Waiting patiently for the microwave to complete its time circle and then you hear the sound of completion. Here comes you cake which looks so yummy and is ready to serve but what about its looks. Baking is easy but when it comes to decoration, seems little confused what to do. Decoration makes the cake look more delicious than it would be.
To help you with this, we have brought you some guidelines. You can also enjoy some incredibly decorated cakes without leaving you comfort zone through online delivery of cake in Gurgaon and Noida only at CakenGifts.in which delivers cakes at your doorstep.
Here is the list of 10 simple tips to decorate your cake.
- Giving your cake a shape
Giving you cake a shape like heart, guitar or any cartoon character will not necessarily need any extra decoration. You don’t have to think much about decoration as you can already imagine about the cake’s look and just have to add colour to bring out the imagination like a pink heart shaped cake or a Mickey mouse shaped cake.
- Adding citrus fruit slice topping
Summers come up with lots of option for citrus fruits. Just slice them up and place accordingly on the cake and here you go; a beautiful cake is ready to serve. You can also use a single fruit or a combination of fruits to decorate.
- Decorating with Sprinkles
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Sprinkles or sugar strands made up of sugar, corn syrup and cornstarch is used for decorating cakes and add a texture to it. Sprinkles can be used in different ways either the whole cake can be covered with it or can be used on sideways.
- Using Meringue
Meringue is traditionally made from the whipped egg whites and sugar. It was invented in the Swiss village of Meringue and was later improved by an Italian Chef Gasparini. Available in three different types: French Meringue, Italian Meringue and Swiss Meringue can be used to decorate and add an extra flavour to it.
- Decorating border of the cake
If you are in a hurry and can’t do much things to decorate your cake just focus on the borders. Piping borders will be easy and less time consuming with lots of option. You can make dots, stars, roses or scrolled borders.
- Topping with berries
You can use berries to decorate your cake. Place berries either in a cluster or scattered way to create a better look.
- Ice cream topping
Adding scoops of ice cream as a topping will not only make the cake look good but also add an extra flavour to it. It is simple and will make the cake delicious and ready to eat.
