Refined Love Nest Cake
A European-style cake coated with whipped cream, shaped with a spatula, and finished with blowtorch-toasted edges.
Ingredients
cake base
1
fresh cream (whipped to 70% stiffness)
to taste
fruit glaze
to taste
chocolate decorations
to taste
fruit
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Take a cake base and use fresh cream whipped to 70% stiffness to spread a simple right-angle surface on the cake.
2
Step 2
Use a European-style scraper to create a cut-edge texture on the side of the cake.
3
Step 3
Use a European-style scraper to carve layers along the side of the cake, and trim and round the bottom edge.
4
Step 4
Use a blow bottle to create a wavy pattern along the side edge of the cake.
5
Step 5
Use a European-style scraper to sculpt a lake-like rim around the top edge of the cake, and pipe in the fruit glaze.
6
Step 6
Use a European-style scraper to cover the lake-like rim at the top of the cake with fresh cream, then sculpt a lake-like texture across the top surface.
7
Step 7
Heat a spatula with a kitchen torch, then use it to scorch decorative patterns around the edge of the cake's top surface.
8
Step 8
Pipe fruit glaze around the base of the cake and spread it evenly, then decorate the top surface with chocolate decorations and fruit. The cake is now complete.
