Who doesn’t love to arrive at a party and come across beautifully decorated cakes, right? Whether it’s a cake decorated with whipped cream, or even with American paste, decorated cakes are desserts that go beyond pleasing our palate, because they are also made to please our eyes. Being always the center of the decoration of a dining table for partying, the decorated cake can be the main element of both large parties and a simple afternoon coffee with friends.
And thinking about all this, today we decided to talk more about cake decoration, bringing many tips and inspiring photos of decorated cakes that are sure to make your mouth water. Check it out!
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Ideas of decorated cakes
The decorated cakes are always the great highlight of the table at parties like weddings, birthdays, christenings among so many others, because they are models of decorated cake super well prepared to attract everyone’s attention.
To choose the decorated cake it is important to always think about the theme of the party, so you can choose a cake decoration that harmonizes perfectly with that celebration, however, we must remember that today the market offers several ways to decorate cake such as cake decorated with whipped cream, with American paste, with fruit, artificial flowers and also some edible ones among others.
To help you choose the best decorated cakes for your party be it a cake decorated with whipped cream, American pasta, fruits or flowers we have separated more ideas below about the ideal cake decoration for each situation.
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Wedding Cake Decoration
The decoration of wedding cake is certainly one of the great attractions of such an important party in the life of a couple. And the coolest thing is that wedding cake decoration can be done in many ways. Nowadays naked cake is one of the favorites, especially for those who want a more rustic party or outdoors.
The naked cake, for those who don’t know, is that cake decorated without frosting, but with many details such as cake decorated with flowers or cake decorated with fruit that creates an incredible look for this precious to eat with your eyes.
But of course there are other wedding cake decorating ideas like the classic whipped cream cake, or a more sophisticated and super elaborate cake decorated with American paste that are also successful on every wedding table.
We should also remember that for wedding cake decoration it is always important to think of something more delicate and romantic, so do not leave out flowers, pearls and lace.
Before thinking about the wedding cake decoration it is also important to think about the size of this decorated cake, because when the cake is very big it is possible to make a more elaborate wedding cake decoration with many details, now for a small decorated cake it is important to make a more delicate decoration and with smaller arrangements, but not for that reason the small wedding cake decoration should be less beautiful and delicate. And remember, choose pretty boleiras so that your decorated cake gains even more prominence.
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Birthday cake decoration
The decorated birthday cake offers many possibilities, because it can be a birthday cake decoration for fifteenth birthday partyThey can be children’s decorated cakes or even a simple cake decoration, it all depends on what the theme and size of the birthday party is.
To choose the decorated birthday cake you first need to know how big the party will be, for example, how many guests you will have, because then you can plan the size of the decorated cakes and which details match them best.
It is also important to choose the format of the decorated birthday cake, the round decorated cakes are the most used, but it can also be a rectangular decorated cake, square and even with some other format like the heart-shaped decorated cakes.
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The decoration of 15 year old party birthday cakes is usually more imposing, as this party is usually quite large, while children’s decorated cakes are usually more colorful and fun, often having characters that refer to the universe of children. And remember, on the day of the party leave your decorated cakes at the refrigeratorthat will make them even tastier when it comes to serving guests.
But beyond these more traditional decorated cakes, the birthday cake decoration can come with the colored dough, with the apparent filling that is the famous naked cake, with colored granules to give a special charm in the decoration of simple cake, and several other details such as decorating cake with chocolate shavings, with coconut chips, marshmallow, cotton candy or even the beautiful cake models decorated with flowers and cake decorated with fruit.
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Cakes decorated with whipped cream
The cakes decorated with whipped cream are undoubtedly one of the most sweet and traditional, because it is an idea of simple cake decoration that offer many possibilities of finishes and colors, besides being a very tasty cover, easy to make if you have a good blender at home and that allows a beautiful finish for the decorated cakes.
