How to make a Fish cake

Start your cake by baking 3 – 12 inch square cakes, cut them and arrange them as shown in the photos. Stack the layers with buttercream in between layers, let the cake rest in the fridge for a couple of hours and then start carving your basic fish shape (tear drop ). Frost the cake and let it rest in the fridge again for a couple of hours. Cover with fondant (added a little bit of orange and brown to make a beige fondant). Shape tail fins and mouth with the left over fondant. Using a veiner tool shape add marks to the tail, fins and mouth. Add scales with a bubble straw cut in an angle (yes I know this is hard work, but one by one mark those scales).
Indent the gills and make a cavity for the eye.
Dry brush luster dust in the following order ( antique white in all the cake, gold in fins, avocado green in the half top, mouth and fins, onyx in the very top and fin edges, gills and around the eye socket). Add black eye and brush with some corn syrup/water mix to make it shiny. You can also use piping gel. This particular cake fit into a 24 in by 18 in board. Happy fishing!