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Offline Amy :-)

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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2013, 04:09:53 am »
Okay, its decided... mum will be getting this cake for mother's day ;D I better start practicing my skills with fondant! If I'm really bad I can always postpone it until her birthday ;)

GF, thanks for those links. She is an amazing woman!

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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2013, 05:42:51 am »
Love the cake - Ames all you would need to practice is the fondant pigs. The rest would be childs play for you.  :)

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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2013, 05:43:49 am »
Thanks Mich :D :-*

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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2013, 05:47:00 am »
I love this  - have copied picture for when Arlo is a bit bigger.  Plenty of time to work on the Fondant Piggies.
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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #19 on: February 21, 2013, 10:04:47 am »
You really think I could do that Brenda? :D :D Mum's birthday isn't until October, so I could make it for mother's day instead ;D

of course you could make it Amy  :).....like mentioned, the piggies are made of fondant, which you  can buy it already pink from cake decorating stores or spotlight, or you could model them with  marzipan and tint with pink gel paste...just like playdough  ;)
It's such a cute cake  8)
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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #20 on: February 21, 2013, 10:13:07 am »
There you go Amy! Knew Maddy would know how - and the alternatives - without even batting an eye. This is an education for me too! If you can pull this one off Amy- just imagine the spinoffs you could come up with!! :)

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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #21 on: February 21, 2013, 10:21:11 am »
Thanks Maddy and GF :D

I'm nervous and its not even close to mother's day yet! ;D

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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #22 on: February 21, 2013, 10:23:50 am »
Not nervous Amy.. That's just excitementl lol. Why don't you grab some play dough, play around with it for a while to get the feeling of the shapes ... And then go for it. :)

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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #23 on: February 21, 2013, 10:32:02 am »
Give it a try Amy :D
You could also use pink marshmallows to make marshmallow fondant for the piggies. I think Tenina has a recipe for the marshmallow fondant, or have a look at this website http://cakejournal.com/tutorials/how-to-make-marshmallow-fondant/
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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #24 on: February 21, 2013, 11:23:56 am »
Love debbie brown.
Fondant is easy Amy. Just think of it as play dough. And all you need is water to stick bits together. Best of all you can make things out of it weeks in advance. Here is my first attempt from a few years ago. It's Timmy the baby sheep from Shaun the sheep. Yes I rolled all those little balls and stuck them on with water. Very easy.

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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #25 on: February 21, 2013, 12:01:42 pm »
I love Shaun the Sheep programmes Kimmy.  He is so cute, well done.
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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #26 on: February 21, 2013, 12:46:28 pm »
What a gorgeous cake Andy,so cute :D
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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #27 on: February 21, 2013, 09:59:27 pm »
You'll find it much easier than you think Amy, just watch some utube videos and you'll be making all sorts of animals.

I really like the Debbie Brown books because her instructions are simply and most library's seem to stock at least a couple of her books. Like others have said you can start well in advance and just keep them in an airtight container until needed.

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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #28 on: February 21, 2013, 10:47:02 pm »
Not nervous Amy.. That's just excitementl lol. Why don't you grab some play dough, play around with it for a while to get the feeling of the shapes ... And then go for it. :)

LOL... if only you knew what I am making for..... oops, I can't say too much :-X :-)) ;D

Kimmy, that little sheep is soooo cute. SD likes Shaun the Sheep so maybe I will have to do a sheep theme for Father's day :D

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Re: A choc cake with pink piggies.
« Reply #29 on: February 22, 2013, 06:17:39 am »
Amy .........are you keeping secrets.........bugger I won"t .be there   ;D.....