How to Make a Kids Piglet Birthday Cake
Piglet and Pooh make a lot of appearances at children's birthday parties, especially for the under five crowd. One of the easiest ways to incorporate a character theme into a party is to use printed paper goods and decorations, and one of the biggest decorations at any party is the cake. You can easily make a cake that features the cute, pink Piglet that will have the birthday child smiling in delight. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Cake mix
- Eggs
- Oil
- Water
- 9-by-13 cake pan
- Buttercream icing
- Food coloring
- Spatula
- Wax paper
- Pastry bag
- Tips
Instructions
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Decorating the Cake
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Mix and bake the cake according to the directions on the cake mix box. Allow it to cool completely before decorating.
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Select a picture of Piglet that you want to transfer to the cake. A coloring book is a good source for simple images. Tape the image to a moveable flat surface, such as a cutting board, and tape a piece of wax paper over the image.
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Use a stiff black icing to trace the image of Piglet. You can leave out any parts of the picture you don't want to use on the cake.
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Color in the picture using icing tinted to the shades you need. Use a butter knife dipped in hot water to smooth the icing.
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Cover the entire back of the image in the same color icing that you will use to frost the cake. Put the image in the freezer for two hours.
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Transfer the image to the cake by placing the buttercream image on top, and then slowly peel away the wax paper.
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Add any finishing details to the image, and complete the cake with a piped border, using a star or shell tip. Write a "happy birthday" message next to your Piglet image.
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Tips & Warnings
Use strawberry cake mix as a fun reference to Piglet. The pink cake will match the decorations when you cut into your creation. Practice piping in a neat, even line on a plate before you start making the buttercream transfer. If you make a mistake, you can use a toothpick to help correct it. If you don't have time to create a buttercream transfer, decorate a simple cake with green frosting for grass. Add some flowers or trees and then use plastic figures for Piglet and his friends. You will actually create a mirror image of the picture you select. In most cases, that won't matter, but if you want to keep the original image, use a copier or printer to create a mirror image of the original, and then trace that.
Due to copyright laws, you can only create an image of Piglet on a cake for personal use. You cannot create a copyrighted image to sell to someone else unless you have permission from the owner of the copyright, a process that can take lots of time and money.
