Any holiday is much brighter if it culminates in a delicious, and most importantly beautiful and appetizing cake! In this article, we invite you to learn how to make homemade book-shaped cakes.
The Book cake will be appropriate for many holidays. For example, you can please your schoolchild with such a homemade cake, in the shape of a book, by preparing it to celebrate Knowledge Day or Graduation Day. Many professional holidays can also be celebrated with a Book Cake: Teacher’s Day, Librarian’s Day, Writer’s Day, etc.
A cake of such an original look will also be appreciated by those who cannot imagine their life without reading romance novels, exciting adventures, and intriguing detective stories.
Open book cake
To create such a confectionery masterpiece, you will need two thick rectangular cake layers.
Place these two cake layers on top of each other and coat well with cream.
Now mark the center of the cakes and make a neat cut, thereby forming a small depression.
The edges of the cakes also need to be slightly rounded.
Now coat the entire cake with cream.
Roll out a thin layer of snow-white sugar mastic and wrap the cake.
Using the blunt side of a knife, you need to mark neat stripes on the sides that will look like pages. If desired, you can place another layer of sugar mastic on top and fold the edges slightly to make the pages appear voluminous.
Roll out long thin strips of brown sugar mastic and wrap them around the edge of the cake - this will be the cover of the book.
Now use food coloring, you can use cocoa powder, and apply a tint to the snow-white sugar mastic to give the book an aged effect.
From sugar mastic, make letters and the necessary elements for decorating the cake: pen, pencil, glasses, feather, etc.
Delicious cake recipe for Teacher's Day
The teacher will be doubly pleased if, on Teacher’s Day, the students present a cake that they baked themselves. Homemade baked goods not only combine the basic ingredients, but also add a dash of warmth and sincerity. In fact, baking a cake at home is not as difficult as it might seem. If the gift is being prepared by primary school students, mothers' help will be needed, but the children will happily decorate the finished cake.
We invite you to bake a simple but incredibly delicious cake from Andy Chef, who has earned the love of sweet tooths around the world. The cakes turn out tender, moderately chocolatey and just melt in your mouth. The teacher will surely appreciate your efforts and will be delighted with the sweet gift for the holiday.
Let's start preparing a chocolate surprise for our beloved mentor. Prepare the necessary ingredients:
- 300 g sugar;
- 250 g wheat flour;
- 55 g cocoa powder;
- 2 eggs;
- 280 ml milk;
- 60 g butter;
- a tablespoon of vinegar 6%;
- 60 ml vegetable oil;
- 1.5 tsp. soda;
- 1 tsp. salt;
- 1.5 tsp. baking powder.
Let's start preparing the delicious cake “One, two, three!”:
- Take a deep bowl, add flour (sift first), sugar, baking powder, soda, cocoa powder, salt. Mix all bulk products thoroughly.
- Add chicken eggs, milk, vegetable oil (sunflower or olive oil will do), melted butter, vinegar.
- Using a mixer, beat all the ingredients until the dough becomes shiny and elastic.
- We will bake the cakes in a slow cooker. Grease the bowl with butter and place a circle of parchment paper down so that the cake can be easily removed.
- Set the “Baking” mode for 60 minutes. If you bake the cakes in the oven, place them for 40-55 minutes at 180 degrees. We check readiness with a wooden stick or match. You can bake several cakes or 1 cake, which is then cut into several equal parts.
- When the biscuit is ready, immediately take it out, remove the parchment paper, and let it cool. After this, wrap the biscuit in cling film and leave for a few more hours.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the biscuit into several layers. Layer with any cream. You can make chocolate ganache by heating dark chocolate with cream. When the chocolate has completely dissolved, add a small piece of butter.
- We also fill the top of the cake with chocolate ganache and decorate with fresh fruits and berries.
Closed book cake
A birthday cake in the shape of a closed book is much easier to make, because you just need to make a perfectly even, tall rectangle from the cake layers.
Wrap the sides of the cake with snow-white sugar mastic, using the blunt side of a knife to apply stripes imitating pages.
Use brown sugar fondant to make a cover for the Book cake.
Use a knife to make decorative embossing.
Cake decoration for Teacher's Day
Previously, confectionery products were decorated with butter or custard, which made the cakes too rich. Modern confectioners use various options for decorating finished cakes:
- figures made of mastic;
- Natural flowers;
- gingerbread decorations;
- mirror glaze;
- marzipan mixture;
- isomalt flowers;
- fruits, berries;
- edible photo printing;
- lollipops.
Nowadays, cakes decorated with sweets, waffles, chocolate tubes and other confectionery products are in fashion. In any case, there are no restrictions, the main thing is that the teacher likes your sweet gift.
You can surprise your mentor with a surprise using an original design. For example, a cake can be in the form:
- cool magazine;
- school board;
- school buildings;
- maple leaf;
- student diary;
- open book;
- globe;
- office supplies;
- primer.
A sweet gift for a teacher can be decorated in accordance with the subject he teaches. For example, decorate a cake for a math teacher with cream formulas and mastic figures (ruler, calculator, triangle, protractor).
The confectionery product decorated with figured gingerbread cookies looks beautiful. You can write congratulations on the gingerbread cookies: “Happy Teacher’s Day!”, “From 8th grade B,” “Dear Anna Ivanovna,” etc.
Festive cupcakes will be a good alternative to the classic cake. They can also be decorated in an unusual way, for example, with chocolate graduation caps. You can make congratulatory inscriptions on cupcakes with cream, decorate them with figures, berries, and edible beads.
Place a homemade card with the most sincere wishes from your students in the box of cupcakes.
What are the pages in the Book cake made from?
