Birthday is a favorite holiday of almost all kids. In addition to the gift, a cake occupies an equally important place on this day. Sweet, tasty, big and always beautiful - that's how children want to see it.
Since preferences for taste are not customary to discuss, it remains to be oriented among the great variety of cake decorations offered to the delight of the kids. They can be made in the form of almost anything and contain congratulatory inscriptions, as well as be colored, contain small details and figures - in general, complete freedom of imagination.
Types of cakes for boys and the basic rules for their choice of birthday
It is possible to divide cakes for children into separate categories according to the form criterion:
- Simple - they have the usual rectangular / round / oval shape and do not contain complicated additional elements, except for inscriptions, cream figures and usual additions (chocolate chips, molded chocolate, sprinkles and fruits).
- Figured - can be in the form of various objects (ball, binoculars, microphone, wrench and so on) or in the form of cinema and cartoon characters. The basic form of the base is possible, but the presence of additional chocolate elements (mastic, cream) in the form of all the same objects, characters, etc.
- Difficult - such cakes are whole constructions and can repeat to the smallest detail the construction of a tank, a car, a football player with a goal and a ball, a medieval knight on horseback or several cartoon characters in any place.
Form - the main parameter that determines the type of cake in principle. To create a children's cake of good quality will require considerable skill and a lot of free time, however, you can always order it or buy it ready.
Shops and private pastry shops offer a wide selection of children's cakes. To the birthday of the child, this important attribute should be chosen, guided by the interests and hobbies of the child and no more.
Now almost unlimited number of different holiday cakes are provided, among which choosing the right one is not so easy, however, if you adhere to certain conditions besides the appearance, then you can narrow the wide range of the proposed.
So, firstly, do not take cakes that contain a large number of highly sweet foods. If there is an opportunity, then it is better to purchase fruit with a cream of natural ingredients, without an excess of dyes and potential allergens.
So you can spend a children's holiday, without fear for the health of the younger generations. Secondly, it is better to consider variants of familiar confectionery factories or private bakeries in order to exclude, again, a health hazard. Thirdly, since it was decided to undertake the production with his own hands, it would be useful to study the compositions of popular recipes and create and create on this basis.
What cakes to buy for a boy's birthday
The question more belongs to the psychological field of knowledge, however, there are, nevertheless, basic patterns regarding the choice of cakes for boys of different ages for their birthday. So, on the occasion of the execution of 1 year old, you can not fool yourself much and get (cook) a regular biscuit with a light cream, write a number and name and restrict yourself to that.
Many parents do not give sweet to children up to three years old, but an exception can be made for a birthday. For 2 years, you can more or less determine which characters or what things attract a little person. A cake with a machine, cartoon characters, but not complicated and necessarily delicious - that's what you need.
On the birthday of a five-year old child you can already make a real gift in the form of a cake of complex shape, which is anything that he loves. With regards to the products from which the base of the entire holiday table should be prepared, it should be noted that possible restrictions should be taken into account and a large number of dyes, flavorings and especially the cake should be made at home for 5 years, use natural ingredients: fruit and vegetable juices, condensed milk, nuts, dried fruits and the like.
The eight-year-old growing man often himself wants to see a car, a tank, a plane, or any weapon, animal, movie or cartoon character in the form of a cake on the day of growing up. Exactly, as in previous cases, on the birthday in 8 years should adhere to the rules and tips specified above.
10 years is the first round anniversary. The solemnity of the event determines the seriousness of the approach to it. And since at this age a personality has already formed and is preparing for entry into the period of youth, then the cake must also correspond.
Made in the form of a wrestling mat, a soccer ball, a Mosin rifle, or any attribute of a young man's hobbies, the cake will perfectly suit and emphasize attentive attitude towards him from the seniors.
How to make a cake for a boy on his birthday with his hands
If there is nowhere to order or is expensive, and the right one is not for sale, then you can do everything yourself. So, the first option - a biscuit cake decorated with cream.
For the basics you will need:
- Chicken eggs - 8 pcs .;
- Sugar - 220 g;
- Flour - 200 g;
- Faded nuts in a coffee grinder - 50 g;
- Butter - 80 g.
First, prepare the dough and biscuit cakes. Eggs must be knocked out in a mixer tank. Sugar is sent next, then whipped at medium speed until the volume increases three times.
Next, flour and grated nuts are sifted through a fine sieve, this mixture is gently poured into beaten eggs with sugar, and then mixed until homogeneous. Melted butter, but not very hot, is added to the dough and stirred.
Depending on what forms there are, you can vary in different ways the number of initial proportions and the number of cake layers, respectively. With a diameter of 16 cm, two cakes are obtained, which are baked for 20-25 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees. Willingness is determined by piercing with a skewer - it should dry out of the dough.
Baked cake should be removed from the mold and turned onto a wire rack to cool, then turn over and allow to cool. The number of cakes on a classic cake is usually taken from three. Ready cooled cake should be carefully stripped of the apex, which has taken the form of a tubercle.
The serrate knife, incising from the side and turning the biscuit itself, evenly cut off the top. It turns out a flat cake on both sides. Donets can also be cut off, if required, as well as the sides.
When the firm foundation is ready, the most important thing begins - the preparation of the cream and the work with the decoration of the cake. On the example of coffee and chocolate cream this recipe is built.
Products for creativity:
- Butter - 100 g;
- Dark chocolate - 70 g;
- Cocoa powder - 50 g;
- Sugar powder - 115 g;
- Instant coffee - 1 tsp.
Oil should be heated to room temperature, after which it must be whipped within five minutes. Sugar powder and some add in three stages, so that the mixture is evenly soaked.
Melt chocolate, and it is better not in a water bath so that there are no drops of water. After the powder and cocoa are completely mixed, coffee is added and chocolate is poured, after which everything is whipped again.
The cream is ready and you can shift it in a pastry bag, then insist 20 minutes in the refrigerator. After infusion, the assembly of the cake itself begins. You can hold it on a plate in which dessert will be served.
A spot of cream is dripped into the center, then the first cake is placed on it so that it does not slide. In a triangular bag, the angle of the desired diameter is cut off and the cream is evenly applied to the cake.
Pieces of chocolate, berries, dried fruits and nuts are applied in this step. After completion, the next cake is placed on top. Between themselves, they must be leveled, using the flat surface of the blade. The topmost cake is placed bottom up so that it is perfectly smooth.
A pastry spatula or spatula is coated with the sides of the cake and the top evenly. After applying the first layer, the entire structure must be placed in the refrigerator for half an hour so that the next layer does not smear the previous one. Layer by layer achieves a uniform color of the whole cake, and you can also make relief boards with the help of shaped spatulas or simple spoons.
To avoid the bubble and smudges - the cake must be cooled before working with the cream.
At the final stage is the decoration. Fruits and berries, chocolate, cream of different colors, various caramel decorations and so on can be used.
In this example, there will be chocolate forms in the form of machines, which can be purchased at the store.
The chocolate is melted in the microwave, and then poured into molds and sent to freeze in the freezer. After an hour and a half, the finished decorating elements are removed and put on top of the cake as you like. You can add sliced banana and strawberries to them, as fruits are perfectly combined with chocolate.
How and how to decorate a birthday cake for a boy
Cake can be decorated in dozens of different ways. The simplest ones are inscriptions, drawings with cream and liquid chocolate. There are also more complex, but allowing you to create different forms, for example, from mastic, meringue, etc. Mastic allows you to create cakes in the form of a set of objects or figures of characters.
The idea of decorating another cake is in the next video.
