The 35th anniversary of marriage is already quite a significant holiday in the life of the spouses who managed to walk this considerable path hand in hand. Celebrating a coral wedding is a good tradition in many families. And it’s worth preparing for this anniversary with special care, because the celebration should be thematic. In this article we will tell our readers what is the best cake to make for 35 years of marriage - for a solemn celebration of a coral wedding for yourself or your parents.
How to choose a coral anniversary cake?
A wedding anniversary cake should not only be delicious and beautiful, but also large enough to be enough for each guest. It is important to order the cake in advance of the holiday to be sure of timely delivery.
If you have a talent for baking and decorating cakes with cream or mastic, then you can easily make the dessert yourself. If not, then order from a professional.
The top of the cake definitely needs to be decorated. These could be fondant figures with a nautical theme to match the symbolism of the 35th anniversary. For example: shells, starfish, algae, pearls, mermaids, fish, corals.
It is best to prefer sponge cake as a base for a cake . It is light, pleasant to the taste and aromatic.
If the cake is designed in several tiers, then the sponge cake may not support its own weight and the entire structure will slide to the side
A tall cake should consist of a stronger base , for example, chocolate or honey cake layers. Or leave the sponge cake, but place the cakes on a multi-tiered stand - the dessert will look no less chic.
Cake with fondant figurines in the form of fish
Two-tier cake for 35 years of marriage with fondant pearls
DIY wedding anniversary cake
You can pleasantly surprise your guests and husband on your wedding anniversary by making a birthday cake with your own hands. The most popular and easiest to prepare is a cream wedding anniversary cake made from sponge dough.
Almost any type of cream is suitable for it, especially creamy. The process of preparing such a cake consists of three stages:
- Preparation of biscuit dough;
- Making buttercream;
- Preparing sugar syrup for soaking sponge cakes.
But before you begin the process of making a cake, you need to prepare in advance - come up with a design, decide on the size of the cake, its color, shape, composition, purchase all the necessary products and decorations, prepare pastry tools (baking molds, pastry syringe with attachments, mixer and other).
You can look up the design and color of the cake on the Internet or come up with it yourself.
The most common shape of a birthday cake is a circle, but with some imagination you can come up with something unusual, for example, two hearts connected together, a polygon, etc.
The size of the cake is calculated based on the fact that on average 200-300 grams are consumed per person. cake.
An important point is choosing a recipe for making a birthday cake and thinking about its overall composition. To make it easier for you to navigate, draw on paper the cake you want to make with all the decorations.
When all preparations are completed, you can proceed directly to the cooking process itself.
Wedding anniversary cake recipe
So, to prepare biscuit dough we need:
- 4 eggs;
- 150 grams of sugar;
- 100 grams of flour;
- 15 grams of vanilla sugar;
- 1 tsp. baking powder.
Sift the flour through a sieve, separate the yolks from the whites. Beat the egg whites with a mixer until a thick foam forms, then continue whisking and add a little sugar. Having finished with the whites, we take on the yolks. To them add half of the sugar 75 grams and all the vanilla sugar.
Then we grind this mixture until its volume increases and after that we add the previously whipped whites to it and mix. Then add the sifted flour and mix again.
Place this dough in a pre-prepared form slightly greased with vegetable oil, level it and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 35 minutes.
The cakes are ready, let's start preparing the buttercream. It can be with sour cream, condensed milk or without anything, just creamy. We will need:
- 1 egg;
- 250 grams of plums. oils;
- half a tablespoon of heavy cream;
- 1 tbsp. l. regular sugar;
- 10 grams of vanilla sugar.
First, heat the cream and sugar, stir gently, add the egg. Cool the resulting syrup. Then knead the butter in a bowl, add chilled syrup to it and beat this mixture, gradually adding vanilla sugar.
The buttercream is ready. Now he will begin the third stage - preparing the syrup for soaking the cakes. It requires only 2 ingredients: 40 grams of water and 100 grams of sugar. Preparing the syrup is easy and simple: pour sugar into a saucepan, add water and boil until the sugar is completely dissolved.
The syrup is ready! They need to soak the sponge cakes. Then grease the cake with cream and start decorating it, for which sugar mastic or fruit are ideal. Mastic can be bought at any confectionery store.
Thus, there are many recipes and wedding anniversary cake design options. Choose or come up with a design and recipe that suits your liking and budget, and will also suit the taste preferences of your spouse and guests.
Most importantly, remember the theme of the cake (this is love, happiness, fidelity, well-being of your married couple) and its purpose - to become the main decoration of the festive banquet and sum up the whole evening.
35th wedding anniversary cake using mastic
There are many ways to decorate cakes, but mastic has remained a leader among pastry chefs for several centuries. With its help you can bring to life the most daring design for a cake. Desserts decorated with this paste look unusual and elegant, and attract the attention of not only children, but also adults.
