How to decorate a cake with strawberries at home

It’s a hot time of year outside – summer, and this means that the most delicious berry – strawberries – is starting to fill the shelves. Strawberries are a favorite treat for both adults and children, and that is why there are so many different recipes in which strawberries are the main character: strawberries with sour cream, strawberry milkshakes, strawberry yoghurts, pancakes with strawberries, pies and cakes with strawberries.

In this article, the News portal “Vtemu.by” decided to share with you simple ways to decorate homemade birthday cakes with strawberries.
Strawberries are such a beautiful berry that even a novice pastry chef can decorate a homemade cake with it. So let's get started...

Strawberry flower on a cake

To create this beauty on your homemade birthday cake, you will need to cut each strawberry into thin strips (3 mm), and then arrange the pieces on the cake in the shape of a flower.

An excellent and easiest way to decorate a cake with strawberries is to randomly cut the berries and fill the recess in the cake with them. Strawberries have a beautiful shape and bright color, which will give your homemade cake a summer mood and your guests an appetite.

Blueberry Cake

Before starting to prepare the cake, turn on the oven at 165-180 degrees. It is better to use a lower temperature - then the crust will turn out light and not baked. We take all the ingredients for the biscuit out of the refrigerator in advance so that they have time to warm up to room temperature.

Divide the buttermilk into two parts. Add vegetable oil to one of them and stir with a fork until it dissolves. Beat the eggs into a separate bowl, stir with a fork and pour into the second part of the buttermilk. Add the zest, juice and lemon extract there.

Sift the flour into a separate bowl, add salt, sugar, baking powder and soda. Mix all dry products with a fork and pour into a mixer bowl. Add softened butter in small pieces. We begin to beat the mixture at the lowest speed. Continue mixing until all the butter has been added and the mixture turns into crumbs.

To the crumbs of dry ingredients and butter, add some of the buttermilk mixed with vegetable oil. Combine with a blender and bring until smooth, beating for about 2 minutes.

Using a spatula, remove the dough from the sides of the bowl; it should all be inside, otherwise lumps will remain. In small portions, in three stages, begin to add a mixture of buttermilk and eggs. Beat each portion well with a mixer and remove the residue from the walls.

When finished, the dough is soft and has the consistency of pancakes. It is better to bake the cakes in two forms or one at a time so as not to cut the berries when dividing one cake into two parts. Grease the molds with butter so that the cakes come out easily. Pour the dough into the molds.

Wash and dry the blueberries. We divide the berries in half, 100 grams for each cake. Immediately pour half of it onto the surface and place in the oven for 15 minutes. Then pour in the rest of the berries and bake until done. This is necessary so that the blueberries are evenly distributed throughout the biscuit mass. Take the finished cakes out of the mold, wait 5 minutes and place on a cooling rack. The sponge cake can be assembled into a cake the same day or stored in the refrigerator, wrapped in cling film.

To prepare the buttercream, beat the softened butter until it turns white and increases in volume. Add cream cheese to it, beat until smooth. Then add powdered sugar and salt in small portions and continue beating the cream. Finally, add lemon extract, beat for a couple of minutes and the cream is ready. Place in the refrigerator to stabilize.

Once the cake layers and cream have cooled, you can begin assembling the cake. Place the cake on a dish, grease it with cream and cover with the second cake. Line the cake with cream on top and sides, decorate with lemon rings and blueberries.

Serve chilled.

Beautiful cakes!

Chocolate covered strawberries on cake

An amazingly beautiful and elegant way to decorate a homemade cake.

Melt a few bars of your favorite chocolate in a metal saucepan or bowl. Then dip the washed and dried strawberries into the prepared chocolate glaze. Place the chocolate-covered strawberries on a large plate and then place them in the refrigerator until the chocolate hardens completely. Decorate your cake with these beautiful chocolate strawberries.

If you don’t have time to fuss with each strawberry, dipping it in chocolate glaze. You can do it easier. Cut the strawberries into 4 pieces and carefully place the pieces of berries on the top of the cake (see photo). Then drizzle the chocolate glaze over the strawberries.

If you want to give your strawberries an unusual shape, then you can try making romantic hearts in chocolate glaze or luxurious roses.

