. Mix the dough until smooth. We put it in molds (it is better to use muffin molds) and bake

These cupcakes can be decorated with icing and banana slices.

Easter Bun

There are always a lot of pastries on the Easter table. If you want to surprise guests who are used to Easter cakes, diversify your menu with delicate and fragrant Easter buns.

• We knead flour (450 g), milk (210 ml), egg (1 pc.), Salt (0.5 tsp), sugar (50 g), butter (50 g) and dry yeast (1.5 h . spoons). Add cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander and vanilla to the dough (optional and to taste). After mixing a little, add steamed raisins (75 g) and dried apricots (25 g). Knead until smooth
• We divide the dough into several parts. We form buns from them and put them on a baking sheet. On each bun, you need to make an incision crosswise with a knife. Leave the pan for 40-50 minutes in a warm place
• We heat the oven to 200 degrees. Knead flour (50 g) and margarine (2 tablespoons). Add cold water until a pasty mass forms. We place it in a cornet and draw lines in the shape of a cross on a pre-prepared place on the buns
• The buns need to bake for about 15 minutes. When they are browned, remove from the oven and coat with icing sugar with a silicone brush.

Easter gingerbread

Gingerbread is a very tasty confectionery. They are historically associated with the festive table. There is also an Easter version of gingerbread. They are prepared for this holiday in many countries of the world. Traditional Russian Easter gingerbread is prepared like this.

• The butter is melted (100 g) and honey (250 g) and sugar (250 g) are added to it. Constantly stirring the mass with a wooden spoon, add a pinch of ginger, cinnamon and cloves to it. Let the mass cool down.
• Whisk the eggs into foam (3 eggs + 1 yolk) and add them to the cooled mixture. There you also need to add flour (7 cups), cocoa (2 tablespoons) and soda (1.5 teaspoons). We mix the ingredients. You should get a homogeneous dough. Putting it in the fridge
• We roll out the dough to a thickness of no more than 0.5 cm. Cut out gingerbread cookies of any shape from it. We spread them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper and bake at a temperature of 180 degrees
• When the gingerbread cookies are baked, wait for them to cool and cover with icing

Easter frosting recipe

Icing is a traditional way of decorating Easter cakes. For decoration, as a rule, a protein version of the glaze is used. To prepare it, you need to separate the whites from the yolks and place them in the refrigerator.

• Add a pinch of salt to the chilled proteins and beat until a thick foam forms. You need to beat at a low speed and gradually increase it. Without stopping the process of whipping proteins, you need to add sugar to the mass. The icing will be ready when the sugar grains dissolve in it.
• Protein glaze is applied to the cooled Easter cakes. On top of the cake, you can decorate with a variety of toppings. Chopped nuts, coconut flakes, grated chocolate, cinnamon are perfect for this purpose.

Curd Easter

Cottage cheese Easter is prepared only once a year. Traditionally, this dish is prepared in a "raw" way. That is, no heat treatment.

• To prepare this dish, cottage cheese (2.5 kg) must be passed through a fine sieve several times. Then add sugar (1 cup) and butter (200 g) to the mass. Mix the curd mass and add sour cream (250 g). Knead so that the mass is homogeneous, and the sugar crystals dissolve in it.
• The consistency of the resulting mass should resemble a thick cream. Add salt to it and mix again. We put the mass in the form for Easter, put it under a little oppression and send it to the refrigerator
• In order for the cottage cheese Easter to turn out tender, instead of sugar, you need to use powdered sugar

Easter lamb

Lambs are also often baked for Easter. These animals are a symbol of the Lamb of God. They are baked from rich, yeast dough. Add ground nuts, coconut and other ingredients. Sometimes such pastries are decorated with white icing. It imitates the fur of an animal.

• To prepare such an edible table decoration, you need to dissolve a spoonful of sugar in warm milk and add yeast. When the yeast (7 g) begins to rise, add flour (100 g) to it and knead the dough. We put the dough in a warm place. It should approximately double in size.
• Melt the butter (90 g). Add sugar (100 g), mix and add an egg (1 pc.) And vanillin. Mix everything well again.
• Add the resulting mixture to the brew. We bring it to uniformity and add flour (500 g). The dough should be soft and elastic. Leave it in a warm place for a while
• When the dough has doubled in size, roll it out and use a stencil to cut out a lamb figure. From the rest of the dough you need to roll out a rectangle, moisten it with water and sprinkle with poppy seeds and sugar. Gather the dough into a roll and cut it into small circles
• Put the lamb figurine on a baking sheet. We put “woolen” circles on it in their place. We bake the lamb at a temperature of 180 degrees for about 30 minutes. When the color of the cake turns golden, take the baking sheet out of the oven and let it cool.

