A choc cake with pink piggies.

[Amy :-)]

Okay, its decided... mum will be getting this cake for mother's day 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!

[mcmich]

Love the cake - Ames all you would need to practice is the fondant pigs. The rest would be childs play for you. 

[Amy :-)]

Thanks Mich

[Deniser]

I love this  - have copied picture for when Arlo is a bit bigger.  Plenty of time to work on the Fondant Piggies.

[maddy]

You really think I could do that Brenda? Mum's birthday isn't until October, so I could make it for mother's day instead

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  

[goldfish]

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!!

[Amy :-)]

Thanks Maddy and GF

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

[goldfish]

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.

[EmeraldSue]

Give it a try Amy
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/

[Kimmyh]

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.

[judydawn]

I love Shaun the Sheep programmes Kimmy.  He is so cute, well done.

[Cornish Cream]

What a gorgeous cake Andy,so cute

[Wonder]

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.

[Amy :-)]

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

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

[Aussie Brenda]

Amy .........are you keeping secrets.........bugger I won"t .be there   .....