Having her 3D cake

Ukrainian architect-turned-pastry chef Dinara Kasko married her training with the art of baking cakes

Oct 18, 2018, 17:16 IST3 min

<strong>The composition &lsquoBall, cube, triangle&rsquo</strong><br />This is a combination of three geometric shapes: A square, a circle and a triangle. The glazed berry ball sphere, which is made from a 3D-printed mould, is hidden inside an isomalt (a sugar substitute) cube with chocolate triangles on top.<br />&nbsp <br /><strong>Composition:</strong> <br />Mousse with caramelised white chocolate, blueberry confit, blackcurrant confit, chocolate sponge cake <br />with red currant, berry glaze. <br />

1/14

The composition &lsquoBall, cube, triangle&rsquoThis is a combination of three geometric shapes: A square, a circle and a triangle. The glazed berry ball sphere, which is made from a 3D-printed mould, is hidden inside an isomalt (a sugar substitute) cube with chocolate triangles on top. Composition: Mousse with caramelised white chocolate, blueberry confit, blackcurrant confit, chocolate

Image by Dinara Kasko

2/14

Apricot Cake with Cloud mouldFor this cake Kasko chose one of her most popular cloud moulds.

Image by Dinara Kasko

3/14

For this cake Kasko chose one of her most popular cloud moulds. The cake made with caramel and apricot, traditional Ukrainian ingredients, looks like an apricot cloud, and is garnished with a local citrusy orange-like fruit called Kumquat.

Image by Dinara Kasko

4/14

Composition: Sponge cake with dry apricot, cremeux dulcey-apricot, confit apricot-kumquat, mousse dulcey-apricot.

Image by Dinara Kasko

5/14

AntiPavlova cake This is inspired by the Russian prima ballerina Anna Pavlova, with the ball inside being made in a 3D-printed mould.

Image by Dinara Kasko

6/14

Composition: Meringue, mousse with mascarpone, shortcrust, mango, strawberry and sprinkled with raspberry powder.

Image by Dinara Kasko

7/14

Pentagon cakeHere an icosahedron (a convex polyhedron with 20 faces, 30 edges and 12 vertices) is transformed into a small cake using her first 3D printed mould. Composition: Chocolate biscuit, crispy layer with tonka beans and hazelnut, confit red currant, mousse with tonka beans and chocolate Valrhona Tanariva.

Image by Dinara Kasko

8/14

Cluster cake Modelled with algorithmic softwares such as Rhinoceros, Grasshopper and Houdini this was designed along with Andrej Pavlov, a designer who specialises in 3D programs. A simple body is partitioned into many fragments, using a mathematical Voronoi diagram. When it does not look like a whole, the cake consists of the unconnected items. Composition: Chocolate mousse, confit raspb

Image by Dinara Kasko

9/14

Raspberry cake3x3x3 spheres with a raspberry cake inside, covered in red glaze. Composition: Raspberry mousse, cremeux, confit and sponge cake.

Image by Dinara Kasko

10/14

Cheesecake with goat cheese and cranberries The challange is to keep the outer cage thin, where the cheesecake ball rests blended together. The cage and the ball are made with 3D-printed moulds. Composition: Sponge cake, crispy layer with dried cranberries, cranberry mousse, cranberry raspberries confit, mousse with goat cheese, chocolate decoration.

Image by Dinara Kasko