Baking

Piggy bank cake

Piggy, the money maker! Piggy is a cute, fun birthday cake. Be sure to have lots of chocolate money left over to share around. Oink Cha-ching, oink oink!
Piggy bank cake
1
1H 30M

Ingredients

Equipment
Cake
Decorations

Method

1.Using cutter, cut a round from cake (cut from lower third of cake, not centre). Carefully lift out cut cake; reserve. Position larger cake piece on cake board, securing with a little frosting.
2.Fill hole in larger cake with chocolate coins, reserving 4-5 coins for decoration.
3.Carefully position reserved cake round on top of coins. Cut 1 jam rollette in half on the diagonal; using a little frosting, secure against bottom of cake for trotters.
4.Cut a 1.5cm slice from remaining jam rollette; position on cake for snout, secure with a little frosting. Cut remaining piece of jam rollette in half on the diagonal; position on cake for ears, securing with a little frosting.
5.Spread remaining frosting all over cake. Cut white marshmallow in half; position on cake, cut-side up, for eyes. Cut black licorice stick into thin rounds, secure to marshmallows for eyes. Cut mini marshmallow in half, position on snout. Position M&M’s on trotters.
6.Cut triangles from sour strap; position on ears. Cut a 1cm x 3cm oval shape from licorice strap; position on top of cake for coin slot. Position reserved coins around edge of cake.

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