I made this pig cake for our annual pig roast.
I used two box cakes and prepared as instructed. I baked them in a large bowl, small bowl and small loaf pan. I had to keep an eye on them as they baked and due to the different size bowls and pan, each piece was done at different times.
Once they were all cooled, I arranged them so that the large bowl was the body, the small bowl was the head and I cut up the cake in the loaf pan to make the legs and snout. I placed the cake on cardboard wrapped in aluminum foil.
I covered the cake in butter cream frosting. Then I used marshmallow fondant tinted with Wilton’s icing colors on top of the butter cream and molded the fondant to the pig’s body shape. It was my first time with fondant so it’s not as smooth as I would have liked.
I also used the fondant for the eyes, ears and tail along with the butter cream frosting as glue.
WOW I LOVE!!!! THIS CAKE IT IS BEAUTIFUL,MY DAUGHTER HAS A PIG COLLECTION. BOY HOW I WISH I COULD DO THIS FOR HER BIRTHDAY.WHICH WILL BE THE 11/14 THIS WOULD BE GREAT CAKE FOR HER . AGAIN I WANT TO SAY WOW GOOD JOB
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What a gorgeous cake! You’ve done a fantastic job, this one is on the top of my list for copying for my nieces 3rd birthday this Sat. Thanks!
Thank you so much for the idea! I was able to make a pig cake for a luau that we were having for the children at the facility that I work at. It was so cute and the children loved it. They loved it even more when they found out it was cake! No saving that little piggy after that!
That is an awesome cake to be your 1st time with fondant, I’m about to do my 1st cake with fondant! I love this cake though, my mother in laws nick name is Pig so i think for her Next birthday she might be getting a version on your cake!!
Hi, love this cake, trying to make it for my parents pig roast. We did a practice cake and the body and head seem flat…what size bowls did you use? Thanks for a great idea!!
Great cake, I have made one for somebody and wondered how much fondant to cover it all comfortably please? Thanks!
super cute! but is it just me or does this pig have extra legs?