Ideas for decorating cakes for the 35th anniversary of marriage:
- a white heart-shaped cake, the top of which is decorated with coral roses and the number 35 - minimalist and elegant;
- a white round cake, the bottom of which is wrapped in blue fondant depicting sea waves, and on the top there is a large sea shell sprinkled with silver confectionery glitter;
- a cake with images of spouses and the inscription: “35 years together”;
- for people with a sense of humor, you can order a cool cake, on top of which there will be a mastic bed with a blanket, from under which the spouses’ legs will be visible, and next to it the inscription: “35 years under one blanket”;
Photo of a cake with fondant for a coral wedding anniversary
Cake with fondant for a coral wedding with an inscription and numbers
What to focus on
Whether you bake and decorate the cake yourself for the upcoming coral wedding, or order a treat from a master from a professional pastry shop, it doesn’t really matter. The main thing is to correctly place the accents and make a special and memorable coral wedding cake.
The main differences between the treats for the 35th anniversary of family life can be:
- Delicate coral color in confectionery decorations;
- Inscriptions of congratulations on the 35th anniversary of marriage;
- Pearls, shells and starfish;
- Various marine themed elements;
- Combinations of white, soft blue and, of course, pink-coral;
- The use of both matte and shiny coating textures of the confectionery product.
Coral wedding cake without mastic
Not everyone likes mastic on a cake, so decorating a holiday dessert with creams does not lose its popularity. A cake without mastic has its advantages:
- jewelry made from natural ingredients;
- lower calorie content;
- a cake with open layers will better survive waiting in a stuffy room;
- It’s much easier to bake a cake without mastic with your own hands .
Options for decorating a coral wedding anniversary cake without mastic:
- Cover the cake from top to bottom with cream roses, starting with white ones and ending with red ones, and write the number 35 on the top of the cake in the middle;
- cover the cake with white icing, make beautiful chocolate drips and decorate the top of the cake with fresh fruit;
- cake in the shape of half a sea shell or starfish;
- You can decorate the cake with real red or pink roses.
Wedding anniversary cake with macarons
Photo of a cake without mastic for 35 years of marriage after the wedding
The most interesting treat ideas
Marine themed
With a themed coral wedding anniversary, the cake is primarily associated with the sea. It can be made in the form of an island surrounded by corals, or in the form of several tiers of the seabed, strewn with pebbles, shells and, of course, corals.
With flower arrangements
A variety of flowers and bouquets made from edible sweet mastic look very good and impressive. Such compositions turn out especially well if the cakes for a coral wedding are made in several tiers, as shown in the photo. It can be either round, square or rectangular confectionery - any option will look bright and impressive .
With pearl oysters
You can complement your 35th birthday cake with corals using half-open shell decorations with pearls . It will turn out very impressive and beautiful. You can complement the composition with edible ribbons, bows and lace sugar inserts.
Shell-shaped
Another sea idea for a cake that would be interesting to create for a coral wedding for yourself or for your parents is a voluminous treat, shaped like a large white shell decorated with coral.
In blue
An unusual option is a beautiful dessert for a 35th anniversary with blue or turquoise fondant. You can decorate this confectionery work of art with edible sweet corals and shells.
With fruits
Delicate compositions of ripe molded fruits in pink and coral colors are an excellent decoration for delicacies for an anniversary celebration. You can complement your holiday treat with shiny sugar elements coated with kandurin.
Unusual in shape
In the shape of a heart, a star or in the shape of a cube - for a coral wedding for 35 years of marriage, it is possible to prepare and build a cake that is not quite ordinary. It wouldn’t hurt to complement the treat with ribbons and flowers, as well as edible beads, cream and jelly inserts - depending on your preferences and tastes. And from our photo selection you can choose the version of the coral wedding cake that you like best.
We hope you have already decided on the style of the cake for your or your parents’ coral wedding. And if our article helped you find the best and most interesting treat option for the upcoming holiday, share the materials with your friends. Perhaps the information will help them decide on the idea of an exquisite themed delicacy.
Cupcakes for each guest
Cake in the form of small cakes – cupcakes – is gaining more and more popularity.
Small cakes are easy to bake, they can be made individual for guests, for example: for adults with liqueur filling, and for children - based on marmalade or fruit
The advantages of cupcakes are obvious:
- there is no need to cut them into portions, worrying whether there will be enough for everyone;
- they are easily transported in boxes, unlike a large cake, which tends to fall on its side;
- they can be served on separate plates, or on a multi-tiered stand, or on trays;
- 35th wedding anniversary cupcakes can be packed in individual boxes and presented as a small gift to each guest.
Cakes can be ordered decorated in a nautical style. Some cupcake ideas for a coral wedding anniversary:
- cupcakes in the shape of slightly open shells with a pearl inside;
- cakes, the top of which is decorated with a sprig of coral;
- starfish cakes;
- regular round cakes with your favorite filling and the number 25 on the top or with coral-colored decorations.
Photos of cupcakes for 35th wedding anniversary
Nautical themed cupcakes in honor of the coral anniversary
Coral wedding
Coral wedding
Sometimes the question arises: 35 years, what kind of wedding is this and what to give to parents on this day. The coral anniversary is celebrated on the thirty-fifth year. On this day, the relationship between two people stands the test of time, because not every couple can withstand such hardening. It is believed that the relationships of people who have lived together for 35 years are the strongest. Like corals that create a strong colony underwater. In some countries of the world, this anniversary is also called linen, jade and ruby. It should be noted that on such a day, a gift for spouses should be given with all your heart.