Confectionery fashion is a phenomenon that makes you freeze in admiration. The world's top pastry chefs create desserts every day, elevating their craft to the rank of art. Unusual flavor combinations and original presentations are leaving the confines of expensive restaurants and becoming accessible to everyone. And it's no wonder, because the post-Soviet space is a cradle of talented home pastry chefs whose names have become famous all over the world! For example, for Anna Krasovska, creating desserts was initially a favorite hobby. Her creativity was inspired by the collections of famous couturiers. And now Anna makes luxurious cakes that decorate celebrity holidays. Follow fashion - and fashion will start following you!
Fashion Review: Pastry Innovations
A real sensation was the appearance of the fourth type of chocolate - Ruby. Barry Callebaut breeders managed to develop a new variety of ruby-colored cocoa beans. The noble pink-tinted chocolate has an original taste that reveals refreshing berry notes.
Also, pastry chefs decided to strike our imagination with unusual flavors of familiar desserts. Meet beets, celery, various cheeses, spices, and an impressive amount of salt in sweets. And the possibilities of molecular gastronomy allow them to surprise even more. I bet you can't guess what the delicate, cloud-like foam on your plate is made of?
Culinary designers decided to play with ice cream to their heart's content this summer. Have you ever tried sushi ice cream? The utmost chic is to eat it with chopsticks. A more traditional option is a waffle cone with multi-colored scoops. But there are a lot of scoops, and they are additionally sprinkled with nonpareils, flakes, decorated with wafer rolls and God knows what else. And as a variant of such a dessert - the king of summer drinks, a giant milkshake! Its lush, generously decorated whipped cream cap, saying "I'll wear my best all at once," challenges gray city weekdays. Tired of scoops? Then ice cream rolled into a tube is just for you! In any case, you simply must try rolled ice cream, which is more often known by the hot name "fried ice cream".
Main Confectionery Trends
Less sugar, ladies and gentlemen! The main food trends: no white sugar, maximum naturalness, and benefits-benefits-benefits. Low-calorie desserts are a real must-have for 2018. Use sugar substitutes, natural food colors, and nature's gifts. Be sure to add gluten-free and lactose-free desserts to your menu, and the love of regular customers is guaranteed.
Fresh flowers decorating desserts are considered good manners. Flowers look gorgeous in any design. Classic, minimalism, futurism, baroque - a flower fits right in everywhere. Or as an alternative - flower petals. You can use them not only to decorate sweets but also to add them to the inner layers of desserts as a surprise.
Fast food and takeaway desserts. Don't rush to wrinkle your nose and squeamishly pronounce "fast food". You can now buy signature desserts even from the best European chefs (with minor recipe changes) in special bistros. Moreover, the assortment of such sweets has expanded significantly, right up to mousse cakes in portioned packaging. And if they are from a healthy menu, and black on top of that - it means the creator has completely conquered the pastry market trends.
The color black. Yes, radical black has definitively conquered the confectionery market. And it was noted not only by trendy pastry chefs and private bakers but also by mass producers. The most popular confectionery product of this summer is black ice cream flavored with cola and caramel. We bet you've tried it too.
Confectionery Trends and Innovations in 2018
Let's talk about things closer to our reality. About Instagram food trends. It's no secret that pastry novelties appear in Ukraine with some delay. But numerous bright photos show that the development of pastry arts is in full swing here. Our masters are in no way inferior to their Western colleagues. And virtuosos even create their own fashion trends - for example, Dinara Kasko and her architectural style.
So, what's popular on Instagram this year?
3D Printing. Manufacturing everything on a 3D printer is, let's face it, a real hype. Molds, toppers, candies, decorations - literally anything that comes to mind.
Mirror Glaze. But now pastry chefs have complicated the task, making the coating marbled, striped, or with a contrasting spider web effect.
The Macaron Invasion. More, even more macarons! Complex colors are in fashion: purple, lavender, turquoise. Bright red and black macarons are mega-cool.
Marshmallow faces and paws. They are added to coffee or cocoa. Bunny tails and cat paws look especially cute in cups. Pure adorableness.
Watercolor cakes. After all, decoration is very important in baking - paintings on cakes look absolutely fantastic. Copy the style of a famous artist or invent your own, and go ahead to collect likes!
Toppers. It is trendy to decorate a cake with edible toppers, 3 or more pieces. Typically, this is a set of themed cookies or bright lollipops. Cookies are a culinary trend in themselves. They are decorated with colorful royal icing, painted into whole pictures, and given as birthday gifts. And there's a new wedding trend - gingerbread invitations or favors for guests. Cookies are decorated as hearts dressed in wedding outfits. Or they write the names of the newlyweds and the date of the wedding on them. Romantic, isn't it?
His Majesty the Wedding Cake.
When decorating wedding beauties, feel free to use general pastry trends: black color, fresh flowers, watercolor painting. No less popular are large flowers made of chocolate, wafer paper, or sugar paste (rolled fondant). Use metallic splashes: edible gold or silver, or edible luster dust (candurin). The main thing is not to overdo it; wedding fashion does not accept excesses. Very popular are figures of newlyweds with portrait resemblance, looking like famous characters, or caught in unusual situations. If the wedding is stylized - the pastry chef's imagination will have room to roam! Confused by the trends and don't know what to choose? Choose a classic. The English style is simple, concise, and never goes out of style. Take as an example the cake from the loudest wedding of this year - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - and stay on top!
