Tiered Mermaid Tail Cake

Bottom Tier Sponge

• 2 lemons, thin peelings of skin only
• 225 g caster sugar
• 225 g unsalted butter, soft, plus extra for greasing
• 4 medium eggs
• 225 g self-raising flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 30 g freshly squeezed lemon juice

Top Tier Sponge

• 1 lemon, thin peelings of skin only
• 170 g caster sugar
• 170 g unsalted butter, soft
• 3 medium eggs
• 170 g self-raising flour
• ¼ tsp baking powder
• 30 g freshly squeezed lemon juice

Icing

• 300 g unsalted butter, soft
• 600 g icing sugar
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• teal food colouring gel (see tip)

Decoration

• edible cake decorations, sea creatures (volitelně)
• 400 g fondant icing, ready to roll
• teal food colouring gel
• silver edible glitter spray (volitelně)