Welcome to the famous fish cake. When I started decorating cakes as a hobby my mentor/co-worker (aka Old Man Ron) was going to retire. I thought a cake in the shape of a fish would be appropriate as we repaired the electronics to find the fish. He requested carrot cake and I learned a great lesson with this cake...dont try to carve a cake with nuts and raisins...what a mess. Also quite an ambitious project for one of my first "real" cakes that made it out of my kitchen for people to see and eat. The cake was carved from a 12" x2" square and covered in fondant. The scales are from a spoon and the fondant was painted with vodka and luster dust. Everyone was very impressed.
So my mom really loves carrot cake, but since I dont get orders for it often it, she misses out. The last time I received an order for carrot cake I had an oops moment. The cake didnt bake right so I had to make a new one and in order to get a full 8" x 3" cake I knew I would need a double batch so I also made this 6" cake for a rainy day. Recently my mom got together with a group of her girlfriends so I thought I would make a cute cake for their afternoon lunch. The ladies were so impressed and my mom finally got carrot cake from her daughter. The cake was filled with homemade cream cheese icing and then frosted in a combination of cream cheese and buttercream. The flowers are gumpaste and the vines and borders are buttercream
This was ordered as a "just because I liked your cakes" occasion. It is a carrot cake with cream cheese filling and iced in buttercream. The "sand" is raw sugar and graham crackers, the palm trees are pretzels and fondant and the "Welcome Back" plaque is made of fondant.