Easter Bunny

Another symbol of Easter is the hare. In Western countries, to decorate the Easter table, they make figures of a hare from marzipan, bake cookies and buns in the form of this animal. And although this symbol of Easter is not so common in our country, surprise your children and guests of your house with a chocolate figurine of a hare on this Bright holiday.

• The easiest way to make a chocolate hare is to pour melted chocolate into a mold. When the chocolate has cooled, the figurine will be ready. Today it is not difficult to buy a silicone mold of a hare or other animals

Angela. When baking Easter cakes, it is very important that the dough is not liquid or, on the contrary, thick. Easter cakes from liquid dough will become flat, and from thick, heavy and hard. And do not forget to fill the form with dough only halfway. If the dough in the forms is larger, then it will “run away” from them.

Kseniya. Modern factory eggs do not always give pastries a beautiful golden hue. Therefore, I always add a pinch of turmeric to Easter cakes. This spice not only gives a lasting color, but also improves the taste of baked goods.

Video: Easter cake with protein icing

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

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

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

How are Easter cakes most often decorated? It’s easier for someone to buy an Easter cake decoration, 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
• decoration of Easter cakes from dough
• decoration of Easter cakes with mastic
• icing for Easter cakes

- Lenten frosting made from powdered sugar and lemon juice
- berry glaze for Easter cakes
- chocolate icing for Easter cakes
- chocolate cream icing for Easter cakes
- chocolate icing for Easter cakes
- glaze with rum for Easter cakes
- egg yolk icing for Easter cakes

DECORATION OF EASTER CAKE WITH POWDER SUGAR

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

DECORATION OF EASTER CAKE FROM DOUGH

Why not decorate Easter cakes with dough? Leave a little dough and figure out how you put it on top of the cake. It can be a separate drawing of a cross, flowers or letters, often "XB". Easter cake with dough decoration in the form of braids, petals and leaves, dough spirals looks very nice. 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 Easter cake, or another. Easter cake decoration can be baked together with Easter cake or separately. If you bake Easter cake with dough decoration, you can grease it with egg yolk or vegetable oil. After baking, such a cake can be poured with syrup or decorated with confectionery powder, nuts, candied fruits. If you are baking Easter cake and dough separately, then attach the decoration to the Easter cake using egg white. Here you can show your imagination and make the dough for decoration colored. 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 “XB”. 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 lay out the letters on top of the Easter cake. Pre-lubricate the letters with egg yolk so that they stick well on the cake. Lubricate 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 sprinkle 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 used to seeing mastic on cakes, cookies and cupcakes, but mastic on an Easter cake will look no less colorful and appetizing. The main thing is to get tasty and elastic mastic and you can easily decorate the original cake. To do this, roll out the mastic into a layer, and then cut out the figures. Housewives who do not yet have experience in modeling 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 extensive experience in this can create real culinary masterpieces. Following the theme, you can create a three-dimensional decor in the form of flowers, birds, Easter eggs.

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

How to make homemade mastic. We send the marshmallows to a small saucepan and bring it to full softness in a water bath (or use a microwave). You will see how the marshmallow visually increases in volume, and when touched it will strongly stick, deform and fall off. We mix soft marshmallows with 300 g of powdered sugar, mix and spread 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.

Icing for Easter cakes is quite an affordable pleasure. In this addition, Easter cakes look especially beautiful and tender. In addition, icing is not only beautiful, but also necessary - thanks to icing, Easter cakes remain so fresh, soft and tasty longer. Consider several options for glaze.

LENTENING POWDER SUGAR AND LEMON JUICE FOUNTAIN

An equally difficult way to decorate an Easter cake is to pour it with fudge glaze made from freshly squeezed lemon juice and powdered sugar. Why is this glaze considered lean? Because it contains no eggs. This is a fairly quick way to decorate Easter cakes.

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

How to make 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. Lemon juice can also be replaced with other citrus juices. Or why not use grated berries from the freezer in addition or instead of lemon juice. Of course, the color of the fondant glaze will change, but the taste will definitely not worsen.

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

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

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

Love chocolate? Decorate Easter cakes with chocolate icing. Nothing new or unusual, but it's definitely delicious!

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

How to make chocolate icing for Easter cakes. Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Add cocoa, sugar, mix and pour water. Cook over low heat until slightly thickened and remove from heat. Once the frosting has cooled, it will thicken considerably. For flavor, you can add a little vanilla or orange juice.

CHOCOLATE AND CREAM GLAZING FOR EASTER CAKE

Amazing icing for Easter cakes - with a certain sourness, not sugary, beautiful texture. It will take a little of your time - and the result will justify itself!

To make this chocolate buttercream icing for Easter cakes, you will need: 1 st. sugar, 4 tbsp. fat cream, 100 g butter, 6 tbsp. cocoa.

How to make chocolate cream frosting for Easter cakes. We send a ladle with butter to a slow fire, melt it, add sugar, cocoa, mix and add sour cream (preferably homemade rustic). Stirring constantly, boil the mass until thickened.

