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DEC. 5, 2013
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Tropical Fish Cake
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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
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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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