Buttercream cakes for boys. Children's fondant cakes: photos, ideas

It is amazingly easy to prepare. Melt marshmallows in microwave oven. Can be done right away lemon juice. Since I needed a white color, I had to cut the soufflé into halves and take only white ones. And leave the pink halves for the second part.

The soufflé will expand and rise. Pour into it gradually sifted powdered sugar. By analogy with simple test when it becomes difficult to knead with a spoon, put it on the table and knead with your hands until a dense mass. In order not to stick - sprinkle with powder.

Reading that powdered sugar must certainly be finely crystalline or sifted, I did not attach much importance to this. But it turned out to be in vain. Of course, the mastic did not tear, as some frightened, but the quality and plasticity suffered significantly. And during the tasting, the mastic was somehow too heterogeneous, with grains. Next time I'll be sure to.

Chocolate mastic is prepared according to the following recipe:

Melt marshmallows and chocolate broken into pieces in different containers in the microwave and mix.

Add cognac, cream and butter, mix until chocolate liquid mass. Then pour in powdered sugar in the same way as the first recipe. Pour until a thick "plasticine" dough.

Wrap both mastic doughs in cling film and leave in the refrigerator to “rest” for half an hour.

At this time, you can prepare the machine body. I chose pasta sticks. It took 6 bars, first 4, then 2 more on top. I rounded the edges a little so that the machine was not square.

Then we roll out a layer of brown mastic and cover the cake with a large circle. Trim off the excess edges.
We cover the machine from above with a small layer - the body turned out to be faceless so far.
To clean the mastic from powdered sugar, which helped you roll out the layer, you need to brush it with vodka or alcohol with a brush. It will quickly evaporate, and the mastic will become shiny. Mastic is afraid of water, so we do not process it with water. And we put a layer of mastic on a dry cake. I didn’t really like this idea, so I still missed the cake, but sprinkled the cream with grated cookies on top. It turned out great. Cake in the fridge.

Let's take care of the machine:

I rolled out a thin layer from a white piece of mastic and cut out the details with improvised means. Knife squares for glass: side and front-rear. I made circles with a jar of vitamins - blanks of disks. For greater similarity, I made 5 small round holes in circles with a juice tube. And I also cut out small semicircles - these are headlights. I rolled up a tourniquet from the remaining mastic and fashioned the number "5". I left all the pieces to dry.

Wheels wanted to make a different color. So I took dry dye for Easter eggs and some water. I got a very thick paint, which I carefully combined with chocolate fondant. The dye was blue and I was expecting a dark brown, almost black. However, the blue-green color of the wheels came out.
I rolled up a "sausage" and cut four circles - wheels. Dried up. I also made a blue number “5” for testing, but did not use it. It remains to collect the machine.

Glue the mastic by wetting with water. With an ordinary brush, treat the surface of the wheel and disk and press it - you get full-fledged wheels. Glue the headlights and glass in the same way. The machine was installed on the surface of the cake for the boy.

With special pencils sold in the confectionery department, I made an inscription on the cake and painted on the typewriter a little. For decoration, I also decided to use marmalade raspberries, which you can also buy. Or make any figures from the remaining mass of mastic.
Do-it-yourself children's cake for a boy is ready, you can wish Happy Birthday!

What is the main dish at any holiday? What can't a birthday be without? And what dessert are all the guests looking forward to? Of course it's cake!

To date, probably the most popular are cakes made with mastic. They are beautiful, keep their shape perfectly, and incomparable decorations from this product can be safely eaten. A mastic cake for children is very popular, because parents can please their child by giving him a dessert decorated with figures of their favorite cartoon characters.

But our article is intended for those who wish to learn how to create delicious beauty on their own! A do-it-yourself mastic cake is not a dream, it is a completely doable task! And our master class will help you with this.

The preparation of dessert takes place in several stages. The first is to determine the type of mastic from which you are going to make a cake.

What is mastic and where to buy it?

Before you start telling how to decorate a cake with mastic, you need to clarify: what is it all about? This is a viscous, plastic substance, very similar to plasticine. Thanks to these properties, confectioners are not just making delicious desserts. Real works of art are born in their brilliant hands! Often such cakes are not what they are, it’s a pity to cut them!

