How to Make a Bass Fish Cake
Intro: How to Make a Bass Fish Cake
This is an instructable on how I made it. :)
STEP 1: Mold the Rice Krispie Treats
With a light coating of Crisco on my hands I molded the treats around dowels in the shapes of the 2 parts of the fish.
STEP 2: Covering the Pieces With Fondant
http://www.wilton.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threadid=137541&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=
Then I rolled out the fondant and covered the treat shapes with it.
I then used my fingers and some plastic clay tools to do all the detailing and sculpting.
STEP 3: Making the Fins
STEP 4: Painting the Fish
I painted the large fish parts and the fins separate and then attached the fins with a little bit of water and the help of some toothpicks.
I used Wilton gel colors mixed with vodka for the painting. I layered it up in several steps. First was a light greenish brown, then a couple light washes of a green with a little brown mixed in. Then I added the darker geen "spots" and finally a little light pink with a touch of gray in and around the mouth.
STEP 5: Make Cattails and Grass Out of Gum Paste
What I did was wrap heavy wire in green floral tape and then mold the brown part out of gum paste and slide it on. For the grass I cut out a long strip of gum paste, laid the floral wire down and then folded the gum paste strip over the wire.
Once they were dry I painted them with the gel color/vodka mixes.
STEP 6: Make the Cake Mix
They can be found here:
http://cakecentral.com/recipes/7445/the-original-wasc-cake-recipe
Once the cake was cooled I attached it to my foil-covered board with some buttercream icing.
Next I positioned the fish where I wanted it to be on the cake, marked the area, then removed the fish. I scooped out a little bit of cake in the areas so that the fish parts would be inset of the cake a little. I used thick straws (cut down to the height of the cake) as supports where I was to put the fish parts.
Then I piped some icing in the area and put the fish parts back in place.
The recipe I use for the icing is below:
2 cups Crisco
2 lb bag of powdered sugar
4 tbsp meringue powder
2 tsp clear vanilla extract/flavor
2 tsp clear butter flavor
1 tsp clear almond extract/flavor
1/2 tsp salt
Water
Sift the powdered sugar and meringue powder together into a bowl.
In a small bowl or a measuring cup, put in all the flavorings/extracts and then add to that enough water to make the mix 1/2 cup. Add in the salt and stir until the salt is dissolved.
In the mixer bowl put the Crisco and water/extract mix. Beat on a medium-low speed for about 40 seconds, to just get it started mixing.
Next slowly start adding in your powdered sugar/meringue mix while mixing. Once it's all in there, mix on that same slow speed for about a minute.
Then just color the icing however you want. I used a little green, lots of royal blue and a little black.
STEP 7: Pipe in the Water
STEP 8: Finish the Cake!
And then it's done! :)
STEP 9: Fishing Tackle Cupcakes
I made some lures, sinkers and bobbers out of gum paste and hand painted them. When I made the cake I made some cupcakes. I piped the icing on them the same way I did the water on the cake, starting with the outer edge of the cupcakes. Then I placed the various fishing tackle on top as decorations.
Just showing a few various photos of the making of the tackle and the finished cupcakes.
121 Comments
KarenRosinski 4 years ago
I really want to try it for my grandson but I could use some dimensions for the fish? Can you help
tchitwood 4 years ago
tchitwood 4 years ago
MicheleA25 8 years ago
Also, I'm wondering how the cattails didn't fall over??
MicheleA25 8 years ago
This tutorial is great! Your cake is awesome! Would you mind telling me the approximate height of the body of the fish and the height of the tail?
tchitwood 8 years ago
I don't remember the exact measurements, but I think around 10" tall for the head half & about 8" tall for the tail half.
MicheleA25 8 years ago
Thank you! Would you mind telling me how you made the fins look so real? Mine are coming out horrible looking!
redwing4670 8 years ago
This is absolutely incredible! I just recently started cake decorating, you are a remarkable artist.
Evans8313H 8 years ago
Boobookitty81 8 years ago
StewieWorks 8 years ago
That looks so awesome! I'm going to have to try it. Wow.
tchitwood 8 years ago
Thank you! :) If you have any questions that aren't in the Instructable, please feel free to send me a message!
StewieWorks 8 years ago
thanks!!
WhitneyJ1 8 years ago
Hey, are they any way I can talk to and ask questions to the person who made this cake and guide?
tchitwood 8 years ago
Yes, you sure can. :) I will send you a private message.
sevanscooper 9 years ago
what tip did you use to pipe the buttercream?
tchitwood 9 years ago
I used a Wilton #104 petal tip, with the wider end of the tip pointed upward and the skinnier end downward.
I hope that makes sense! :)
Many thanks,
TChitwood
LauraSimpson 10 years ago
Hi, it looks amazing!! was it Wilton icing colour gel you used to paint it? and why did you mix it with vodka? Thankyou!!
Sweet Baby Cakes 10 years ago
Thank you SO MUCH! I have been trying to figure out how to do a bass fish for a similar cake. This helped a great deal...the close up photos, especially. I'll upload a pic when I'm finished. I appreciate your help! Your cake looks terrific!
BMR_11100 10 years ago