Cakes designed in the form of a basket filled with delicious strawberries look very original. Decorate the edges of the cake using ordinary wafer rolls (sold in any store). And fill the top of the cake with strawberries. Some famous confectioners even recommend not removing the green tail from strawberries, because this makes the strawberries look fresh and even more appetizing.

How to “crown” a cake with berries

Are you preparing a birthday party for your child or is your husband making claims and demanding sweets for tea? Don't panic, we'll resolve the issue now. First, let's figure out which berries to take and how to use them.

You can decorate the cake using:

Sweet cherries, cherries and everything round, sweet and red of that kind.
Large raspberries and medium strawberries.
Any currant, the main thing is that it is ripe.
Strawberries, blueberries.

Important! There should be no fringe on the berries - in jam they are healthy and tasty after cooking, but for the cake it is better to take fresh ones. Moreover, dark berries look great on a white background, and red ones look great on a dark chocolate background. Strawberries, by the way, are universal for everything.

Berry compositions can be made from one type or combined several - depending on your artistic taste and talent.

Strawberry shaped cake

To make such amazing beauty you will have to try, but you must agree, it’s worth it.
Such a cake will be a bright addition to any celebration, especially since guests will be treated to a pleasant, and most importantly, tasty and healthy surprise inside. Decorating a cake with melted chocolate and strawberries looks incredibly appetizing and elegant. The strawberry seems to be growing right on the cake, you just want to pick it and eat it.

You will get a real work of art and not a cake if you assemble your cake in a split ring and decorate the edges of the cake with strawberry halves.

Add mint leaves to the decoration to make the cake look even more appetizing and juicy.

You can also try filling the top of the cake with jelly, after placing strawberries on the top of the cake.

To prevent the sponge cake from absorbing the still liquid jelly, it is recommended to generously grease the top of the cake with butter cream.

What fruits to decorate the cake with?

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Not every decor will look stylish and modern. Below is a list of fruits that can be used to decorate cakes (from simple to complex).

Whole tangerine and tangerine slices (everything about fall/winter cakes looks amazing).
Pomegranate (especially ripe) is an excellent substitute for any red berries.
Slices of orange, lemon, lime.
Dried fruit slices (orange, pear, apple, etc.).
Passion fruit and other small exotic fruits.
Plum, apricot, peach. They look best when decorating pies.
Slices of kiwi, apple, pear, banana (quickly darken and lose their appearance). They are best used for home decor.

What points should you consider when you plan to decorate a cake with fruits yourself? There are only six of them.

Use only one type of fruit.
Combine fruits with berries.
Use seasonal fruits. For example, for winter cakes the use of tangerines and oranges is very appropriate and atmospheric.
Use dried fruit slices.
Combine fruit slices with cream.
A wreath looks best when decorated with fruits; it is the easiest to create.

At the same time, if you have enough experience and imagination, you can experiment. Sometimes decoration with fruits looks fantastic.

Figs deserve special attention. It's not really a fruit, so we've highlighted it separately. It looks absolutely appropriate in autumn and winter cakes, both in combination with berries and alone. The inspiring examples in the photo confirm this.

Flowers

To create a strawberry meadow of flowers on the surface of the cake, you need to cut out berry rings and place them along the edge along the entire cake. Then make another strawberry ring inside the first one. Continue repeating layers until the entire area of the dessert is covered. In the center you need to place one strawberry, looking up with its nose.

You can add drops of cream on top of the strawberry meadow. There should not be too many of them, and the order of their placement should be far from correct symmetry. A dessert with sweet sprinkles will resemble flowers with dew.

To create more complex floral masterpieces from strawberries, you must follow these instructions:

cut the berry from the spout to the stalk, but not all the way;
Make 4-5 cuts in each part and straighten them a little - you will get something like a chamomile.

ladybugs

Strawberry ladybugs will look very cute as decoration.

You can do them as follows:

take the desired number of berries, do not tear off the tails;
Dip the top of each strawberry about 0.5 cm into melted dark chocolate;
Decorate the surface of the berry with small drops of melted chocolate.

If desired, ladybugs can be made not from whole berries, but from halves. In addition, to make them more attractive, insects can be placed on toothpicks, and their eyes can be made of cream with a drop of chocolate in the middle.

