Valentine's day is just around the corner and you would like to make a pretty heart-shaped cake for your sweetheart. But you don't have a heart-shaped pan. No worries, just sprinkle some powdered sugar, sugar sprinkles or cocoa powder on your cake and there, love is all around!!
This is how you sprinkle "love":
If you are decorating a cake with icing, make sure the icing has set properly.
Take a parchment paper and cut out a heart-shaped design on it.
Place either the heart design or the outline on the cake. In a small strainer, pour a little powdered sugar / coloured sugar crystles / cocoa powder (contrasting the colour of the cake / icing). Sprinkle on the cake.
[I circle the back of a spoon or fork in the strainer so that it doesn't fall all over. If you are using thicker sugar sprinkles that don't pass through a sieve, sprinkle them directly. Also, if you are sprinkling powdered sugar then do so just before you serve. If you refrigerate it, the powdered sugar will melt and disappear!!]
Remove the design and ta-da!!
You can decorate a large cake with little hearts all over. You can even decorate your plates or cake-boards with designs of your choice. Go ahead, impress your Valentine!
Comments:
looks lovely...and the ideas are really awesome
ReplyDeleteGood post, just around the right time :D
ReplyDeleteI once tried this too last year, but the icing of my cake was wet & I couldn't spoil it.
So then God knows how much effort I put into making a stencil on A4 sheet & taping it from 4 sides, with just a little above the cake for sprinkling the powder on cake. Wasted some 1-2 hours, gosh!
Wow, that's a lot of effort. Use parchment paper, it sticks easily to the icing and can be peeled off easily too.
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Thanks a lot for sharing this process of creating heart toppings on cake.
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Hamaree Rasoi
Wonderful idea..nice pics!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome creation of heart topping on cake...
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Awesome ideas,thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post at rite time:)
ReplyDeleteGood job dear...
ah ya valentine days coming up! i like red sprinkles heart!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Cakes Vanni! They look simply awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Suhas anna loved them! ;P
Gorgeous Hearts Vanni! I'm sure Suhas anna loved them! ;P
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