Mermaid cake - Good Food Middle East

Mermaid cake - Good Food Middle East

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Create a cake with the wow factor with our colourful ombre mermaid. It's a baking challenge but makes a magical party cake for kids and grown-ups alike

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Ingredients

  • 300g butter, softened, plus extra for the tins
  • 300g caster sugar
  • 5 large eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 300g self-raising flour
  • purple gel food colouring (or a mixture of purple, blue and red gel colouring)
  • 700g icing sugar
  • 350g butter, softened
  • Blue or purple gel food colouring
  • edible pearls and silver sprinkles, or extra optional decoration
  • 200g white chocolate
  • 2 tsp gold or metallic lustre (see tip below)
  • mermaid tail mould and small shell moulds, available online

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