Sponge cake with mastic flowers

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   In the evening it is necessary to prepare mastic and let it stand overnight in the refrigerator. First, soak all the gelatin in 4 tablespoons of water. Let it swell.

2. Step 2:

   

   In a saucepan, mix the rest of the water with powdered sugar and glucose syrup. Heat over low heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.

3. Step 3:

   

   Bring to a boil and cook for 2-3 minutes.

4. Step 4:

   

   Heat gelatin in hot water to a liquid consistency.

5. Step 5:

   

   Cool powdered sugar in cold water to gelatin temperature.

6. Step 6:

   

   Add gelatin and then glycerin to the powdered sugar. Mix everything well.

7. Step 7:

   

   Pour the liquid warm mass onto the work surface.

8. Step 8:

   

   Stir until it cools and thickens to viscosity.

9. Step 9:

   

   Wrap the mastic in plastic wrap and leave it in the refrigerator overnight.

10. Step 10:

    

    Before baking and assembling the cake, it is necessary to make decorative elements, flowers and leaves from the finished mastic. To do this, the mastic must be divided into 6 parts and tinted in the appropriate color. One part is brown, the largest, this part is needed to cover the cake on top. Three identical middle parts for three flowers - red, yellow and blue. A small part on green leaves. And leave a small part of the white mastic for edging.

12. Step 11:

    

    To create colors, roll out the red, yellow and blue parts of the mastic into a layer.

13. Step 12:

    

    Cut circles of two sizes from the layer - these will be flower petals.

14. Step 13:

    

    First, several smaller circles, wrapping in a circle, glue with water on top of each other.

15. Step 14:

    

    Then glue large circles with water as well.

16. Step 15:

    

    Make beautiful neat red, yellow and blue flowers and leave to dry. By the way, you can take dyes of your favorite shades for your flowers!

17. Step 16:

    

    Cut leaves of different sizes from a layer of green mastic.

18. Step 17:

    

    While the flowers and leaves are drying out, you can do the cake. Assemble a cake from your favorite cakes and cream. Smear the cream under the mastic, smooth it out and let it harden. Then roll out a layer of brown mastic and carefully cover the cake with it.

19. Step 18:

    

    Trim the excess edge of the mastic at the base.

20. Step 19:

    

    Roll out and cut out a strip of white mastic, make a border out of it. Decorate the cake with flowers and leaves. That's all, your favorite sweet cake is decorated with bright colors of mastic and is ready to please your loved ones! Enjoy the taste and color!