When a cake is golden brown, it is a sign that it is Well.
Do you want to make a presentation and taste card?
So, follow these tips to gild your cake every time.
Know that you can brown your cake with 4 simple and effective tips.
You can use egg yolk, milk or sugar water, sugar or honey. Watch:
This is the trick used by all bakers and pastry chefs to make pastries (brioche, pain au chocolat, croissant) and recipes for apple pies, shortbread and cakes shine and it never fails.>
Beat the egg yolk with a pinch of salt and a tablespoon of water and brush it over the top and sides of the cake.
Don't have a kitchen brush? Do not panic! You can replace the kitchen brush with the back of a teaspoon.
At the exit you will always have a shiny cake, with a beautiful golden color without adding sugar.
You can thus shine a galette des rois, a brioche, a cake or brown croissants, biscuits, puff pastry or a pastry with butter.
It even works on a milk bread.
If you want to make a yogurt cake shine, you can use this grandma's trick.
For a glaze, just mix a little milk or water with sugar and spread this mixture on the cake.
Then brush your cake with the topping.
We rather use this recipe when we want to have golden cakes, but not too much .
The cakes will not be as shiny as if you gilded them with egg. For example, if you want to have a golden flan, this is a good trick.
It is also a trick to know to make a gilding without eggs.
To brown muffins and other plain cakes such as yoghurt cake, they must be sprinkled with sugar 5 minutes before the end of cooking.
It's best to use icing sugar, simply because it stays on the dessert when you apply it.
The sugar forms a thin caramelized crust on top of the cake... It's a bit like icing.
Notice to amateurs!
This is the gourmet trick of the lot. We brush the cake with a brush with a little liquid honey, 5 minutes before the end of cooking.
The dessert will take on a beautiful amber color and the taste of honey will give an extra touch of gluttony.
It is for example a great idea to brown and shine an apple pie! It makes a delicious topping for a pie.
If you want to make a brioche shine after baking, honey is a good alternative.
Now it's up to you to choose the technique you prefer according to the aesthetic result you want to obtain, but also according to taste.
Treat yourself and surprise the guests!
Plain, slightly sweetened, with a little taste of candy... Which ingredient do you prefer for gilding cakes? Comments open! We can't wait to read you!
