March 05, 2011

Pig Cake



This cake was pretty fun to make. It wasn't for any special occasion, I just wanted to try a pig cake and here it is! 

3 cups cake flour
1 3/4 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup room temperature butter
1/3 cup maraschino cherry juice
2/3 cup buttermilk
16 maraschino cherries, very roughly chopped
3 eggs
1/2 cup chopped pecans (Optional)

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Blend together sugar and butter. Add cherry juice, and buttermilk. Stir, then add dry ingredients. Beat 2 minutes and then add eggs. Beat a couple of minutes more. Gently stir in cherries and nuts. 

Pour into prepared oven safe glass bowl. Size will depend on how large or small of a pig you want. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 to 35 minutes, or until done. Cool and frost with your favorite frosting. Decorate with pink fondant. For the mud use chocolate frosting.

 
Click HERE for my fondant recipe 
and HERE for pictures to see pictures of the bowl and how the pig body was made.



48 comments:

  1. I NEED THIS CAKE!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!! :0) ADORABLE!!!

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  2. I have a weak spot in my heart for cute cakes and this one is ADORABLE! I'm pinning this. And I may need to have some sort of piggy party just so I have a good excuse to make one. Any tips?
    I'd love if you came and shared it with my readers http://rhapsodyofcacophony.blogspot.ca/2012/04/pin-ed-it-made-it-party-0427.html

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  3. Thanks I would love to share. I used marshmallow fondant for this and I made the cake in a glass bowl for the shape. Not a whole lot of tips. I am new at this and still learning. :)

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  4. Oh my goodness, I love this. Your fondant work is fabulous too. I do cakes as well, so I can appreciate your skills. Thanks! jodi @ www.meaningfulmama.com

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  5. Thanks so much Jodi. Checked out your site, I am now a linky follower of you yours. Very cute!
    Marcie

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  6. Incredibly cute cake!

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  7. This is awesome! And funny! Would love to see a tutorial :)

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    1. Thanks Lyuba, I don't think I could do a tutorial. I make a giant mess and I am very impatient when I make cakes. :)

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  8. That is adorable! Thanks for sharing at the Pomp Party! Pinning to our Pomp Party board!

    Jill @ Create.Craft.Love.

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  9. Adorable! I need to send this to my sister who has an obsession with cute pink pigs :)

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  10. This adorable cake reminds of a friend who love to decorate with pigs - she'd love this! too sweet and it made me laugh!
    JoAnn
    New Follower to you :)
    sweetpepperrose.blogspot.com

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  11. That is THE CUTEST cake I have seen!!! Oh, it is so adorable! Great job! THanks so much for sharing at Thursday's Temptation.
    Jill

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  12. i love this cake - great job Marcie!!! New follower from the Create Craft Love link party. I'd love for you to pop over and check out my blog too.

    Blessings!
    Janiene
    http://bishopsfamilysite.blogspot.com

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  13. Just wanted to let you know I am featuring you cake at todays link party! Wahoo!!
    http://twoyellowbirdsdecor.blogspot.com/2012/06/thursdays-temptation-21-fabulous.html
    Jill

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  14. Very adorable! Thanks for sharing at our Handmade Tuesdays party.

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  15. Hilarious! I love cake "just because"...that's a really great reason. I did go ahead and make some case "just because" this week, but it sure didn't look like that. However, I kinda do after eating cake all week...
    Liz

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  16. This is adorable! I'm pretty sure this is one of the cutest cakes I've ever seen! Great job!
    http://dixie-n-dottie.blogspot.com/

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  17. OMG, it's too cute! I'd love to feature it with a link back, please let me know if that's ok:@)

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  18. Awesome cake!!! Too cute to eat...almost. mmm-mmm!

    ♥Linsey

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  19. This is amazing!!! I love cake decorating... and this one's exceptional!

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  20. You did an excellent job!
    This cake is FABULOUS :)

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  21. I posted this on my new facebook page today!

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  22. That is too darn cute! My daughter who is 3 saw it on the computer screen and got a kick out of it and said oh look at that cute pig! haha.. Please come share this and link up at our "Home is Where the Heart is" Link party! We'd love to have you! :) Feel free to link up other posts that would be helpful to others as well!
    http://www.homesteadsimple.com/home-is-where-the-heart-is-link-it-up-wednesdays-4/

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  23. wow that cake is great!! How did you make the feet?

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    1. The feet are made out of the fondant that I used on the cake. I just shaped them the way I wanted and the cut a slit in them. Hope that helps.

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  24. This is absolutely the cutest cake I've seen in a long time!

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  25. oh my gosh... Ilove the true tittle of your blog...and I understand why you chose it!!

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  26. Hi, I’m Anne from Life on the Funny Farm (http://annesfunnyfarm.blogspot.com), and I’m visiting from WTFab.

    This is SO cute! I'll admit, I have a thing for pigs, so I'm gonna have to make this cake!

    Anyway, thanks for posting this. If you’ve never visited yet, I hope you can pop by my blog sometime to say hi…

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  27. This is too cute! I have a friend that will love this cake. Thanks for sharing at WTFab.

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  28. HI! did you ever make a a tutorial of this cake? I love and would love to see the step by step! For example what is the nose made of ? GREAT JOB!!

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  29. Love it!! How did you make the nose, ears and tail? Thanks so much!!

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  30. Too cute! I love it. Great job! It looks perfect!

    Thanks for linking up at Throwback Thursday.

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  31. Holy flippin adordable, Marcie! I love it. You did a great job on this cake.

    Thanks for linking up at Throwback Thursday!!

    xoxo
    Denyse

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  32. It looks like the bowl you used has a bit of a flat bottom. How do you get the cake to look so completely round on the top? Thanks! This cake is so cute.

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  33. The bottom is flat but the inside of the bowl is perfectly round. If there is a ridge on your bowl you can take a knife and trim it until it's round.

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  34. The bottom is flat but the inside of the bowl is perfectly round. If there is a ridge on your bowl you can take a knife and trim it until it's round.

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  35. Thank you! I was also wondering: Are the feet made only out of fondant? And is it best to refrigerate this cake or just cover and leave on the counter? Thanks again!

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  36. How did you do the ears ? I thinking of having a go. It looks brilliant !!

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