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)
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.
and HERE for pictures to see pictures of the bowl and how the pig body was made.
I NEED THIS CAKE!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!! :0) ADORABLE!!!
ReplyDeleteI 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?
ReplyDeleteI'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
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. :)
ReplyDeleteOh 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
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Jodi. Checked out your site, I am now a linky follower of you yours. Very cute!
ReplyDeleteMarcie
Incredibly cute cake!
ReplyDeleteThank you Hollie!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! And funny! Would love to see a tutorial :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Lyuba, I don't think I could do a tutorial. I make a giant mess and I am very impatient when I make cakes. :)
DeleteThat is super cute!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThat is adorable! Thanks for sharing at the Pomp Party! Pinning to our Pomp Party board!
ReplyDeleteJill @ Create.Craft.Love.
Thanks Jill I appreciate that!
DeleteAdorable! I need to send this to my sister who has an obsession with cute pink pigs :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa!
DeleteThis adorable cake reminds of a friend who love to decorate with pigs - she'd love this! too sweet and it made me laugh!
ReplyDeleteJoAnn
New Follower to you :)
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Thanks JoAnn, and thanks for following!
DeleteThat is THE CUTEST cake I have seen!!! Oh, it is so adorable! Great job! THanks so much for sharing at Thursday's Temptation.
ReplyDeleteJill
Thanks so much Jill!
Deletei 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.
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Janiene
http://bishopsfamilysite.blogspot.com
Just wanted to let you know I am featuring you cake at todays link party! Wahoo!!
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Jill
that is just too cute
ReplyDeleteVery adorable! Thanks for sharing at our Handmade Tuesdays party.
ReplyDeleteHilarious! 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...
ReplyDeleteLiz
This is adorable! I'm pretty sure this is one of the cutest cakes I've ever seen! Great job!
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OMG, it's too cute! I'd love to feature it with a link back, please let me know if that's ok:@)
ReplyDeleteAwesome cake!!! Too cute to eat...almost. mmm-mmm!
ReplyDelete♥Linsey
This cake is so perfect!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing!!! I love cake decorating... and this one's exceptional!
ReplyDeleteYou did an excellent job!
ReplyDeleteThis cake is FABULOUS :)
I posted this on my new facebook page today!
ReplyDeleteThat 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!
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wow that cake is great!! How did you make the feet?
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
DeleteThis is absolutely the cutest cake I've seen in a long time!
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh... Ilove the true tittle of your blog...and I understand why you chose it!!
ReplyDeleteHi, I’m Anne from Life on the Funny Farm (http://annesfunnyfarm.blogspot.com), and I’m visiting from WTFab.
ReplyDeleteThis 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…
This is too cute! I have a friend that will love this cake. Thanks for sharing at WTFab.
ReplyDeleteThat cake is AWESOME!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHI! 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!!
ReplyDeleteLove it!! How did you make the nose, ears and tail? Thanks so much!!
ReplyDeleteToo cute! I love it. Great job! It looks perfect!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up at Throwback Thursday.
Holy flippin adordable, Marcie! I love it. You did a great job on this cake.
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up at Throwback Thursday!!
xoxo
Denyse
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.
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
ReplyDeleteThank 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!
ReplyDeleteHow did you do the ears ? I thinking of having a go. It looks brilliant !!
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