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 made this Fish Cake for my stepdad’s retirement. The head and tail are both cakes that I carved to shape and covered in white fondant. The tail fin is made from gumpaste. I used an icing tip to form the scales by pressing it into the fondant. I then used the Wilton black and … Read more
I was turning 19 this year so I decided that for my last year as a teenager I wanted a party! Not just any party but a “little girl frilly” party. After a trip to party city I had decided upon Little Mermaid decorations (oh how I am a sucker for anything Disney, especially when … Read more
I was looking for a cake to make for my boyfriend’s nephew’s birthday. We all love to fish, so I researched fish birthday cakes and saw all of these wonderful cakes on this site. I also found a “how to” from Martha on how to sculpt and decorate the fish cake. I decided we didn’t … Read more
I baked a devil’s food 9 x 13 sheet then cut off the four corners in such as way as to be able to use the pieces for the tail and fins for this Homemade Fish Birthday Cake. It’s iced with peanut butter icing. The details are simply tubed on in cold “hot” fudge sauce. … Read more
I made this Bright Fish Cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday party. The day before the party I combined two packet mix cakes together and baked it in a rectangular baking dish. I then froze the cake. Once completely frozen I took the cake out and with a sharp knife I drew a football/oval shape … Read more
My 2 year old daughter was into fish, and so I came up with this fish cake for her birthday. I used yellow cake in a 9×13″ pan, chocolate batter in a square pan then baked chocolate cupcakes with the rest of the chocolate batter. Once the yellow cake was out of the pan and … Read more
I made a full sheet cake, trimmed it in the shape of a “goldfish” cracker and iced it with butter cream white frosting. I then tinted fondant with turquoise blue coloring and kneaded it in, rolled it out and covered only the fins, tail and head. I used the back of a knife to add … Read more
My husband is a fishing FANATIC. When I was originally trying to decide what to do for our son’s first birthday cake, I figured it was a no brainer that it would be fish-themed. I was going to try a layered cake done with fondant and fish shapes all around it. But that seemed like … Read more
I made this Trout Fish birthday cake for a friend using a yellow box cake, vanilla pudding filling and white canned frosting to cover a base coat on the cake. The fish image came from researching fish, in particular trout, images online. I then drew my chosen image on the cake freehand, and decorated it … Read more
