Name: Pig Cupcakes Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 150 g baking margarine; 150 g white caster sugar (superfine sugar); 2 large free range eggs; 150 g self-raising white flour (self rising flour); pink food colouring; 100 g pink candy melts; 100 g white chocolate; 36 pink candy melts ((about 25g/1 oz)); writing icing pens (black, pink, red and green)

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This pig cupcakes recipe is super easy and the results are so cute! They'd be great for a pig or farmyard themed party.

rows of Pink pig cupcakes recipe on a blue background.

The pink sponge is topped with a candy melt and white chocolate icing and decorated with candy melts, writing icing and a good dollop of creative license.

The sponge batter is really easy as you'll pop the margarine, sugar, eggs and flour into a bowl all at once, whisk together, then brighten with a dash of pink colouring.

overhead view of Pink pig cupcakes in rows portraying different faces.

Once the batter is shared into 12 cupcake cases, your cakes will take just 20 minutes to bake!

For the icing, you'll simply melt some white chocolate together with some pink candy melts and spoon the icing on top of the cakes. You'll then use whole candy melts to form the snout and ears.

Pink pig cupcakes in rows portraying different faces.

Once everything has set, all that's left do is use writing pens to give eyes, mouths and heaps of personality to your pink pig cupcakes!

overhead view of Pink pig cupcakes in rows portraying different faces without the bun casing.

Here's the full instructions, complete with lots of step-by-step photos to ensure you absolutely nail this pig cupcakes recipe.

Ingredients

For the sponges

150 g (1 stick + 3 tbsp) baking margarine
150 g (¾ cup + 1 tbsp) white caster sugar (superfine sugar)
2 large free range eggs
150 g (1 cup + 1 tbsp) self-raising white flour (self rising flour)
pink food colouring

For the icing

100 g (½ cup) pink candy melts
100 g (3.5 oz) white chocolate

For the details

36 pink candy melts (about 25g/1 oz)
writing icing pens black, pink, red and green

Equipment

Instructions

Make the sponges

Preheat the oven to 160C (140C fan, 320F).

Line a 12-hole muffin tray lined with cupcake cases.

Put the margarine, sugar, eggs and flour in a bowl.

margarine, sugar, eggs and flour in a large clear bowl surrounded bu ingredients.

Whisk until creamy.

whisked margarine, sugar, eggs and flour in a large clear bowl surrounded by ingredients.

Add the pink food colouring.

whisked margarine, sugar, eggs and flour in a large clear bowl topped with a small dollop of pink food colouring.

Stir in to achieve a uniform shade.

whisked pink cupcake mixture in a large clear bowl.

Spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases.

12 pink cupcake liners filled with pink cupcake mix in a cupcake tray.

Bake for 20 minutes.

12 pink cupcake liners filled with baked pink cupcake mix in a cupcake tray.

Cool completely on a wire rack

baked pink cupcakes in pink cupcake liners ona wire cooling tray.

The tops of your cupcakes should be flat and sit below to the tops of the cases, leaving just enough room for the icing.

If they’ve risen too much or domed, you may need to trim them a little with a small serrated knife once completely cooled.

Pink cupcakes in pink cupcake liners on a blue background.

Make the icing

Put the candy melts and white chocolate in a heatproof bowl.

pink candy melts and white chocolate chips in a large clear bowl.

Heat in the microwave for 30 seconds, stir and repeat until fully melted.

melted pink candy melts and white chocolate mixed together in a large clear bowl.

Spoon on top of the cakes immediately. Tap them gently to encourage the icing to spread to the edges and level off.

pink chocolate topping on a pink cupcake in a pink cupcake liner.

Add candy melt noses and ears immediately, and leave to set completely.

pink chocolate topping on a pink cupcake in a pink cupcake liner with 3 dark pink chocolate drops to create ears and a nose.

Add the final details.

Once the chocolate icing has fully set, you can add the final decorations.

Add two pink or white dots or writing icing to the snout.

pink icing topped cupcakes with pink chocolate ears and nose.

Then add black dots for the eyes and a little black line for the smile.

over head view of pink pink face cupcakes on a blue background.

If you have other icing pen colours, you can add any other details you fancy.

side view of pink pig cupcakes in pink cupcakes liners on a blue background.

Easy, fun and lots of room to be silly. We had loads of fun making these and they tasted delicious.

one pink pig cupcakes with a bite missing on a blue background.

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Pig Cupcakes Recipe

This pig cupcakes recipe is super easy. The pink sponge is topped with a candy melt and white chocolate icing and decorated with candy melts, writing icing and a good dollop of creative license.

Prep Time20

Cook Time15

Total Time35

Course: cakes and bakes

Cuisine: British

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings: 12 cakes

Author: Emily Leary