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You may have already seen Pigs in Mud cakes online: they are very cute and much easier to make than you might think. I was asked to make one by one of the mums from school for her daughter’s birthday party: my initial reaction was that it would be too difficult!
I chose to make the cake a Mississippi Mud Cake as I thought it was pretty apt for the look! Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4 / 160°C (fan) / 180°C and line 3 20cm (8in) cake tins In a freestanding electric mixer with the paddle attachment (or using a hand-held electric whisk) cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
Place on top of the cake and add 2 small balls of icing to make the trotters, marking a cleft in the hoof. To shape the pigs’ bottoms, roll another 2 balls of icing, mark a crease in the centre then roll and twist 2 tiny sausages of icing to create the tails and press onto the bottoms.
Using the electric whisk or mixer with the paddle attachment, slowly beat together the icing sugar, cocoa and butter until the butter is completely mixed in (mixture will still be powdery at this stage) I can’t really tell you how to make the pigs as it’s up to you how you want them to look!
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