Tropical Fish Cake

Need a super fast, super cute, and super easy 3D fish cake? With just some simple carving using one layer of cake, fondant and a few airbrush colors, you will be able to create this whimsical cake in just a few hours. Sharon will take you through every single step from start to finish.

Supplies:

drum or base board  (22 in) one layer of cake, not leveled (13 in) fondant: white, yellow, blue, black veining tool toothpicks carving knife ruler white buttercream blue buttercream pizza cutter clay gun cornstarch spatula sterile water in spray bottle

pasta roller tylose circle cutters ball tool foil foam pad candy rocks brownulated sugar cotton pads shortening paper drinking cups brushes small rolling pin large rolling pin airbrush airbrush colors: royal  or Hawaiian blue, electric blue, lemon yellow, pearl, electric green, leaf green

Segment Timecodes:

• Carving cake 00:40
• Crumbcoat 13:45
• Applying fondant 19:21
• Eyes and scales 24:10
• Mouth 27:28
• Airbrushing fish 29:35
• Making fins and grass 35:03
• Applying stripes and eyes 56:12
• Finishing touches: buttercream water, applying fins, grass, sand and rocks

Notes:

• If you do not have an airbrush you can use the canned spray colors.
• Sometimes tylose added to fondant items will soften when touching buttercream. If time is short and not enough time to fully dry the grass, leave out the tylose.
• The template for the fins can be found here.
• The sturdy cake recipe used in this video is here.
• The buttercream recipe used is here.

Enjoy!

Sharon :)

  

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