6th cast iron wedding anniversary cake

Not a single married couple can imagine their wedding without its integral attribute - a birthday cake.

Every year, celebrating the next anniversary of family life, the couple try not to change traditions and arrange an unforgettable celebration with the obligatory presence of a wedding cake

Six years lived together is called a cast iron wedding, and the cake for the sixth cast iron wedding anniversary should be appropriate in theme to this significant event.

How to choose a wedding anniversary cake

The choice of cake for the 6th wedding anniversary should be approached seriously and in advance, without leaving a day or two in reserve, so as not to overshadow the celebration if, according to some criteria, you don’t like the cake. It is necessary to think over the shape, size, weight, design of the future dessert , look through the advertising brochures of confectioners, look at pages on the Internet. It is best to write down all the requirements ahead of time, then contact the master and voice them to him.

Creative mastic cake for 6th wedding anniversary

What to consider when ordering:

Form . For a cast iron wedding, a round cake would be appropriate, but it is also possible to order a multi-tiered one or a heart-shaped one, which is absolutely suitable for any wedding anniversary.
Size and weight . They are determined depending on the number of people invited to the celebration.
Color . A “cast iron” cake should be made in a silver or steel color scheme.
Decor . By showing your imagination, you can come up with a lot of appropriate details for the idea of decorating a cake for the 6th anniversary of your marriage.
Inscription . The top of the confectionery product can be decorated simply with a number indicating the number of years lived, or you can write the motto of your family or a phrase that is understandable or close only to the spouses.

Heart shaped cake for wedding anniversary

6th Anniversary Cake in Steel Color

How to impress with a cast iron wedding cake

It is necessary that the dessert for a wedding celebration is catchy, stylish and memorable, making an impression on all guests

This can be achieved by ordering a large, multi-tiered, perfectly smooth cake in a steely color scheme.

An airy dessert, covered with snow-white whipped cream and decorated with bright berries, such as strawberries, symbolizing love, also looks beautiful

A cake in the form of a cast iron filled with fruit will not go unnoticed. An original option would be a cake in the form of a couple splashing around in a cast iron bath.

Original cake for the sixth wedding anniversary with spouses in the bathroom

Choosing a cake with two tiers

Before ordering a confectionery product, you need to familiarize yourself with the individual intricacies of its creation.

The smallest two-tier wedding cake weighs from 3 kg. Therefore, if the size of the wedding is small, then it is better to choose a dessert with one tier.

You also need to take into account the type of cake. I divide the masterpieces of confectioners into three types: biscuit, meringue and marzipan.

It is not recommended to make the bottom tier from soft sponge cakes and souffles, as it may not support the weight of the next tier.

An exception may be when both floors of the cake stand on special stands.

It is not advisable to use meringues, waffles, puff and shortbread cakes for a wedding cake. They crumble a lot when cutting and are too heavy food. After all the dishes, such a creation can lead to indigestion.

The most popular are biscuit confectionery, soufflé cakes, desserts based on yogurt, cottage cheese, and marzipan.

It is advisable to pre-order a sample cake weighing up to 1 kg. This will help avoid disappointment in the future. Very often, pastry chefs make cakes similar to wedding cakes for tasting purposes.

Cast iron wedding anniversary cake using mastic

Cakes with a surface made of mastic very advantageous A sweet cake coating made from marshmallows and butter, a very plastic material from which you can fashion anything. The skillful hands of the pastry chef create real masterpieces from mastic.

Photo of a cake with fondant for the sixth cast iron wedding anniversary

So, a cake for the 6th marriage anniversary can be presented as:

frying pan with two scrambled eggs, decorated with an inscription made from improvised ketchup: “I love you!”;
an antique-style cast iron iron tied with a red ribbon;
a pot of fruit;
a box with “metal” tools;
cast iron “with pilaf”;
an impromptu duckling or goose bowl with fried poultry;
samovar with steering wheels on it.

Everyone will want to not only try such a cool cake, but also take a photo as a souvenir.

Cake in the form of a frying pan with scrambled eggs

Cast iron cake with pilaf

Cast iron wedding anniversary cake without mastic

Not everyone likes cakes decorated with fondant. There are a great many options for a cake made without it.

