My sister is both terrified and fascinated by sharks. Seeing as she loves them despite never wanting to so much as paddle in the sea, I thought she'd enjoy this Jaws-inspired cake...
RARRRRR. Yes, those are dolls limbs floating in the ocean. It's the little touches.
I looked online for inspiration, but in the end just made up the process as I went along. I used a tiffin-shaped cake tin and used my chocolate cake recipe, sliced it a few times horizontally to fill it with grey-coloured buttercream and then covered the body in the same. The fin and teeth are fondant (I didn't want too much of it because nobody eats it).
I couldn't resist painting the teeth with food colouring. It's just not Bruce without bits of flesh between his teeth. =)
My mum got a much nicer cake, in comparison. Last year she got her own bee hive and we've already had our first crop. So, with her delicious honey I made a honey cake in the shape of a bee.
If I had had more time, the bee's wings would have stood up instead of flopped over like they do, but I liked it none the less.
Happy birthdays all round. =)
