Modern cakes are affected by imagination. They have long come beyond the familiar biscuit and cream products with flower and curls. However, monumental hyperrealist masterpieces from Renata Agzamov and the first mastic cake of a beginner confectioner unites one - The need to use special confectionery tools, allowing to make cakes perfectly even and the same in size . Agree, no matter how beautiful the decor of the cake, the ugly slice is able to instantly spoil the positive impression. So, what do you need to arma each end and how to use these instruments?
Types of Tools for Cutting Biscuit
The basis of any cake is definitely the cakes. From the manifold of existing recipes ("dairy girl", "chocolate on boiling water" and others) confectioners most often prefer classical biscuit. Under the compliance with cooking and baking technology, it turns out a lush elastic korzh, which does not lose taste properties within a few days, and, on the contrary, it becomes only better.
To cut a biscuit for a few cakes, the hostess use sweater tools, such as:
- Long blade knife;
- dense (harsh) thread;
- fishing line;
- wire.
They can help, but do not get the perfect cakes with their help. Modern specialized stores offer a wide range of tools that will easily enable smooth biscuit circles:
- Confectionery string (blade) for cutting biscuit;
- a special knife for cutting biscuits with a long served or double-sided blade, for convenience a knife is used together with plastic stands, allowing you to choose the desired height of the future of the look;
- Adjustable ring or slicer form - allows you to select the desired diameter of the future cake, usually varies within 24-30 cm.
- Knife saw to simultaneously cut biscuit for two or more parts.
All these tools have indisputable advantages:
- durability;
- practicality;
- saving time and strength;
- understandable principle of action;
- Easy to care.
It is not necessary to acquire all of the above, it is enough to choose for yourself the most convenient option.
How to use the confectionery string
The tool for creating smooth cakes is easy enough to use, but requires certain skills and skills. If you are new in confectionery case, practice on a crucible, not intended for a solemn cake in case of a trembling arm or unsuccessful, torn edge.
Confectionery knife string is a convenient and universal tool that allows you to create perfect cakes of any form. They are made, as a rule, from stainless steel, which provides a long service life, as well as equipped with a comfortable wide handle.
The confectionery string has several levels (up to 9-10), allowing you to create cakes of any height.
To take advantage of this device, it is necessary:
- set the required level (from different manufacturers they are labeled differently, but the principle of action is constant);
- Place the knife near the fully cooled biscuit and cutting movements, as if moving the saw, cut the root.
The important advantage of using the string is minimizing biscuit crumbling, such as when cutting with a knife.
How to cut a coggy with a knife and stand
It is easy to use a knife with a long blade, the main thing is that the biscuit is completely cooled and not sticky inside. Special plastic supports have been developed to help beginners, allowing you to create the same cakes with an accuracy of a millimeter. They are two plastic "legs" with fasteners and divisions on several levels.
To get smooth cortex height from 0.5 to 4 cm, you must perform a few simple actions:
- fasten a long knife at one level of both supports placed on a solid flat surface;
- Biscuit must be placed directly near the blade;
- Do not take off the surface from the surface, you need to cut the crude, after which you repeat the procedure the required number of times.
The knife, reliably held at one level, will easily achieve perfectly smooth cut.
If you want to create delicious masterpieces in your own kitchen, take care of the acquisition of assistant tools that will allow not only to save time and strength, but also significantly improve the quality and appearance of the future cake.
In this video you can find out how easily and quickly you can cut the biscuit using a slicer form.