Goldfish Cake

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Knead the dough into cakes. Roll out part of the dough into a wide, for the base, pancake height of 1.5 cm. Cut according to the stencil, prick with a fork.

2. Step 2:

   

   Thus, roll and cut the dough cakes according to the pyramid principle - from large to small - and bake each cake for 5-6 minutes at 180 degrees.

3. Step 3:

   

   While the cakes are cooling, prepare a milk custard. And start, as soon as the cakes cool down, assembling the cake.

4. Step 4:

   

   Smear the cakes with cream and lay them layer by layer.

5. Step 5:

   

   Thus lay out the pyramid. Send the cake to the refrigerator to soak.

6. Step 6:

   

   Give the cake the shape of the body of the future fish.

7. Step 7:

   

   Coat with a layer of protein-oil cream, put in the refrigerator to freeze a little.

8. Step 8:

   

   Coat with a second layer of cream and smooth out the irregularities under the mastic.

9. Step 9:

   

   Roll the mastic into a pancake and cover the cake with it.

10. Step 10:

    

    Smooth out creases and irregularities.

11. Step 11:

    

    Trim the part of the mastic that did not get the cream and biscuit particles. It can be used for cooking fins.

12. Step 12:

    

    Smooth the whole cake well with a lump of mastic.

13. Step 13:

    

    Trim the remaining edge of the mastic close to the base of the cake.

14. Step 14:

    

    Cut scales on the body of the fish.

15. Step 15:

    

    Sculpt and glue the fish's lips.

16. Step 16:

    

    Fold the rolled mastic in half and cut out two identical eyes.

18. Step 17:

    

    Trim the edges of the eyes if necessary.

19. Step 18:

    

    Glue the eyes to the face of the fish.

20. Step 19:

    

    Cut pupils from mastic of different colors.

21. Step 20:

    

    Glue the pupils to their places.

22. Step 21:

    

    Cut out the lateral fins and tail, apply a structure to them. The tail can be made up of several parts.

23. Step 22:

    

    Glue the fins and tail.

24. Step 23:

    

    Cut out the upper fin and apply the structure on it from both sides.

25. Step 24:

    

    Glue the upper fin to the back of the fish.

26. Step 25:

    

    Take some dry golden food coloring.

27. Step 26:

    

    Use a brush to powder the fish with dye.

28. Step 27:

    

    Cut a crown out of mastic and apply a pattern.

29. Step 28:

    

    Wrap the crown around the glass, glue it together and let it freeze. By the way? the crown should be prepared a day before decorating the cake.

30. Step 29:

    

    Decorate the fish with a crown.

31. Step 30:

    

    Place a fisherman's figurine near the fish, also made in advance.

32. Step 31:

    

    Apply makeup to the fish with a pastry marker.

33. Step 32:

    

    The fish is ready and waiting for its fisherman on the festive table!