Preparation for registration

Fresh fruits need to be prepared:

Rinse them under running water.
Remove stems and leaves.
Remove the seeds by cutting the fruit in half.
It is necessary to remove the film from citrus fruits if possible. Divide the fruit into slices and, being careful not to damage their integrity, peel and remove the seeds.

Cutting:

apples and pears can be cut into slices: first, the fruit is cut in half, the half is placed on the board with the cut side down and thin slices are cut lengthwise;
Peaches can also be cut into slices or quarters;
apricots are cut along the line and laid out in halves;
the berries are most often left whole;
bananas are cut into slices.

Apples darken when exposed to air. After cutting, sprinkle them with lemon juice so that they retain their original appearance.

With cream

Cake with strawberries and cream is considered a classic combination of colors and flavors. In this case, the berry can be used in several ways:

carefully place on a surface coated with cream, strictly vertically and trying not to leave gaps;
place between the cake layers, for example, using cottage cheese or whipped cream to create a layer, and leave the sides undecorated;
squeeze out beautiful flowers or other figures from the cream on the surface, and put a whole berry or a berry cut in half on the top of each of them;
A flat decoration can be made by covering the dessert coated with whipped cream or cream (cottage cheese, soft cheese, butter cheese, etc.) with thin slices.

Actually, absolutely anyone can have a recipe for a cake with strawberries, since they go well with almost all products.

Snowmen

Children love making snowmen. Give them this opportunity even in the summer.

For this you will need:

strawberry;
cream;
sesame.

Cut off the top of the strawberry. This side will hold the snowman on the cake. From a pastry bag, squeeze the cream onto the strawberries - this will be the face of a snowman. Use sesame seeds to make eyes and nose. Place a cut-off strawberry cap on top of the cream. Make a pompom out of cream on the hat. A beautiful and delicious cake decoration is ready.

Swans

You can even make swan figurines from strawberries. This will require a little time and perseverance from you, since strawberries are quite soft in structure and you need to work with them extremely carefully.

To create the figures you will need:

2 berries;
sharp knife;
toothpick;
cloves – 1 pc.

First, the strawberries must be thoroughly rinsed in cold water and dried well.

Cut a small slice from one edge of the strawberry - this is the base on which the strawberries will lie tightly on the cake. From the other edge, make 8–10 cuts along the berry. Then cut off the green crown. From the resulting cut parts, form the wings and back of a swan, carefully moving the slices with a knife.

Take the second berry and cut it into three parts. Set aside the outer two slices; only the core will be needed. Cut a semicircle from the base. Then separate another small piece from each side. Press the cloves into the strawberries. Place the berry on a toothpick and attach it to the main part of the swan figure.

The number of swans decorating the cake can vary depending on your personal preference. The optimal quantity is 2 pieces. It is then that these figures will attract everyone's attention and add a touch of romance to the festive atmosphere.

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There are many in cookbooks, magazines, blogs and websites of varying degrees of reliability.

Veronica, you can replace the cream with less fat, just reduce the amount, because... they are more liquid than 35% cream:

It seemed strange that whipping cream did not need to be whipped. Maybe then it’s worth taking cream with a lower fat content??

The cake is great. I made it for my daughter’s birthday two years ago. I made a small change - I added raspberries to one half of the curd mixture and blueberries to the other. The cake turned out with pink and lilac stains. I sprinkled a lot of fresh berries on top, all that were found in winter (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries). This year I also decided to make the cake myself - I went for this recipe again)), because the guests were delighted and it was incredibly beautiful.

Candy, Yes, such a replacement is possible, these are interchangeable ingredients. Replace in the proportion of agar:gelatin - 1 to 4. (1/2 tsp agar = 2 tsp gelatin).

Can gelatin be replaced with agar?

Magnificent cake. A very interesting result if you take strawberries instead of blueberries.

pon4s: Take good market cottage cheese or something similar (not wet)

Tell me, what kind of cottage cheese specifically?

Loya: 1 tsp. gelatin weighs 5 g, i.e. You need 20 g of gelatin. Look on the packaging how much your gelatin plates weigh and take the right amount

There is no gelatin in the granules. How much should I take for the regular one?