Peppa Pig Cake2

My second Peppa Pig Cake! I was much happier with Peppa and George on this cake, I used Pastiche which I found in a great cake shop in Nottingham and it handled much better than the fondant and tylose I had used for my previous models, although it is a lot more expensive. I got the idea from one of Esme's book as the house on the hill is a common scene throughout. The puddle is chocolate silk so really yummy mud! This is the only cake I have ever let Esme help me bake...... and it is the only time this particular recipe has ever sank in the middle - really sank!! thankfully the cut offs from the house filled the hole nicely and it still tasted great - managed to get a piece of this one!

Peppa Pig Cake

This Peppa Pig cake was for a friend's daughter's 3rd birthday party. 2 Tiers of Madiera cake with strawberry jam and vanilla butter cream. I must admit, having laid the blue and green fondant on the cakes I did start to worry that I had bitten off more than I could chew..... but I think without all the detail on any cake then it's pretty unimpressive.

I made the figures a couple of days in advance and really struggled with those as the fondant was just not playing! I also struggled with how to attach the sun to the top and eventually settled on slightly clumsy looking lollipop sticks. In the end the amount of detail detracted from the minor imperfections (I hope) and the overall impression was just about satisfactory.

It really wasn't fun transporting it on my knee in the car for half an hour though!

(Emily Elephant never made it!!)