The Fishing Birthday Cake was for my husband’s 65th birthday and I decided to depict two of his most favorite activities, fishing and napping.
The bottom layer is his favorite spice/pumpkin cake with cream cheese filling, the cake was crumb coated with cream cheese icing then covered with marshmallow fondant tinted blue. I then tinted some piping gel for the water, added some plastic grass that I had trimmed to look like cat tails and tules.
The boat and motor is chocolate cake sculpted to look like a boat, the cake was baked in a 9X9 pan and cut diagonally (the motor was made from a cut off corner). The boat and motor were covered in fondant and set in the “water”. The man, tackle box behind his head and the fish are made from fondant and gumpaste. The only things not edible on this cake was the grass and the fishing pole.
Everyone really enjoyed it and many people thought the fondant man looked like my husband!
Stephanie,
I have never met your husband but the Man in the boat sure looks real. You really did a great Job on this cake. It is Awesome. Love, Anna
This cake is beautiful, only trouble with it is how are you going to beat this cake next year?
This is just like him. Bet it tasted as good as it looked.
The fish look so real.How did you do it?
Awesome Steph, you have a great adventurous mind . Still gotta get the recipe for the marshmallow fondant . My imagination is not even close to your wittiness.
OK so she knows me, the cake was great and she’s right the two things I do best are fishing and napping. Jack
I know what a remarkably talented woman you
are but this was awesome! And that IS Jack in the
boat!
Wish we were able to come to his 65th birthday
party. We feel like you are family which makes
it even harder not being there for such a
big occasion.
I big thumbs up on the cake. It deserves an
award.
Kim
I’m not that good. I could try.
But probably not come close.
Hi Steph,
It’s an amazing cake. Did you paint the clothes on the figure. I’m curious, I would like to make something similar. I would appreciate your comments.
Thanks
Sharon