What if this year, to celebrate our mothers, we improvised as a pastry chef?
On the art of decorating a Mother's Day cake
Without necessarily being called Christophe Michalak or Cyril Lignac, it is very easy to create sublime cake recipes. All you need is the desire and… the right recipe. Generally speaking, to enhance any cake or dessert, we think of the decoration that tickles the pupils, and already makes the mouth water. And there’s no need to get into the techniques of Meilleur Ouvrier de France to bluff her, you have to think about efficiency and simplicity.
On an immaculately colored panna cotta tart, we play on contrasts with a host of very colorful fresh fruits (strawberries, raspberries, kiwis, etc.) to be arranged as a topping; on a bundt cake, we pour a delicious icing; and on a white layer cake, we play the total look with coconut shavings. Fresh fruit, flowers, aromatic herbs, chocolate balls, matcha powder, flavored or unflavored whipped cream, the possibilities are endless!
For inspiration, here are 13 pretty Mother's Day cake ideas spotted on Pinterest that give a festive look to our basic yogurt cakes, quick cheesecakes or beginner fruit tarts.
Floral tart
© Marie from the Sugar Salt Magic blog
The idea : To enhance a panna cotta tart, pour a jelly made from rose and raspberry over it, which will bring the final touch to the dessert. As beautiful as it is good!
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Almond crostata, ricotta and jam
© Alanna from The bojon gourmet blog
The idea : For a delicious, sweet cake, we think of ricotta which serves as a base for a creamy mixture. Simply combined with vanilla, lemon, and jam, it is divine.
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Elderflower and lemon layer cake
© Louise from the Cygnet kitchen blog
The idea : To be sure to give as much elderflower flavor to your layer cake as possible, we work it first in syrup by soaking the layers of the cake with it, then integrating it into a mascarpone whipped cream. A delicious delicacy.
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Bundt cake with Earl Gray tea
© Salma from The polka dotter blog
The idea : Tea is infused in a mixture of melted butter and hot milk, which will then be incorporated into the cake batter. And to enhance the taste of the tea, we also prepare a syrup made from water, sugar, and Earl Grey, before soaking the cake with it as soon as it comes out of the oven. Tea, differently.
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Tea panna cotta
© Marie-Laure from the Blanc coco blog
The idea : We love this sweet dessert with its perfect white. To make this panna cotta, simply heat cream with sugar and white tea. When it boils, remove the tea and add gelatin. Pour everything into silicone half-spheres and leave to cool. You can also serve these little creams with chopped pistachios, strawberries, and/or a red fruit coulis.
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Sponge cake, basil whipped cream, strawberries
© Marjolaine Daguerre from the Mauricette French food blog
The idea : The day before, heat the cream and add a few basil leaves. Leave to infuse for 30 minutes then remove the herbs before wrapping and refrigerating until the next day. Combined with strawberry, the herbaceous flavor of the cream knows how to surprise and seduce.
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Matcha Genoa bread cake
© Edda Onorato from the blog A sunny lunch
The idea : We make a tasty cake dough, a variation of Genoa bread made from almond paste, which we flavor with matcha tea. Airy and soft, this stunning cake just needs a dollop of thick crème fraîche and a few red fruits before being served.
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Vegan matcha strawberry
© Patrícia Nascimento from the blog Coco e Baunilha
The idea : We prepare a vegan cream made from cashew nuts, coconut milk and maple syrup, and we pour 2/3 of it onto a crunchy base garnished with cut strawberries, before freezing everything. After setting in the cold, we finish by adding the matcha flavored cream on top. Thus, with the same cream base, worked in two ways (the first natural, and the second with matcha), we have several flavors when tasting.
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Rhubarb tart, vanilla cream, Breton puck
© Aurélie from the Lilie Bakery blog
The idea : Sublime and easy to make, we put everything on this fresh and spring tart. We start by preparing Breton shortbread which we bake in a circle. We then garnish it with whipped mascarpone cream poached with a piping bag, and we finish by arranging pieces of baked rhubarb. To reproduce as desired with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, apricots, etc.
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Pastel cabbages
© Cyrielle Thomas From the blog Carnets parisiens
The idea : As delicious as they are, we're going to make short work of these cabbages. To achieve this, simply prepare homemade choux, which you cook well before filling them with pastry cream. And in terms of flavor, we are spoiled for choice: vanilla, cocoa, orange blossom, coffee, praline, pistachio paste, etc. Finally, all that remains is to heat some fondant and add a few drops of coloring for very soft pastel shades. We dip each garnished cabbage in the fondant, let it dry, and set aside in a cool place before serving.
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Pineapple, passion fruit and white chocolate desserts
© Blog The gourmet pose
The idea : We create a delicious dessert by combining a coconut financier base, a vanilla pineapple brunoise, and a white chocolate mousse. An immaculate dessert, with a perfect look, which will find its place perfectly on the table, simply decorated with fresh pineapple and a mint leaf or two.
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Frozen yogurt desserts
© Laura & Nora from the Our food stories blog
The idea : As beautiful as it is delicious, this 100% raw cake is not that difficult to make. For the base, we toast sunflower seeds and sesame. We blend them into a fine powder, and mix them with coconut oil and medjool dates until we obtain a paste, which we place in cookie cutters. Fill the circles with sweetened Greek yogurt and leave to set in the freezer. Before serving, we garnish our dessert with fresh or frozen fruit.
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Orange almond layer cake
© Rachel from the blog Fresh Fishing
The idea : We prepare an almond and orange zest cake in a tall, small diameter mold, or if we don't have one, we pour half of the dough into a springform mold, and we make two batches. Let the cake cool and create layers. It is garnished with a frosting made from cream cheese and butter, and apricot jam in the center. Once the cake is formed and covered with icing, all that remains is to add a plethora of fresh fruits, which can be decorated with edible gold powder, for a chic and festive look.
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