Realistic Zodiac Pig Cake
Use heavy cream and chocolate buttercream to create the lifelike zodiac pig cake decoration on the cake base.
Ingredients
Cake base (pre-coated cake base)
1
Whipped cream (for piping body parts)
to taste
Chocolate paste (for decorating ears, eyes, nose, and mouth)
to taste
Instructions
1
Pipe the body
First, pipe various border decorations onto the pre-coated cake base, and use a small round piping tip to pipe the pig's body parts.
2
Pipe the back legs
Use whipped cream to pipe the pig's back legs at the rear of the body.
3
Pipe the front legs and tail
Pipe the pig's front legs and tail at the front of the body.
4
Pipe the head
Use whipped cream to pipe the pig's head at the front of the body.
5
Refine the head
Use whipped cream for fine detailing to add dynamics to the head.
6
Pipe the ears
Use whipped cream to pipe the pig's ears, and lightly refine them with a torch.
7
Decorate the face
Use chocolate paste to decorate the pig's ears, eyes, nose, and mouth.
8
Finishing
Spray with color, and the pig is complete.