The advantage of cakes without mastic is that such confectionery products can be baked from any dough: sponge cake, puff pastry, shortbread, waffle

The layers can be covered with cream, or you can simply put them on display. It is very beautiful if you use different cake layers and different layers. In addition, the mastic begins to melt at high air temperatures, which does not have the best effect on the aesthetic appearance of the cake.

A cast iron wedding cake can be cream, made from different cake layers, but always coated with pastry cream made from butter, chocolate, cottage cheese, sour cream, and egg white.

An excellent substitute for mastic is whipped cream. They are so airy and weightless that multi-tiered cakes can withstand them. When decorating a cast iron wedding cake with cream, you can simultaneously use fruits and berries, marzipan, jam and even fresh flowers. Cream goes well with cottage cheese, condensed milk and any other cream.

Photo of a cake without mastic for 6 years of marriage after the wedding

A wedding cake can be decorated with white or chocolate icing, on top of which are applied: edible beads, fruit slices, coconut flakes, nuts, fresh berries.

The surface of the confectionery product can be perfectly smooth due to the frozen jelly, inside of which entire pictures of fruits and berries can be placed.

A new product in cake design is chocolate velor. A neutral-tasting thin coating of cocoa butter can be any color, but black and silver work well for a cast iron wedding. These cakes look delicious and beautiful, they are light and tasty.

Wedding cake without mastic with cream

A delicate cake without mastic turns out incredibly tasty and beautiful. To make it look the same as in the final photo, you must strictly follow each step.

Ingredients for 25 cm cakes (2 pcs):

650 g premium flour;
275 g butter (melted);
5 pieces. eggs;
300 ml milk;
250 g granulated sugar;
1 tbsp. l. vanilla extract;
2 tbsp. l. baking powder;
0.5 tsp. salt.

For 20 cm cakes (2 pcs.):

450 g flour;
175 g butter (melted);
200 ml milk;
3 pcs. eggs;
150 g granulated sugar;
0.75 tsp. vanilla extract;
1 tbsp. l. baking powder;
5 g salt;
120 g coconut flakes (garnish).

For 15 cm cakes (2 pcs.):

300 g flour;
110 g butter (melted);
2 pcs. eggs;
100 g granulated sugar;
1 tsp. vanilla extract;
1.5 tsp. baking powder;
a pinch of salt.

For the syrup:

1 liter of purified water;
5 tsp. vanilla extract;
15 pcs. egg whites;
1 kg sugar.

For buttercream:

1.360 kg butter (softened);
2 tbsp. l. vanilla extract;
a little salt.

For filler:

11 pcs. egg yolks;
400 g granulated sugar;
juice 3 pcs. lemons;
juice 3 pcs. limes;
15 g salt;
1.5 tbsp. l. lemon zest;
165 g butter.

Preparation:

Cut out three even circles of different diameters from baking parchment paper. Place in prepared pans, grease each with a small amount of butter, sprinkle with sifted flour, shake off excess. Let's leave it aside for now.

Now it's time to prepare the dough for a three-tier wedding cake without using mastic. Combine the specified amount of sifted flour, salt and baking powder.

Separately, beat the soft butter. In the process, add sugar and vanilla extract little by little. One by one, break the eggs there, pour in the milk, add flour, salt and baking powder.

Divide the finished dough into molds. Place in a preheated oven to bake at 175 degrees. For cakes with a diameter of 25 cm, you will need 30 minutes, for 20 cm - 23 minutes, and for 15 cm - only 22 minutes.

After cooking, leave the biscuits in the molds to cool for another 5 minutes. Carefully remove, wrap in cling film and place in the refrigerator for a short time.

To prepare the syrup for impregnation, combine 1 kg of sugar with 1250 ml of purified water in a saucepan, place on medium heat, and bring to a boil. As soon as the sweet crystals dissolve, remove from the stove, let cool a little, add vanilla extract and mix well.

Fill the empty pan 1/3 full with water, put it on the fire, and boil. Separately, in a heatproof container, beat the egg whites with sugar and salt. Now we place this vessel over boiling water, while continuing to gently whisk until the mass is completely heated and the sugar is dissolved in it. Use the mixer for about 2 more minutes at low power, then gradually increase it until peaks form. Even after this we don’t stop, we continue the process until fluffy and cooled (the plate with the cream should be cold).

