{"id":2978,"date":"2014-04-02T13:53:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T14:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cake-geek.com\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2020-02-18T00:17:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T00:17:50","slug":"pinata-cakes-with-a-surprise-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/pinata-cakes-with-a-surprise-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinata Cakes & Tutorials"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mexican-style “pinata” cakes with sweets hidden inside are a huge hit for children’s parties. For Easter,\u00a0 Sugar, Cinnamon & Love<\/a> have created a\u00a0 fabulous mini Easter surprise cake with a chocolate bunny hidden inside that even us grown-ups would love.<\/p>\n

This magical little Easter cake is made by trimming the tops off two cupcakes, scooping out the centres, fiiling them with sweets and a foiled wrapped bunny, then placing one cupcake on top of the other and buttercreaming them together. A geuius little Easter surprise cake!<\/p>\n

The pinata craze is even making its mark on wedding cake design this year,\u00a0 with a pretty pink and gold wedding cake below, filled with sparkling pink sugar pinata-style by Janet Mohapi Banks Cake Design<\/a> (via B.Loved Weddings<\/a>, Segerius Bruce Photography<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Pastel pink and lavender chocolate pearls make an elegant surprise inside for this ultra girly pinata cake.\u00a0 You’ll find the full tutorial here from At The Picket Fence: pinata cake tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Frilled buttercream piping adds an authentic Mexican finish to the pastel pinata cake below by Cakewalk Bake Shop<\/a> (via 100 Layer Cakelet<\/a> Ben Q Photography<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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A fun rainbow cake is filled full of brightly coloured M&M sweets for a brilliant children’s birthday cake idea from Hungry Happenings,<\/a> where you’ll find the full tutorial: pinata cake tutorial\/rainbow cake<\/a>. (Plus, you’ll find more on piping buttercream frills and ruffles in our Buttercream Piping Tutorials<\/a> here.)<\/p>\n

Dark and light blue sweets in different sizes make a pretty co-ordinated surprise inside the pinata cake, below right from Ev Tasarimlari, Turkey.<\/p>\n

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A kaleidoscope of colour makes the pinata cake below by Claire K Creations a fun party cake idea and you’ll find the tutorial for this cake here : pinata cake tutorial with multi-coloured rosette piping<\/a>. (You’ll find more on piping buttercream rosettes in our earlier feature here: Buttercream Piping Part 1<\/a> – How To Pipe Buttercream Roses<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Lollipops, Twix bars and Smarties are all thrown into the mix in this brilliant party pinata cake by A Subtle Revelry, below. You’ll find the full instructions to re-create this cake here: pinata cake tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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For grown-ups, summer fruit pinata style cakes go down a treat. You can substitute the sweets with fresh strawberries, raspberries or blueberries for a sophisticated afternoon tea cake, with summer fruit pinata cakes below from Healthfully Ever After<\/a> (below right) and The Pink Whisk<\/a> (below left).<\/p>\n

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