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Peppa Pig Cake Tutorial (2 Viewers)

I recently made the following Peppa Pig Cake for our friends Granddaughter and thought I would guide you on making your own. Please note that I made the cake the day before to allow it to cool and settle for 24hrs before decoration.

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Day 1

Firstly I made an 8 inch Madeira cake using this method: Madeira Cake All in one method.

The quantities I used were:
  • 450 Grams Plain Flour (All-purpose for the US)
  • 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 400 Grams Caster Sugar (Superfine for the US)
  • 400 Grams Margarine
  • 7 Medium/Large Eggs
  • 3 Tablespoons Semi Skimmed Milk
I baked it at 150°C/300F for 1 hour 50 mins.

Once baked, I placed the tin on a wet tea towel on top of a wire rack to cool and allow for easy release.

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I left it for 10 minutes, then turned it out onto a wire rack.

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I then very carefully peeled the baking sheet from the cake whilst it was still hot. I used a palette knife to help slowly remove the sheet.

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The cake was then left to fully cool. Once cooled, I wrapped it back up in baking paper and clingfilm (plastic wrap) to allow it to settle before cutting the following day.

Day 2

Now that the cake has had time to settle, we can get on with the decorating part!

Firstly I levelled, filled and covered the cake using a Cake Leveller to level it off and then covered one side in jam and the other in buttercream,

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I then sandwiched the cake together, covering the remainder of it with jam.

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I covered the cake with white icing fondant first so that when I joined the green and blue icing later, there wouldn't be any jam or stickiness showing through.

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I rolled it out to about 3mm thick.

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I then placed the icing fondant on top of the cake and smoothed it over with a smoother cake.

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Once smoothed, I cut the excess off with a pizza cutter.

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I then rolled out the Baby blue icing and Lincoln green icing from Renshaw's and then stuck them to the cake using water.

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I made the grass indentations with a Shell Tool from my Wilton Tool Kit.

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To make the sun, I used my Jem Cutter and circle cutter. To create the rays, I cut down one of the Jem cutter strips and made them all the same size.

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To make Peppa, I had pre-bought a Peppa Pig Cookie Cutter (For the US, please try here for Peppa Pig Cutters)

This has to be one of the best £3's I have ever spent. I used the smallest of the two cookie cutters on rolled out Pink Renshaw icing and then smoothed off the edges with a paintbrush while in the cutter so as not to distort her face.

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I then rolled out Poppy Red Renshaw Icing and cut an oval shape using an easter egg-shaped cutter for Peppa's dress.

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Once I had the shape of the dress, I then used the Peppa cookie cutter to cut out the part of the dress where her head would fit into it.

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I then measured her head in the slot to make sure she fit.

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To make the rest of Peppa, I sliced a straight line off the bottom of the excess red icing fondant to make the dress.

I rolled a small sausage for her mouth and then rolled further small balls with white and black icing in my fingers to create her eyes and pupils.

I made a small sausage for the outline of her nose and indented the nose section of her face with a ball tool making it easier for me to place the pink nostril balls in later.

The darker pink blush mark on her face was pink icing mixed with a little cherry red sugar flair dye to make the pink a little darker.

I rolled very slim sausages for her arms and legs and stuck them with water (to remove the excess watermarks on the cake, I dusted over them with a paintbrush lightly coated in icing sugar (Confectioner's Sugar in the US) to absorb the moisture).

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I used blossom push cutters for the flowers and then filled them with 100's and 1000's.

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To do this, I carefully dampened the end of a paintbrush, placed the 100's and 1000's on a plate and then picked them up using the damp end of the brush, placed them in the centre of the flower and then used the other end to push them in.

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I used my Fmm Cloud Cutter to make the clouds and used the No 2 Cloud and made the small butterfly; I used a small PME Butterfly push cutter.

To make Sofia's name and age, I used my Cake Star Letter and Number Cutters.

So this is how the final cake looked.....or so I thought!

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There was something that was bugging me, and it wasn't until after I had dropped the cake off did I realise what was missing......the tail!

I know that she isn't outlined as per my previous Peppa Pig Cake; however, after trying numerous ways to try and outline her (this went from rolling small sausages to squeezing the life out of my craft gun, I realised that she actually looked fine the way she was which is why I left her as is). I did, however, venture back to our friends and put her tail on.

This is what the final edition actually looked like.

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And this is little Princess Sofia; she was thrilled with her cake.

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To a gorgeous girl on her first birthday! Happy Birthday!

 
Hello
This amazing cake was made for my granddaughter Sofia. I was absolutely thrilled with the design of the cake and the sponge was so moist and delicious. Everyone who had some commented on its presentation and quality.
The most important critic of all was Sofia who loved it. She likes to watch Peppa pig and i think the design was perfect for a 1 year old as it was not fussy and was very easy for her connect and identify her favourite character. I am going to try and make this cake myself. I have never been very creative and i am a follower of instructions. I like how well the instructions and photos help people like me to try our talents at baking.
Well done Angie. Very talented lady x x x
 
Aww, bless you, thanks, Jules. I'm thrilled that you all loved the cake especially the little lady herself. I'm really glad you are going to attempt to make the cake yourself. Always look at the creation in stages and you'll never go far wrong, everything is just a shape. The good thing with cake is it can always be stuck together with buttercream and you can hide any flaws with decorations. I wish you every success on your baking venture and look forward to seeing your creations. If you need any further help then you know where to find me. :wink:
 
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It looks gorgeous Angie and I'm pleased to hear the little princess loved it as well. Kelly's little girl is a Peppa Pig fan it's quite funny because Kelly can't stand pink and that's the colour Caia picked to have her bedroom decorated in. :D
 
It looks gorgeous Angie and I'm pleased to hear the little princess loved it as well. Kelly's little girl is a Peppa Pig fan it's quite funny because Kelly can't stand pink and that's the colour Caia picked to have her bedroom decorated in. :D

I still critique it and look at all the things that should have been slightly changed but overall it's bright, fun and Sofia loved it so that's all that matters. Han used to love Peppa Pig when she was younger and it does seem to be quite a hit with the little ones. The last Peppa Pig Cake I made was on a bigger scale so this one had to be scaled down and was a lot more intricate which makes it a lot harder to do. I'm sure Kelly loved painting Caia's room pink even I'm sure she'll eventually grow out of it. :wink:

I'd never heard of Peppa Pig until John mentioned he was a fan :)

A Guy

Oh yes, an avid one at that. :lmao::lmao::lmao:
 
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