Peppa Pig Cake
I was asked to make a Peppa Pig cake for my little friend James. When his Mum asked me I had no idea who  Peppa Pig was. I had to do some research to get up to speed. Thomas the Tank Engine was on high rotationall at my house when my son was little. So I watched a couple of these gorgeous U Tube videos. I can see why kids love the cute little Piggie family and friends. Have a look, they are adorable. The beginning is my favourite. Daddy Pig is such an oinker
I thought rather than just showing you this cake I might make an attempt to explain how you might easily make a Peppa Pig cake if a little someone in your life happens to like Peppa Pig. I usually bake a cake that will last very well out of the fridge. I have used a chocolate cake here that survives out of the fridge for well over a week, is moist and heavy enough to withstand icing and shaping but not as weighty as a mud cake, the recipe follows below.
Peppa Pig and George
You don’t have to make a cake like the one above or cover it with plastic icing just use your favourite recipe and slather it in whipped cream if you like. But, if you follow these instructions you will be able to put a Peppa Pig onto any cake at all. It’s simple but you need a couple of things first.
- Â A roll of plastic ( sugar or fondant) roll out icing in white
- Colours (not liquid. Buy from a specialist cake shop or Spotlight) red, blue, pink
- Pure icing sugar and a sieve
- A rollingpin
- Paper and pencil
- scissors
- a lined tray
- small piping bag and tube
- soft liquorice for black shoes
Make your cake first and chill. Later cover it with ganache or chocolate buttercream and then chill overnight ready to put your Peppa Pig on top. Even if you are covering your cake with roll out icing buttercream or ganache it first.  If you want to cover your cake in plastic roll out icing you will need 1-1 1/2 kg  Cake Decorating Solutions sells this. Start by drawing a picture. I am no Picasso so you will be OK to draw too.
First draw the figures
Drawing George
Cut your drawings out
Cut out the pieces
Peppas head
Once you have the pieces of paper. Roll out your coloured icings using a rolling pin and some pure sifted icing sugar. Cut around each shape with a small knife and place them onto the lined tray. make the eyes and all the pieces before you begin. If you want a background or flowers or other bits make them in the same way. I used soft liquorice for the black bits.  Each piece needs to be brushed with the smallest amount of water if you are sticking them together.For example the eyes to the head  and the arms to the body   (George Pig)
Get all the pieces ready to be put on the cake
How to make a Peppa Pig Cake
Ingredients
- 550 gm plain flour
- 350 gm caster sugar
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 whole large eggs beaten
- 3/4 cup strong coffee cooled
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 3/4 cup milk
- 125 gm butter melted cooled
Buttercream
- 250 gm butter softened unsalted
- 250 gm cream cheese left out to soften
- 2 cups pure icing sugar sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla seeds or extract
Instructions
- This recipe will make 1 x 24 cm cake in a deep tin. Line and spray the tin Oven 170 C / 340 F Mix all the dry ingredients together sifting the flours and then adding the sugar.
- Mix all the wet ingredients except the butter.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dries with the mixer on low . Then add the butter and beat till smooth.
- pour into a cake tin that is lined and greased. Bake For approx 50-60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean from the middle of the cake. Cool and remove, running a knife around the outside and easing out.
Buttercream
- Buttercream is great for a cake finish but also as an undercoat for roll out icing. Use a small amount spread thinly over the whole cake ( doesn't matter if it looks thin and messy here). Cool I the fridge and then do a nice thick coat on top.
- Beat the soft butter till light and white and fluffy. Add the cream cheese and beat again. Add the vanilla and 1/2 the sugar and beat for a few minutes more. Add 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt and beat till incorporated. I like to add the sugar a half a cup at a time here beating well each time. I used 2 cups but you may not. Add more salt to bring the flavour out as necessary. The icing should be fluffy and white. Use it to coat the cake in two stages ( as above).
- If you are using a roll out fondant icing use pure icing sugar to flour the benches. Roll to fit the cake and smooth over with your hands or a smooth teatowel.
- To attach the sugar figures to the cake use a dab of water on a paint brush. Or simply lay the cut outs over your favourite buttercream icing.
- Decorate with flowers and animals. Run a knife under the cake and put onto a plate
Peppa Pig Cake
This is seriously adorable! I only came across Peppa Pig recently, I had no idea what it was and your Peppa looks adorable 😀
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella recently posted..Airline Review: Qantas Business Class Bangkok To Sydney
How cute! Although I’m pretty sure my stick figure drawings won’t lead to a similar result. 😉
Mary @ beyondjelly recently posted..Sake Restaurant and Bar, The Rocks
That cake is adorable! Aren’t you the clever one. I haven’t worked with fondant since I took the cake decorating class. So much for practice.
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef recently posted..Chicken Moscato with Garlic and Herbs
OMG*piggy snort* adorable! *giggle* seriously cute cake and I love the tips for a cake that will hold itself well out of the fridge. My little one goes crazy for this show, officially pinterested!
Oh Tania this is adorable indeed! You’ve done a brilliant job and I bet all the other littlies at the party all want one now too. Great job! Xox
InTolerant Chef recently posted..Lest We Forget- Raspberry Poppy Seed Cake for Remembrance Day
You are a generous friend and an amazing cake decorator! This is really impressive – far better than anything I’ve seen in a shop lately.
Super adorable!
I can’t draw at all….
Angie@Angie’s Recipes recently posted..Grain Free Fudge Pumpkin Brownies
What a great cake. My daughter would love one for her next birthday!
That is adorable Tanya! Well done!
Claire @ Claire K Creations recently posted..Not so silent Sunday – OJ, visitors and staying in
We seem to be very in-sync with our posts. We both did Oven Express on the same day and now we both have birthday cakes up on the same day. I just posted a ‘Day of the Dead’ cake for a Mexican-themed 21st. I know Peppa. It’s a gorgeous program for kids. You recreated it so well. Just a question…I used liquid dyes to dye the rolled icing but noticed this does make the icing very sticky. Should I be using the powder dyes instead? They’re much harder to source xx
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I was just reading in yesterday’s SMH how this is the latest craze! I reckon they’ll be a lot of mothers of small people baking this one, T! xx
celia recently posted..Jimmy’s Saté Sauce
Bookmarked! My nieces love Peppa Pig!
Oh Tania, my 2 year old would go mad over this cake!! Peppa Pig is all the rage at the moment. So much so, she has started talking in a British accent. I was wondering where she got it from: Peppa of course!
Lisa the Gourmet Wog recently posted..Garden Share Collective – November 2013
Oh Tania, my 2 year old would go mad over this cake!! Peppa Pig is all the rage at the moment. So much so, she has started talking in a brittish accent. I was wondering where she got it from: Peppa of course!
Lisa the Gourmet Wog recently posted..Garden Share Collective – November 2013