Mastic happens different types, the most common of which are:

• For simulation. The name itself suggests its purpose. It is very well suited for creating jewelry and figurines. It has a texture that is soft on the inside but hard on the outside. This quality is great, for example, for creating jewelry using silicone molds. What is it - you will find out a little later.
• Floral. This mastic is ideal for creating delicate and complex decorations, such as small flowers. It contains more thickener, so it dries faster, but it rolls out thinner, is very plastic and keeps its shape perfectly. Decorating cakes with flower mastic is a very easy and pleasant thing.
• Sugar. It is she who is mainly used to cover cakes (this process is also called covering).

Mastic is also marzipan, milk and honey.

You must understand that it is not at all necessary to have all three types of the most popular mastic in your arsenal, you can completely get by with ordinary, sugar. Rather, professional kitchen masters use its other types for greater convenience and to save their time. Ordinary housewives who want to please their loved ones with their own sweet masterpiece can only get by with sugar mastic.

It is not so easy to buy it, it is sold only in specialized stores for confectioners. If there is one near your home, then you are incredibly lucky. The best option is to order delicious "plasticine" in the online store of your city. If this did not turn out to be, do not despair, you can make mastic yourself. How? Read on!

How to make homemade marshmallow mastic?

It turns out that you can make your own mastic. And it will cost you at least 2 times cheaper. And this is not the only plus. Many pastry masters claim that homemade mastic for a cake tastes much nicer than a store-bought one.

To prepare it (about 400-500 grams) you will need:

• marshmallow soufflé - 100 grams;
• soft butter- 1 tablespoon;
• lemon juice - 1 tablespoon;
• powdered sugar - 250-350 grams.

What is it - marshmallow? Not many have heard such a mysterious name, but everyone has seen this soufflé! These are the same sweets "Bon Pari" of white and pink color in the form of mouth-watering pillows or pigtails.

There are other manufacturers, but this one is perhaps the most popular in Russia. Many mothers deliberately prepare a mastic cake for children exclusively from marshmallows, as they do not doubt the harmlessness of the composition of the finished product.

How to cook?

1. Place the soufflé in a bowl (not metal).
2. Send it to the microwave for 5-10 seconds. The mass should then become soft.
3. Add 1 tbsp. l. soft butter room temperature and 1 tbsp. l. natural lemon juice.
4. Mix thoroughly. The mass should become soft and homogeneous.
5. After that, add to it 1 tbsp. l. powdered sugar until the mass reaches the consistency of batter.
6. Put the future mastic on the table and knead like dough, adding powdered sugar again and again until the mass becomes viscous and plastic, but elastic and not sticky to your hands, like plasticine.

Please note: marshmallow soufflé has different colors. Sweets can be white-pink or yellow-white-pink. If you want to get a mastic of a certain color, for example pink, then you can safely melt whole white and pink pads. If you need white mastic, then the soufflé will need to be cut, and only the white part of it will be melted. But marshmallows will not turn out pure white. It's always a little grey. Keep this in mind if you want to make a pure white fondant wedding cake. In this case, it is better to purchase a finished product.

Shokomastika: a recipe for cooking

In addition to marshmallow mastic, there is another type that can be prepared at home. This is shocomastic. It also turns out to be viscous and plastic, its taste is unique. The only drawback is that it dries longer, and it will also take a little more time to cook it.

So, you will need:

• white or dark chocolate - 100 grams;
• 2 tablespoons of liquid honey.

Cooking instructions

1. Chocolate must be cut into small pieces or rubbed on a grater.
2. The product must be melted in a water bath, but please note that the water should never boil. Then the chocolate will overheat, change its structure, and the mastic will not work.
3. After the mass becomes liquid, add 2 tablespoons of honey to it, slightly warmed up, but not hot. Mix everything with a spoon. The mass will immediately begin to thicken.
4. The resulting product must be kneaded well, like dough, for 20-30 minutes. In the process, cocoa butter will stand out, you should not be afraid of this, substitute some plate and let it flow calmly there.

Decorating cakes with chocolate fondant is less popular due to its slow drying, but it is also possible. It is well suited for wrapping. Shokomastika can be stored in the refrigerator, wrapped in plastic.

Coloring of mastic. What do you need to know?

Before you plan to make a mastic cake, you need to clearly imagine what exactly you want to see in the end result. What will be the color of the dessert, how will you decorate it, will there be inscriptions on it and much more.

After you decide on the type of mastic (it doesn’t matter if it is purchased or homemade), it’s time to think about color.

