Doesn't this plate of fish and chips look great?

But there's something fishy going on because this isn't a plate of fish of chips - it's actually cake!

It's fun to make and bliss to taste...
The first thing you need to do is make an ordinary sponge cake.

You could either use the recipe below, or you could use a packet of ready-made cake mix from the shops.

If you're going to make your own sponge cake, here's what you'll need:

3 eggs
175g butter
175g flour
175g sugar

Firstly, cream the butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl. Then add the eggs and flour, a little bit a a time. Beat the mixture thoroughly.

Now grease and flour two cake tins. Divide the mixture evenly between both tins. Carefully put the cakes into the over and 190C or gas mark 5, for between 20 and 25 minutes.

When the cakes have risen, carefully take them out of the oven using oven gloves and put them on a cake rack to cool down.
Next, you need to cut the cakes into the shape of a fish fillet.

Ask an adult to do this for you, because you need to use a knife to do this and it can be quite dangerous to do.
Sandwich the two fillet shape pieces of cake together with a layer of jam.

Looks tempting already, doesn't it?
Now it's time to batter the fish. To do this you need to make some butter icing.

Firstly: put 100g of butter in a mixing bowl (at room temperature). Add 225g of icing sugar, followed by 2 tablespoons of milk, and then give it a good beating!
When the mixture looks nice and smooth, you can coat the cake fillet with the icing.

This doesn't have to be very neat - because battered fish isn't!
The chips are made from thin slices of the leftover cake.

Again, get an adult to do this for you because you need a sharp knife to get the best results and this can be dangerous!
The peas are made from marzipan!

To make it go green, put it in a food bag, add green food colouring and give it a good squidge around.

Instead of marzipan you could buy green fondant icing from the shops. Roll the marzipan or icing in your palm until it looks pea-shaped.
To finish: just set out the fish, chips and peas out on a plate.

You could also add some ketchup (strawberry jam really!) to complete the effect.
And once you've made the fish and chip cake, why not have a bash at some other false food dishes like this giant quarter pounder with cheese!



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