Swimming pigs Twix cake

A little while ago my brother's wife sent me a link to a picture of this widely spread Kit Kat swimming pigs cake, and I figured out it was at the same time a discreet order for her own birthday cake. :)



Kit Kat bars proved to be very difficult to find in Finland, and so I was allowed to use Twix bars instead. The flavour of the cake was up to me, so I took one Twix bar, closed my eyes and chewed. Because Twix bar consists of a layer of biscuit and a layer of caramel with a chocolate coating, I decided to make it a caramel cake.

First I thought of changing the pigs to people, and make the cake a blue-watered jacuzzi tub, but this idea would have required the use of dyed white chocolate, and I didn't think white chocolate would have gone well with the Twix bars.





The pigs I made once again in advance, and in my typical way I couldn't just make simple pig figures, but had (in my own opinion) an excellent idea of adding character to the pigs with some extra props... :)








HOW TO MAKE SWIMMING PIGS TWIX CAKE:

Cut Twix bars to desired length and place on the side of a cake iced with butter cream.

If you want to make sure that the Twix bars stay in place,
you can tie a ribbon around the cake
(if the butter cream layer is thick enough, the bars should stay in place themselves)

Melt some chocolate in a double boiler or a microwave and spread the
melted chocolate on top of the cake. Add decorations and let set in the fridge.