Easter Pig Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

In this lesson we will be covering the board, and making the daisies and eggs in advance so they have time to dry.

Janette begins building the cakes with a few dowels and a cake card then shaping the cake into the main body shape with wee chin!

Janette shows you how to cover the cake in two layers of ganache, showing how to smooth it out on awkward shapes.

In this lesson, Janette covers the pig with pink paste and adds hair texture.

Now it’s time to build up the facial features!

Janette moves on to making the snout and ears for the pig.

In this lesson, Janette shows you how to sculpt the eye area of the piggy.

In this lesson, we will be carving and ganaching the hat into shape, and adding it to the cake

It’s now time to add the ribbon ties and bow to the hat!

Janette creates a speckled effect on the eggs and ducts the daisy centres, and adds them to the cake.

Janette bring the cake together with a few finishing touches.

Here, Janette goes over some ideas on changing the design in different ways to create a different version of the pig for yourself, using different themes. She also talks about adapting the main cake shape to create different animals. 

 Janette explains the costs involved, the time you should expect to set aside for making the cake, and the minimum you should be charging if you are selling to a customer.