My best friend’s husband worked for a Fishing Club and so she wanted a cake with a fish theme. I decided to make a cake that looked like a fish. I went online to get pictures of salmon from different angles so I could make it as realistic as possible without using fondant since nobody … Read more
This goldfish cake was made for my grandson’s 2nd birthday/adoption party. It was made with a white cake, in a 16x12x2 Magic Line Pan. Aquarium rocks made with butterscotch crunches and blue sprinkles.
I got the idea off of the internet after combining 2-3 other ideas and using the fish in the book Rainbow Fish for my color concept. The rainbow fish cake is 2 9 in rounds. I colored cream cheese icing to make it Rainbow Fish colored. The lips are lollipops, the fins are a 1 … Read more
I made this Fogerty The Fish Cake for a woman whose boyfriend is allergic to real fish. She wanted a fish that looked like it was “served on a platter”. It’s a chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream and two colors of green fondant that I custom colored, plus tomatoes and lettuce which I made.
I baked 2 x 8inch Victoria sandwiches, sandwiched together with jam and butter cream then butter creamed the two cakes side by side big enough to cut a template out of a fish, omitting the fins and tail. When template was cut out I started to shape the fish to give it a realistic shape, … Read more
I made this fish birthday cake for my son (11 yrs.) and my husbands birthday (lost count!). They fall only 2 days apart, so I have the pleasure of making a cake that they both like, not an easy task. I make special cakes for family and friends every year ranging from a goldfish bowl … Read more
I made 2 round fish birthday cakes and trimmed them to make the fins. I used wooden skewers to attach the fins. I used mock cream/butter icing for the frosting colored blue. I used smarties for the scales and red licorice for the lips. These were secured with toothpicks. It was time consuming and I … Read more
Two sheet cakes stacked, carve into whale like body for a fish cake. Fondant a layer over whole fish. Cut scales with round cookie cutter, layer on overlapping. Tail is cut from an additional square cake, make shape however you’d like. Frost with regular frosting or fondant like I did. Have fun, my nephew almost … Read more
This Fish Birthday Cake is a completely gluten-free masterpiece, with the only dairy being butter so suitable for a lactose-free and caesin-free diet too. The design was inspired by some of the other fabulous cakes on this site (particularly cakes #40 & #46) along with a beautiful clipart I stumbled across on the net one … Read more
I made this Homemade Goldfish Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 1st birthday. I used packet cake mix for the cake part (Greens butter cake), it is really tasty and very reliable. I made butter icing for the icing and flavoured it with vanilla essence. My skills don’t lie in decorating so my husband and my … Read more
I baked this fish birthday cake in two round cake pans. The first circle made up the main body of the fish. From the second circle, I cut two crescents, a large one to form the tail, and a narrow one, which I placed on the front of the head to give him a more … Read more
I used a “dolphin” shaped cake pan and cut off the dolphins snout after baking the cake. I then mixed food colorings to get brown grayish-green and other fish-like colors. I decorated with shiny sugar “cake decorating” crystals. The cake was for my husband’s birthday, he loves to fish so I thought it would be … Read more