Mastic Fish Cake

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Knead the dough: beat the eggs with sugar, add flour, baking powder and cocoa. Bake a sponge cake and let it cool.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut the cake into 3x3 cm pieces. Dilute the liquid part of the jam with warm water and soak the sliced cake with this syrup.

3. Step 3:

   

   Whisk the fatter sour cream with sugar and vanilla.

4. Step 4:

   

   Assemble the fish: put part of the cream on the tray and place a layer of cubes in it. Put another part of the cream on top and also place the biscuit cubes in it. And so, layer by layer, form the body of the fish from all parts of the cake.

5. Step 5:

   

   Cherries, candied fruits, nuts can be placed between the cubes if desired and to taste. As soon as you do everything, send it to the refrigerator for 20 minutes to soak.

6. Step 6:

   

   Meanwhile, whisk the butter with condensed milk into the cream. Anoint the cooled cake and smooth it with this butter cream. Put it in the refrigerator to freeze.

7. Step 7:

   

   Roll out the mastic into a thin pancake and squeeze out the circles for scales from it.

8. Step 8:

   

   From the circles from the tail to the base of the head, form the fish scales.

10. Step 9:

    

    Cut out the head and put it in its place.

11. Step 10:

    

    You will also cut out the fins and tail from the mastic. Put a pattern on them.

12. Step 11:

    

    Attach the fins and tail to their places in the fish.

13. Step 12:

    

    Dilute the dye in water to the desired color, add candurin for shine and paint the fish with a brush.

14. Step 13:

    

    Apply the paint evenly, paint over each crack.

15. Step 14:

    

    Make and decorate the eyes and mouth of the fish with mastic. Attach them where you need them. Let the paint dry.

16. Step 15:

    

    Serve the fish to the table. Enjoy your appetite and a good bite!