There are several options for staining mastic:

1. If you make it yourself, then you can color it during the cooking process. Dye (dry or gel) is added at the stage of mixing still liquid marshmallows or white chocolate. This method is only good if the entire mastic cake is the same color - both coating and decorations.
2. You buy or make white mastic, and add a few drops of dye to the finished one, kneading the mass until it acquires a uniform, even color. The dye is added with a toothpick. She is dipped in a colored gel and lines are applied to the finished mastic. Knead. Evaluate the resulting color and, if necessary, repeat the procedure. This option is good because you can paint the mastic in different colors and do it exactly with the volume that you need.
3. The disadvantage of the first two options is that the color of the mastic will not turn out very bright. It will always be more pastel than flashy. The third option is suitable for those who want to have a rich, eye-catching color. It is necessary to dilute the gel dye with a few drops of vodka, apply it on a sponge and use it to quickly blot the already covered mastic cake. The color is even and bright.

So, your mastic is already ready. You decided on the color and painted it. It's time to think about the filling: what will you hide under the mastic?

What kind of dough and filling is best to prepare for mastic?

Probably one of the most exciting questions for novice cooks: “Which one to bake a cake for mastic?” The most common version of the close-fitting test is, of course, a biscuit. It is soft but holds its shape well. It can be cut into cakes and made delicious impregnations and toppings.

The most suitable and delicious biscuit recipe for a cake decorated with mastic is as follows:

1. 200 grams of soft butter at room temperature must be beaten with 200 grams of powdered sugar.
2. Add four eggs to the mass and beat everything until the sugar dissolves.
3. Add flour (300 grams) premium, sifted through a sieve and mix everything well.
4. Bake until done.

Sand cake under mastic, and honey is ideal.

But not everything is as simple as we would like. sugar mastic afraid of moisture. That is why biscuits intended to be covered with it should not be too generously soaked in syrups. The cream for the layer of cakes should also not be very soft.

Mastic is a rather heavy product, and such delicate cakes as, for example, “ bird's milk" or " Broken glass» with an airy and delicate soufflé inside, not suitable for wrapping.

You should be aware that mastic should never be placed on whipped cream, yogurt cream and the like. In this case, it will simply melt and “flow”.

But do not despair, inside the cake you can still make your favorite layers from almost any cream. The chefs came up with a solution. In this case, the outside of your cake just needs to be smeared with a special cream that is suitable for covering with mastic. That is, you will have 2 creams. Internal, to your taste (the most important thing is that the construction of the cake itself is strong and stable), and external, on which the mastic will be laid.

Thus, there can be a sea of ​​​​taste variations. And this means that your do-it-yourself mastic cake will undoubtedly become the only and unique one.

Cake Smoothing Cream Recipes

What are these magical creams? You probably already have this question. There are only two most popular types of leveling creams.

"Cream of boiled condensed milk with butter"

It is perhaps the most common, as it does not require much skill and time. It is necessary to mix well 200 grams of soft butter at room temperature and 150 grams of boiled condensed milk. Cream is ready!

"Chocolate ganache"

For its preparation you need:

• 2-3 tablespoons of powdered sugar;
• 30 grams of butter;
• 100 grams of chocolate;
• 110 ml cream (30-35% fat).

Let's start cooking:

1. Chop the chocolate and put in a bowl.
2. In a saucepan, mix the cream thoroughly with sugar, bring the mixture almost to a boil and turn it off (do not boil!).
3. Pour the hot mass into the chocolate, wait a few minutes and mix thoroughly.
4. Add butter and mix again. Ready!

And now, with the help of any of these creams, the cake must be prepared for covering with mastic. It's not enough just to cover the cake. Its surface must be perfectly flat!

Therefore, these creams are called leveling. With their help, the future mastic cake will turn out perfectly smooth and beautiful, because with any convexity of the cream, defects will be visible. To make the dessert look neat, we recommend leveling its surface in three stages.

1. Spread the top and sides of the cake with a thin layer of cream, it will smooth out all the main bumps. Cool in the refrigerator until the first layer of cream has hardened.
2. Brush the cake with a second, thicker layer of cream. Try to give the surface as much as possible even coverage. Cool again in the refrigerator until firm.
3. Heat the knife on the stove fire (do not hot water it must be dry). Using a hot knife, smooth the cream to a perfect, beautiful and even surface. Put the cake back in the refrigerator.

So, huge milestone passed! We already have a beautiful, lined cake! Mastic for a birthday (or other holiday) is also ready, it remains only to cover our chic, delicious dessert.

What tools are needed to wrap a fondant cake?