Return the mixer power to lowest and add soft butter. Make intervals between each addition, whisking continuously. Add vanilla extract. The cream should be smooth and not too thick. We transfer it to a food container, cover it tightly with a suitable lid, and put it in the refrigerator for now. Let him wait in the wings.

Now let's move on to preparing the filler. Pour 350 ml of water into a small saucepan, place on medium heat, and bring to a boil. While it heats up, in a heatproof container, grind the egg yolks with sugar until smooth. This will take approximately 1-2 minutes.

Add citrus juices along with a little salt and use the mixer again. As soon as the liquid begins to bubble, reduce the heat and place a bowl of egg mixture over the pan, without stopping the whisking process for about 20 minutes. The finished cream should never get too hot.

Remove from heat, add lemon zest and turn on mixer again. Gradually add soft butter at small intervals, one piece at a time. We operate according to this principle: throw in one, beat until completely dissolved, then add the next one. Set aside until the cream has cooled down. Assembling a wedding cake without mastic. Take 5 tbsp. syrup, 8 incomplete tbsp. custard (the one with zest), 15.5 tbsp. buttercream and the amount of coconut flakes (coarsely shaved) indicated in the list. The latter should not be sweet.

We cut each cake lengthwise. Let's start with 25 cm. Place one on a flat plate, rough side up, grease with impregnation. For such 4 pcs. halves will take 700 ml of sweet syrup. For each part of 20 cm, about 175 ml, but 15 cm will require 120 ml.

Fill a pastry bag with buttercream and decorate the edges of each soaked cake with it. You can use a syringe. But if there is neither one nor the other, then we take a simple plastic (preferably plastic) bag, cut off the tip and use it. Now fill with lemon cream. The proportions are as follows: 25 cm – 270 ml, 20 cm – 230 ml, 15 cm – 125 ml. We cover the free space of each product with it.

Very carefully cover the processed cake with the second part. Spread a generous layer of buttercream on top. Next, lay out half of the baked goods of the same diameter. We repeat all the steps. We send the finished part of the cake to harden in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

Now everything needs to be repeated with cakes with a diameter of 20 cm and 15 cm. To level the cream on the sides, use a knife with a wide blade or a spatula, previously soaked in boiled water (hot). Take a cake with a diameter of 20 cm, press coarse coconut flakes against its walls. Place in the refrigerator to harden for two hours.

Take out a well-cooled 25 cm cake, place a mold in the center of it and mark with a stick where you will need to place 20 cm of cake. We stick 5 pcs. straws in the middle, where the circle is marked, cut off the excess. Place the cake with coconut flakes by pressing the straws all the way. Seal with buttercream using a pastry bag. In the same way, you need to make cakes with a diameter of 15 cm, having first installed 4 straws.

We place the last cake layers we prepared ourselves at home for a wedding cake without mastic, and secure it around the base with cream. With this we help hide possible gaps between the cakes and decorate them at the same time. Using a napkin, remove excess cream from around the finished wedding cake. We wrap the base with decorative ribbon, carefully tuck the tip to hide the cut ends and secure with beautiful pins. Place in the refrigerator overnight.

When serving, we hide possible scratches with the remaining cream, and decorate the top with a fresh decorative or fresh flower. Serve at room temperature.

Cupcakes for each guest

Young spouses can make sure in advance that each invitee gets a cupcake - a mini-cake, which today is a true work of art . In their production, confectioners use the best and highest quality ingredients. You can order cupcakes for your 6th wedding anniversary in advance by determining the number of guests and thinking through their design, shape and color.

The advantage of cupcakes over a wedding cake is that they do not need to be cut, but can be presented to each guest separately

If you plan to order both cake and cupcakes for the celebration, it is important that they are in the same style. For example, a cast iron wedding anniversary cake and cupcakes should be made in the form of a large and mini cast iron or a large iron and many tiny ones.

For those who want to have a picnic in nature, mini cakes with fruits or berries that can be easily transported to their destination will replace a bulky wedding cake.

You can serve cupcakes at a banquet in different ways:

on vases located in different parts of the table;
on a multi-tiered basis in the center of the table;
combining both the cake and its mini-copies on one stand.

Photos of cupcakes for 6th wedding anniversary