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Tiered Mermaid Tail Cake

Tiered Mermaid Tail Cake
5.0 2 ratings
Prep. 1 h
Total 5 h
28 slices
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Ingredients

Bottom Tier Sponge
  • lemons thin peelings of skin only
    2
  • caster sugar
    225 g
  • unsalted butter soft, plus extra for greasing
    225 g
  • medium eggs
    4
  • self-raising flour
    225 g
  • baking powder
    ½ tsp
  • freshly squeezed lemon juice
    30 g
Top Tier Sponge
  • lemon thin peelings of skin only
    1
  • caster sugar
    170 g
  • unsalted butter soft
    170 g
  • medium eggs
    3
  • self-raising flour
    170 g
  • baking powder
    ¼ tsp
  • freshly squeezed lemon juice
    30 g
Icing
  • unsalted butter soft
    300 g
  • icing sugar
    600 g
  • grated lemon zest
    1 tsp
  • lemon juice
    1 tsp
  • teal food colouring gel (see tip)
Decoration
  • edible cake decorations (optional) sea creatures
  • fondant icing ready to roll
    400 g
  • teal food colouring gel
  • silver edible glitter spray (optional)

Difficulty

advanced

Nutrition per 1 slice

Sodium 227.9 mg
Protein 3.5 g
Calories 1877.4 kJ / 448.7 kcal
Fat 24 g
Fibre 0.6 g
Saturated Fat 13.7 g
Carbohydrates 56.6 g

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