Thursday, February 17, 2011

Luau Pig Cake

I'm slowly getting updated with blogging about my cakes. This here is my first time to "carve" a cake. My husband's god-daughter turned 7 last summer and had a Hawaiian themed party. So, for her cake, I thought of making a luau pig.


I finally got to use my Betty Crocker Bake N' Fill set. I bought this set for $5 on a garage sale. I'm not sure if it's still available anywhere. I only used it for the head and body. You can use Pyrex bowls or even Wilton's Sports Ball Pan set instead.

Covering an odd-shaped cake with fondant is so much easier than a round or square cake. Maybe because you don't need to worry about the folds. I went for pink because a sweet girl is celebrating. But I've seen how others opted for the realistic looking cover by just brushing the fondant with different shades of brown, giving it that roasted look.

I apologize in advance for not taking enough detailed photos. I didn't have enough time to make the cake. I even wanted to make flowers but ran out of time so I just used a lei instead.

Here's my step-by-step.

TOOLS I USED

INGREDIENTS I USED
  • 2 days in advance: Made Pink Marshmallow Fondant (MMF). I only had enough ingredients to make one batch of color.
Cake Board. Placed the 14" cake circle on a foil and cut around the edge about 3-4 inches larger. And wrapped the board with foil secured by tape. 
  • Morning of party. Baked and cooled 5 cupcakes, 1 big domed cake and a smaller domed cake for the head. Laid them out on the cake board before shaping, torting, filling and crumb coating.

Layout.

Torted and crumb-coated.

Frosted and ready to be covered.
Cake cover. Rolled out Pink MMF and covered the cake.

Pig toes and nose.  Rolled the black ready-to-use fondant and used the biggest star cut-out to make the toes. I used the round part of the decorating tip to cut-out the nostrils for the nose.  I used a brushed a little bit of water behind the toes before placing them on the cake.


Eyes. With the black fondant still rolled out, I just used the knife and ruler to make 4 strips for the eyes.

Tail. Rolled Pink MMF into a log for the tail.


Finishing Touches. I cut the board into shape and then placed the pig in an aluminum serving tray. Added the lei and apple for the roasted luau pig effect.

7 comments:

  1. Hey I just wanted to tell you what a great tutorial you put together for this cake, which is super cute and well done by the way! I just happened upon your blog as I'm looking around for some different roasted pig cake ideas for an upcoming party :) This really is so cute and if I ever make a smaller one like this I will certainly return to review your tutorial. I'm sure your hubby goddaughter was thrilled! Andrea

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  2. Hey I just wanted to tell you what a great tutorial you put together for this cake, which is super cute and well done by the way! I just happened upon your blog as I'm looking around for some different roasted pig cake ideas for an upcoming party :) This really is so cute and if I ever make a smaller one like this I will certainly return to review your tutorial. I'm sure your hubby goddaughter was thrilled! Andrea

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  3. Andrea, thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. You just made my day. God bless you.

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  4. Thanks so much for this post! I have a couple of questions though, did you torte the hands and legs as well? Also, are those muffins or cupcake size. I just want to make sure I proportion it correctly. Thanks!

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  5. What a terrific help you were to me. We celebrated my Mother and husband's birthday last weekend. I worked with the instruction and videos and found your tutorials excellent. I used red velvet cake mix and layered with seedless jam ( heated and thickened with corn starch ), I used buttercream frosting to do a crumb coat and again the final layer of frosting. I used your MMF for the ears, tail, toes and eyes. My Mom thought it was a clay figurine for display! She was really surprised to find out it was a cake.

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