You can use sugar mastic to make pages in the Book cake. To do this, you need to roll it out thinly, give it the desired shape,, if desired, age it with food coloring, and then dry it.
Another good option would be pages made from waffle paper.
Also, if you know how to work with chocolate and temper it correctly, then the pages in the Book cake can be made of white chocolate with the addition of whitening food coloring - titanium dioxide.
Where can I order a ready-made cake for a teacher?
An original cake for Teacher's Day can be ordered in advance from pastry chefs. Just don’t do this a couple of days before the holiday, because craftsmen usually have a lot of work, especially on important dates. And making a beautiful confectionery product is not as easy as it might seem at first glance.
If the gift is from all students, you need to come up with a design for the baked goods, a congratulatory inscription, and also decide on the filling.
Where can you order a birthday cake:
- confectionery;
- House master;
- hypermarket;
- restaurant;
- coffee house.
Study the offers of home confectioners, because often they are the ones who create real masterpieces. It would also be a good idea to read customer reviews to know who is best to contact. However, in pastry shops and coffee shops you can also order an amazing gift for your beloved mentor. It is important to discuss all the nuances with the pastry chef: decor, filling, cream.
Modern people often prefer environmentally friendly products without harmful chemical additives. If the teacher watches his diet, order a cake made from natural ingredients.
Options for confectionery products can be very diverse. It can sometimes be very difficult to choose from the offered assortment, but remember what flavors the teacher prefers. Perhaps he loves chocolate desserts or often treats his students to his favorite cheesecake. Consider the following options:
- classic honey cake with sour cream;
- strawberry-mascarpone;
- caramel cake with salted caramel and peanuts;
- chocolate truffle;
- “Napoleon” with a fruit layer;
- chocolate cake with cherry layer;
- cottage cheese and yogurt with prunes and nuts;
- mousse “Three Chocolates”;
- carrot with cream cheese;
- "Red Velvet";
- airy cheesecake;
- honey-nut sponge cake with chocolate cream cheese.
When ordering, the pastry chef will take into account all your preferences, wishes and, perhaps, offer his own version of the filling for the future cake.
Filling options
A beautiful cake should also be delicious. Confectionery products with unusual flavor combinations that are in greatest demand:
- Fruity. Cakes with the addition of bananas, strawberries, mangoes, kiwis and grapes have an unforgettable taste and contain a lot of vitamins and microelements that give vigor, a boost of energy, and tone the body;
- Mousse. This category includes cheesecakes, Tiramisu, and Three Chocolates cake. Desserts consist of a base, a soft and melt-in-your-mouth mousse and a filling made from cream, condensed milk or curd cheese;
- Custard. Confectionery products of this type are made from thin and crispy bars based on choux pastry, Patissiere cream and whipped cream. Cakes are characterized not only by their attractive appearance, but also by their unforgettable taste and pronounced aroma of white chocolate;
- Chocolate. “Oreo Cheesecake”, “Count Ruins”, “Snickers”, “Nutella with Banana” and “Prague” cakes are popular among lovers of beautiful confectionery masterpieces. The taste of desserts becomes brighter thanks to the use of special impregnations for the cake, sour cream and juicy fruits. Cloudy-airy products leave a pleasant aftertaste and a desire to eat another piece.
There are other cakes in the assortment: with the addition of the most delicate meringue, salted caramel, lavender syrup, and based on aromatic soufflé. Confused by the variety of desserts presented? Contact us, and the confectioners of the Maria factory will help you choose a cake option for Teacher’s Day, and will also recommend products with the most successful flavor combinations.
Where to order?
Of course, there are cakes in the nearest store, but it is not a fact that they will be tasty and fresh. You won’t surprise anyone with a factory-made confectionery product, because a mediocre dessert design is unlikely to make the right impression on your favorite teacher. If you are looking for an unusual cake for a teacher from your class, call or write to us! Master virtuosos of the Maria confectionery factory:
- they will make dessert of any complexity from fresh ingredients;
- will offer original design options for confectionery products;
- They will assemble the cake on site, which will ensure the integrity of the decorative elements by the time the sweet gift is delivered.
Don’t skimp on a good and tasteful gift; give your teacher an unforgettable gift in the form of a designer cake, made taking into account the latest foreign and Moscow trends. Our confectioners will prove that it is easy to create an extraordinary dessert from flour, eggs, milk, cream and fruit - a work of art that excites the imagination.
Decorating a cake with musical instruments
There are many talented people in the world of musical art: vocalists, violinists, guitarists and many others. If you know what instrument the hero of the occasion uses in his work, you can surprise him with a complex but unusual cake for a musician.
Order sweets from professionals or try to create your own masterpiece using mastic. Make a musical instrument, taking into account everything, even the smallest details. Guests, like the hero of the occasion himself, will definitely be impressed by your ability to choose gifts.
Cake without using mastic
Those who are just getting acquainted with the art of making cakes will not have it easy. Therefore, you will have to put all your effort into baking delicious cakes and choosing the best cream, and you may not have enough time to make decorations. But don’t be upset, because a cake for a musician without mastic will be no worse than using it.
Prepare creams of different colors and use them to depict a musical instrument, microphone or the musician himself. It all depends on your imagination and drawing ability.
If you are completely far from the world of art, you can use a stencil. Using a soft pencil, draw several different notes on the cling film and turn it over so that the finished product does not get dirty from the lead. Prepare the chocolate glaze, cool slightly and pour into a pastry bag. Using a thin tip, trace the image of the notes onto the film and leave the glaze to harden. Ready-made decorations can be used for any cake. For a musician, your attention will be pleasant, not perfect cooking skills, and a treble clef against a background of white cream will not only inspire creativity in all guests, but will also whet the appetite.