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

To make chocolate icing for Easter cakes, you will need: 100 g chocolate (black milk or white), 30 ml heavy cream.

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

Prepare an amazing fragrant icing for Easter cakes with rum.

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

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

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

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

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

TOFFICE GLAZE FOR EASTER CAKE

Do you love iris? Do not eat them all at once, save them for icing for Easter cakes.

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

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

1. Any glaze should be of medium consistency - not liquid and not thick. By consistency, it should resemble sour cream. Then the glaze is well applied to the cake, does not drain, does not take lumps and does not crack. If you followed the recipe but the frosting is too thick, add 1 tsp. hot water, if too rare - a spoonful of powdered sugar.
2. To prepare the glaze, it is better to use the powdered sugar prepared by you, be sure to sift it before adding it 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. Glaze can be prepared both separately from egg whites and from egg yolks. With squirrels, icing 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. This 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 this, of course, but do not forget that you can use natural dyes, for example, use turmeric, beetroot juice, or just add a little raspberry jam to the glaze.
6. It is more convenient to apply liquid glaze on Easter cakes with a culinary brush. The icing for drawing is applied using a confectionery syringe. By the way, who does not have this, you can use the usual disposable syringe.
7. Your 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, then do the same on the other side of the cake.
8. If you plan to sprinkle with confectionery powder on top of the icing, “seat” finished figures or decorative beads, do this immediately on freshly applied icing, otherwise it will harden and your decorations will not stick to the icing.
9. In addition to icing, Easter cakes can be decorated with chopped nuts, dried fruits, candied fruits, marmalade, chocolate pieces, coconut flakes and more.
10. You can decorate Easter cakes over glaze with patterns and inscriptions using sugar pencils. It is fast and convenient, especially for those people who do not have much free time to decorate Easter cakes.

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

Kulich is one of the main symbols of the Easter feast. Preparations for the holiday are already in full swing, and every housewife wants her cake to be not only tasty, but also beautiful. Here are some decor ideas for you. traditional Easter baking to help make inash cake is unique.

On Easter cakes, a hat made of protein glaze looks very nice. To make it even more dressy, add some food coloring or berry juice to it.

For cooking, you will need 2 proteins and 1 cup of powdered sugar. First, beat the whites thoroughly, then add the powdered sugar in a thin stream, continuing to beat in a dense foam. When the cake has cooled down a bit, gently brush the cake with icing. If desired, you can sprinkle multi-colored confectionery sprinkles on top.

Decorations made of melted chocolate will not leave anyone indifferent.

To prepare the glaze, take 200 g of chocolate (black or white to taste), 2 tbsp. l. milk and 0.5 cups of powdered sugar. Break the chocolate into pieces and melt in a bowl over a water bath. Then add milk and powdered sugar. Mix everything thoroughly and spread the cooled cake with hot glaze. From melted chocolate, you can make different inscriptions or something more complex and original. All this is a matter of taste!

Dried fruits and candied fruits

Dried fruits and candied fruits can be beautifully laid out on top of the glaze, whole or in pieces. From them you can lay out the letters "ХВ" or a cross on the top of the Easter cake.

Nuts and seeds

If sprinkled with nuts and seeds, it will turn out very original and not beaten.

You can also place berries or pieces of fruit on the cake.

Natural flowers

Since Easter is a spring holiday, you can decorate Easter cake with fresh flowers. Violets, daffodils, willow branches will look great on pastries. Before using them, you only need wash well.

Air marshmallow

You will surprise everyone if you decorate pastries with marshmallows. To do this, you just need to prepare your favorite cream (protein, butter, whipped cream, etc.) and grease the cake with it. Then lay out a multi-colored air marshmallow, which is sold in any grocery store. What a beauty it is!

Various sweets

For decoration, you can also purchasein the confectionery department of the store, small chocolate bars, straws, cookies or other goodies. Frame the Easter cake with them and fix your creativity with a beautiful bow or satin ribbon. The top of the Easter cake can be sprinkled with colored coconut flakes, and put multi-colored sugar dragee in the shape of eggs on top.

colored eggs

Colored eggs can also be used for decoration. For example, if your Easter cake is of a non-standard shape with a recess inside, then you can put colored quail eggs there.

Food mastic for sculpting figurines

You can show your imagination and make various Easter cake decorations using mastic.

To prepare it, you will need 0.5 packs of chewing marshmallows and 400 g of powdered sugar. Melt chewing marshmallows in the microwave. Then mix with powdered sugar and knead like a regular elastic dough. To get a multi-colored mastic, add a little food coloring diluted with a drop of water and mix well. Then from this mass you can mold flowers, figurines of animals and birds, as well as any other decorations for Easter cake.

Merry holiday!