Since the last post was a pig shaped cake, I wanted to share this other carved cake I had a blast making. It is not a birthday cake... but this was for one of my closest friend's wedding. People often refer to the wedding cake as the bride's cake so a groom can get his own cake usually during the wedding or at the rehearsal dinner. These cakes are usually a novelty cake, something fun that represents the groom. Our groom, Alex, does not eat fish. He does however have steak as often as three times a week. The initial thought for the groom's cake was a cake shaped as a piece of steak (think Peter Luger's with a chunk of bone in the middle). But a piece of brown meat didn't seem as interesting to make. During the bachlorette party one of our friend's recommended I do a fish! It was brilliant. A little sick in terms that Alex hates any seafood but if I had filled the cake with oreos, Alex's favorite cookies, all would be forgiven. I chose to replicate a red snapper because I didn't want to do any old boring silver fish. Thus three layers of red velvet cake was filled with oreo buttercream then carved and got a final coat of chocolate ganache because I really like to use ganache during the summer time for its sturdiness. After covering the cake with white fondant I made impressions of the scale using a round cutter. Then I painted on pearl iridescent powder mixed with lemon extract and highlighted the top and bottom of the flat laying fish with pinkish pearl coloring. After explaining to the dinner guests at the rehearsal dinner on why I chose to do a fish cake for the groom, everyone had a good laugh. So for those who plan to create a cake that is fun and meaningful for that special person, take some time and think about an occasion for a memorable event that reminds you of them. Then I am sure you will come up with a great idea for a cake that is meaningful yet fun for everyone to enjoy.
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