In addition, the cakes decorated with whipped cream have a more economical cost than other models of cakes decorated as the cake with American paste, which besides being more expensive, is much more laborious to make.
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Cakes decorated with American pulp
The cakes decorated with American paste are always very well elaborated and are therefore preferred by those who want to make a beautiful decoration with great focus on the main table.
In the case of the American cake it can be used to decorate various types of cakes, from the engagement and wedding cake, even children’s decorated cakes, men’s decorated cake, women’s decorated cake and so on.
The tip is to think of a theme or style you want for your party and take advantage of all the versatility of the American folder to decorate the cake in the most elaborate and detailed way possible.
Children’s decorated cakes
Children’s party is always the tastiest, after all, it has tasty food everywhere, besides many sweets, animation and to complete a beautiful cake decorated right in the center of the table,
For the simplest models of children’s decorated cakes, whipped cream is usually the highlight, also using rice paper with a design that has to do with the theme of the party, but of course, children’s decorated cakes made of American paste can be better elaborated and look beautiful with many colorful details and characters from the children’s universe.
Cake decorated with flowers
The cake decorated with flowers is a great trend for both wedding and birthday parties, especially when we talk about decorated women’s cake, after all, besides being beautiful this cake decorated with flowers becomes super delicate and charming.
In the cake decorated with flowers you can use both natural flowers and artificial flowers, made with American paste, and although this model of decorated cake is used in various styles of parties it is more common at weddings, because they are super charming and ensuring a delicate and romantic touch to the environment.
But the cake decorated with flowers is also widely used as a decorated birthday cake, especially when we talk about outdoor parties or with themes that remind us of nature as a tropical partyfor example.
However, unlike the wedding cake decoration that usually has more delicate flowers and light colors such as white, beige and pink, the cake decorated with flowers in parties with themes related to nature usually use flowers with stronger colors and vibrant, ensuring this very tropical air for the decoration.
Cake decorated with fruit
The cake decorated with fruit is also something super current and that beautifies the decoration of many party tables, especially when we talk about Christmas pudding covered in berries or a beautiful rustic wedding cake.
The most traditional fruit decorated cake is the naked cake, which has a very simple structure and uses the fruit to give the cake a beautiful finish. It can even be a cake decorated with fruit and flowers to make it even more beautiful.
But the cake decorated with fruit does not always need to be a naked cake, it can also be finished with glaze or whipped cream and make a beautiful decorated cake for your party.
When we think of cake decorated with fruit soon comes to mind the red fruits, which are the most traditional in cake decoration as the cake decorated with strawberry, cherries and blackberries that besides being delicious, however, the cake decorated with fruit can also follow another line and use the yellow fruits and give a fresher air for the cake decoration.
Tip: To give more flavor to the cake decorated with fruit, it is worth using the fruit squeezer to extract the juice from the fruit and include it in the cake recipe. It’s delicious!
Decorated chocolate cake
The decorated chocolate cake is the one to fill your eyes and water your mouth, after all, it is one of the favorites both at children’s and adult parties. The decorated chocolate cake has several ways of being made, some being simpler and others better elaborated as a cake decorated with chocolate covered strawberries, for example.
Another common way to decorate chocolate cake is to use chocolates and many chocolate shavings. In this case, the decorated chocolate cake can also be presented in many ways as using whipped cream or other fruits besides the cake decorated with strawberries such as blackberries, coconut, cherries and grapes.
Decorated Christmas Cake
Who doesn’t like to see a super well decorated Christmas table, huh? But for that you have to invest in beautiful salty dishes and also desserts and of course the decorated Christmas cake can’t be left out.
For the most traditional decorated Christmas cake it is interesting to use a white glaze topping with red fruits and crystallized on it. It looks beautiful and super tasty.
But if you have kids at your Christmas dinner it’s very nice to invest in a Christmas cake decorated in a more fun way using American paste or even reindeer dolls, Santa Claus, snowflakes among others.
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