Decorate cakes, muffins or cookies beautifully

28.01.2012 2-minute read From Editorial team

The cake or pastry is baked, and now comes the most important part: the eye-catcher. Decorations make a cake look much nicer, and especially if you have children, decoration is essential. Here I have listed the 8 best decorations for cakes and cookies:

Ideas for beautiful decorations for muffins, cakes, or cookies

Icing

Cakes and cookies can be beautifully decorated with icing. The icing can be created in many flavors and colors. Icing goes very well with pound cake or nut cake.

Powdered sugar

This variant is simple but effective; a cake dusted with powdered sugar immediately looks much more elegant. On cakes, beautiful motifs can also be conjured up using stencils and powdered sugar.

Sweets

A hit for children: sweets are very suitable for decorating cakes or pastries. Smarties, gummy bears, sugar pearls, or sugar confetti are just a few ways to visually enhance the cake.

Chocolate

A classic is chocolate glaze for dark cakes and pastries. The melted couverture is simply spread over the cake and hardens after drying. The most famous version is definitely the Sachertorte with an elegant chocolate coating.

Ornaments or lattices made of chocolate are also a great eye-catcher; the couverture is simply piped onto baking paper with a piping bag, left to harden, and then placed on the cake.

Fruit

A fresh option is to top the cake with fruit. Slices of fruits such as strawberries, oranges, raspberries, or apples can not only decorate cakes wonderfully but also add a flavor aspect.

Nuts

Nuts are excellent for decorating cakes or cookies. Whole almonds, walnut halves, or whole hazelnuts look decorative and taste very good as well.

Marzipan

Marzipan is a very good way to decorate cakes or cookies. For cookies, brightly colored marzipan can be stuck on as a lid using jam. Those who are skilled can craft wonderful motifs with marzipan, such as small figures or cut-out shapes.

Whipping cream

Cakes in particular can be wonderfully decorated with whipped cream. Filled into a piping bag or a cream whipper, wonderful motifs can be drawn on the cake.

Important tips before decorating:

Let the cake or cookies cool down completely before decorating with fruit, whipped cream, or chocolate glaze.

Photo by Sabine, meinhaushalt.at

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Behind meinhaushalt.at is Sabine Ostheimer. She collects practical household tips here – preferably using natural home remedies instead of pure chemicals –, money-saving ideas for everyday life and tried-and-true tricks from grandma's days. As a mother of twins she also writes honestly and without filters about family life; baking and seasonal table decoration are among her favorite topics.More about the site

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