Coolest Piggy Luau Birthday Cake

Coolest Piggy Luau Birthday Cake

This cake was for my granddaughter’s first birthday. The party theme was Luau. My son and daughter in law thought it would be fun to have a pig for the cake. When they first asked me, I was worried little kids would freak out when we started cutting into the cake. So, the design for … Read more

Coolest Peppa Pig Fairy Cake

Coolest Peppa Pig Fairy Cake

This Peppa Pig Fairy cake was a 3 layer chocolate cake filled with chocolate fudge frosting.  Iced in white chocolate butter cream. I first put the blue for the sky icing on and let it set a bit in the fridge, then I used a grass tip to create the grass for Peppa to sit on. … Read more

Awesome Pigs in Mud Kit Kat Barrel Cake

Awesome Pigs in Mud Kit Kat Barrel Cake

I’ve been seeing pigs in mud cakes all year, but this year was the local fair’s Year of the Pig, so what else could I submit? I was sure there’d be many similar ones, so I made the pigs extra special. I made a dad leaning against the side of the pool wearing sunglasses and … Read more

Coolest George Pig Cake

Coolest George Pig Cake

I had never attempted a proper birthday cake for my children before as they were too young to appreciate it (and I hadn’t got the time!) so this was my first attempt at a novelty shaped cake, though I do enjoy baking. My son has just turned three and as he has just discovered Peppa … Read more

Coolest Peppa Pig Cake

Coolest Peppa Pig Cake

Well this Peppa Pig cake was the 4th cake I had ever made from scratch so I was really happy with how it turned out.  And so was my daughter Molly-Rose.  It was a 9″ round chocolate mud cake (2 layers) filled and covered with white chocolate ganache. I did some google research on making … Read more

Pigs in the Hot Tub Cake

Pigs in the Hot Tub Cake

I can’t take credit for the idea because I saw this on another site and attempted to re-create it.  For the cake I used a Devils food cake mix in 8 inch pans.  The frosting is a peanut butter frosting.  The mud is chocolate ganache.  The hot tub is made of 12 full Kitkat bars … Read more

Coolest Warthog Birthday Cake

My son’s 5th birthday was coming up and I hadn’t organised his cake because he was changing his mind everyday on what shape he wanted. It got to about 2 weeks before his birthday and he announced he would like a warthog cake! I laughed thinking he couldn’t be serious, what child would ever want … Read more

Coolest Pig Cake For My Friend Who Kept Pigs

Pig Birthday Cake Ideas

I made this pig cake for a manager of the bank where I worked who was retiring, and as she kept pigs we wanted something appropriate for her hobby. I had a week’s notice when asked to do this cake! I drew this out first and made it with 2 pudding basins (one smaller than the the other) and then covered in … Read more

Cool Homemade George Pig Birthday Cake

Coolest George Pig Birthday Cake

My 2 year old son is slightly obsessed with Peppa Pig and her brother George, so for his 2nd birthday I thought I would try to make a George Pig cake. I used tips from a blog about making a Thomas the Tank Engine cake I made the cakes (a large square and a round … Read more

Coolest George Pig Birthday Cake

Coolest George Pig Birthday Cake

This George Pig Birthday Cake is for my son’s third birthday! He is a huge Peppa pig fan and thus I decided on attempting making him George! I made four small round Victoria sponge cakes, filled with jam and cream. Two I used for the head, one for the body and one (which I didn’t bother filling!) for the little … Read more

Coolest Piggie Cupcakes

Coolest Piggie Cupcakes

I made these Piggie cupcakes for my granddaughter’s 8th birthday. My grand daughter loves pigs. She has a stuffed animal pig that she has had for several years that she sleeps with. She loves that pig so much that I have had to re-stuff the pig several times. So when she saw the pig cupcakes she said that was … Read more

Coolest Muddy Piggies Cake

Coolest Muddy Piggies Cake

Who doesn’t love to see little pigs rolling in the mud? For this muddy piggies birthday cake, I wanted to try a few new recipes and techniques. I went online and tried to search ways of creating miniature sculptures out of cake, then I went straight to my kitchen to play! I discovered that I … Read more