For subsequent work with mastic, you will need the following:

• rolling pin. It can be ordinary (wooden) or silicone. Professional confectioners choose silicone models with a turning handle. These are the most convenient to roll out the mastic.
• Silicone mat. But you can do without it if the surface of the table is even, without flaws.

• Confectionery iron. This is a device with which the mastic on the cake is leveled. This is an extremely handy item. After all, you will never succeed in pressing the mastic to the cake with your fingers.
• Regular knife or round(for pizza). The latter is more convenient to work with, it is necessary for cutting mastic.

• Powdered sugar. Needed for rolling mastic, in order to avoid sticking to the table.

Wrapping process. step by step photos

How to properly cover a mastic cake? Our master class will show you this in great detail! So:

How to decorate a cake with mastic? You will find out about this very soon!

What accessories do you need to decorate cakes with fondant?

The cake can be decorated with mastic, with absolutely nothing but scissors and a knife. And you can buy a couple of silicone molds - and then the process of creating flowers and various figures will be simplified to a minimum! What is mold? This is a silicone mold for making various jewelry. How to use it? There is nothing easier. It is necessary to put a piece of mastic into the hole of the mold and press it tightly so that you are completely sure that it has filled every millimeter of it. The form can be put in the freezer for a couple of minutes, and then carefully remove the resulting figure or flower.

For beginners, working with mastic is easy perfect option. With the help of molds, you can decorate a dessert not only quickly, but also very beautifully.

You can learn how to sculpt flowers and figurines from mastic with your own hands. Exists a large number of video lessons of a similar plan. After practicing a couple of times, you will surely be able to create something beautiful.

Well, another option is possible: in specialized stores, buy ready-made decorations for the cake.

Now you know the basic principles and nuances in making a cake covered with mastic. These main stages remain unshakable for a cake of any shape and design.

Children's mastic cakes. A photo

For boys, the most desired, of course, is a car-shaped cake. Making it is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. All stages of preparation of biscuit and cream remain the same. It's all just in your imagination. The cake will need to be given only the shape of the car body. After covering the entire dessert with mastic, you need to cut out the details of the machine for decoration from it, this can be done with a knife or ordinary scissors, and glue them plain water. Since mastic is sugar, water acts on it like glue.

A mastic cake for a girl, no doubt, is best done in the form of a doll.
Make it much easier than a machine. The cake needs to be shaped like a dome. This will be the doll's skirt. And in this dome it will only be necessary to stick the legs of the doll. In specialized stores, a special upper part of the doll is sold, for such cakes. But it doesn't come cheap. Why spend money if there is practically no difference, and then you can wash the doll? After fixing the cake, you can cover it with mastic as your heart desires. You can make folds, a train, glue bows and flowers. The top of the doll can also be decorated with individual pieces of mastic.

If your child is crazy about the hero of a popular cartoon, you can make him a figurine out of fondant. Dare, create, try! And your children will say with pride and love: “Our mother is the best!”

Wedding cakes from mastic. A photo. Nuances in cooking

These mastic cakes are very popular. They are very beautiful, and there are a lot of ideas for their design. But it is not necessary to come up with grandiose bouquets of flowers. The simple design, which even a beginner can handle, is by no means the worst.

Perhaps the easiest, but no less beautiful decoration of a wedding cake can be ordinary mastic balls or confectionery sprinkles.

Bows of various sizes can also serve as a simple but elegant solution. You can play with colors, because no one said that wedding means necessarily white.

The most ordinary stripes on the cake can give a real zest and grace to a sweet dessert. The wedding cake from mastic is actually not so much difficult to decorate as to "collect". The main difficulty in cooking is the fastening of its tiers if there are several of them. If there are two tiers, then usually the second is simply placed on the first. But in this case, the biscuit should not be too soft or with a delicate filling, otherwise the lower tier threatens to sag under the weight of the first.

Everything becomes much more complicated when there are three or more tiers. Then, under each of them, a substrate of the required diameter is purchased, and each layer of the cake is placed on it. In addition, each tier is reinforced with special wooden sticks. They are pierced in several places in all layers (except the topmost), cut so that their height exactly matches the height of the tier itself. Thus, the upper tier on the substrate will lie not only on the lower ones, but also on wooden sticks that will not bend and will firmly hold the weight of the entire cake, preventing the dessert from deforming.

Now you know how to make a mastic cake with your own hands. The master class revealed in detail all the stages of preparing this delicious dessert. And if, before reading our article, the task seemed impossible for you, now you are probably on fire with this idea and will please your loved ones with a wonderful, incomparable cake! We believe in you! Everything will definitely work!

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