3D Peppa and George 2-Tier Chiffon Cake

This is a cute 3D Peppa and George chiffon cake I made for little Liam who turned 3! My heart was still heavy in the light of yesterday’s events, so the news that the cake made the boy delighted and was well-received brought some cheer. I hope the spirit of unity will continue and we will cherish it in our hearts.

Back to the cake, this is probably one of the most challenging and time-consuming cakes I have made after Carousel, taking 2 days just for assembly. I took a long time to cut the tiniest limbs I have ever cut and to bake the 9 layers of different colours and shades (red, pink, dark blue, light blue, brown, dark green, yellow... etc.) for the decoration, and also the egg cakes making up the Peppa and George’s bodies, and the 7-inch and 9-inch base normal chiffon cakes. As it is a rather convoluted bake so I will just summarise the main points.

Peppa’s face was baked in a jumbo egg, while George’s face was baked in a normal egg. Peppa’s body was baked in a small glass bowl (find the smallest you can find), and George’s body from another egg. Remember to remove the inner membrane for the eggshells cleanly (for more details on how to prepare, please see peppa and rainbow pops). The face shapes were done by cutting the nose snout flat and then carving out the snout with a sharp knife. The rest of the features eg sun and house were cut with the help of cutters or knife from the layer cakes and glued on with melted marshmallows. The two base chiffon cakes consisted of vanilla chiffon cake, divided into 1/3 pandan, 2/3 blue pea flowers (used to reduce the amount of blue colouring used). Blue was at the base, followed by pandan at the top.

Happy birthday to Liam!! It was a joy to bake for you! :) Look forward to Phay Shing's cute cupcakes too ;).

With lots of love,
Susanne