Cake in the form of a book: the best recipes, interesting ideas and recommendations

Masterpieces of confectionery art are in demand for any holiday. Customers of companies engaged in baking, give them a lot of money, because a delicious beautiful cake can leave the most positive impressions of the event. We are talking about products whose appearance can not leave indifferent even those who do not like sweets.

Naturally, from a piece of the car "Ferrari" or the Eiffel Tower to refuse extremely difficult. It seems to us that at home it is very difficult to cook something like this. In fact, simple and affordable recipes for incredibly beautiful cakes open unlimited possibilities even for those who are just starting to try themselves in confectionery.

For example, a cake in the form of a book is one of those options that everyone can do in their home kitchen. It does not require any special equipment, and you can buy products for your own culinary masterpiece in every supermarket.

Events for which you can prepare such a cake

A cake in the form of a book is one of the most popular options for decorating a dessert for a holiday. It looks rather original, and most importantly - there are a lot of options for such a delicacy to be relevant.

For example, a cake in the form of a book for an anniversary can be presented to a teacher working in any educational institution. It can be a person just loving to read. You can only imagine how a connoisseur of good literature will be pleased to cake in the form of a favorite book.

On the first of September, the cake can be presented to a student or teacher. The same campaign can be applied to the celebration of the prom. And for the Teacher's Day, this is a perfect present. In general, having shown a certain amount of imagination, a cake in the form of an open book can be prepared for the celebration of various events, and for this you will not have to pay a lot of money to the confectionery company.

Undoubtedly, the book is the best gift. What then to speak of a cake in the form of a literary work!

Biscuit

The cake in the form of an open book is easiest to make from a biscuit test. This is the most popular option for all delicacies covered with mastic. To prepare the basis you will need:

• Butter - 100 g;
• Sugar - 1 glass;
• Baking powder - 1 teaspoon without a slide;
• Kefir - 1 glass;
• Eggs - 3 pieces;
• Flour - 1.5 cups;
• Cocoa powder - 1 tablespoon;
• Vanilla sugar - 1 sachet.

The products are mixed in the following order:

• The butter mixes with a mixer with sugar, then eggs are hammered;
• Added flour, baking powder and vanillin, all whipped;
• Kefir is poured in, everything is mixed for five minutes.

The dough should be divided into two equal parts. Cocoa is added to one of them. Both cakes are baked separately in a rectangular shape for 20-25 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees. The willingness of a biscuit is checked with a match or toothpick. If the dough is soft and not wet, then it's ready, and you can proceed to the next stage of cooking a cake-book.

Cream

A cake in the form of a book can have different tastes and texture, and they will depend on the cream chosen for the sweet literary work. You can take a regular oil cream. To do this, you need to beat 250 g of butter with a glass of sugar powder.

You can approach the issue even easier and decorate the cake with a bottle of whipped cream. But the classic biscuit is better complemented with more original versions of creams, then the taste of the product will be exquisite and truly home-made. Here are the simplest and most popular recipes:

1. Sour cream, boiled condensed milk and butter are beaten in the same proportion.
2. In 200 g of mascarpone cheese, one melted tile of milk chocolate, half a glass of powdered sugar and a sour cherry without pits are added.
3. 100 g of dark chocolate is melted with 50 ml of water and 50 ml of cognac. When the homogeneous mass cools down a little, it is beaten with a mixer with 100 g of thick cream.

If there is a question about how to make a cake in the form of a book, then without a mastic, a real culinary masterpiece is almost impossible to cook.

Mastic

It can be bought at a specialized confectionery store, but sometimes it takes a long time to look for it. You can prepare mastic for yourself and decorate the cake yourself. To do this, you need:

• Half a kilogram of powdered sugar;
• 60 ml of water;
• 1 teaspoon gelatin;
• 1 teaspoon of lemon juice;
• vanillin.

Gelatin is macerated in water and is prepared for half an hour on a steam bath. It adds lemon juice, vanillin, if desired, a dye. In a bowl with this mass, a little powder of sugar is added. Then the mastic is wrapped in a food film and left in the refrigerator for an hour.

Decor

To make a cake in the form of a book is quite simple:

1. A large rectangular dish fits a chocolate cake.
2. Top - a thick layer of cream.
3. Over the cream - a white cake.
4. The edges of the "book" are neatly cut around the perimeter.
5. In the middle of a sharp knife is a small groove across the cake.
6. On top and sides - again cream.
7. Mastic is rolled into a layer about 0.5 cm thick, the top cake is covered with this layer. Superfluous edges are cut off. You can leave a thin ribbon of mastic for bookmarks.
8. On the pages you can draw with the help of a confectionery syringe and multi-colored oil cream various drawings and, of course, make an inscription corresponding to the solemn occasion.

Cooking options

Cake in the form of a book made of mastic can be prepared not only according to the above recipe. For example, biscuit cakes may be more than two with different creams between them.

Biscuit is not the only kind of dough for this original cake. These can be shortcakes for "Napoleon", "Medovika" or any other dessert. Their preparation will take a little longer, but thin pages from such cakes will look especially original. They should also be covered with mastic.

The book can also be closed, it's even easier to cook this cake. In this case, you will have to try only on the beautiful sweet binding, but the pages can be made of thin bars of white chocolate.