Aside from baking, another passion I have since I was young is watching Asian dramas. Recently, I have been ADDICTED to a Korean drama called “You’re Beautiful”.  The leading guy always comment about how the lead girl resembles a rabbit – she looks cute and adorable but can actually be dangerous (he was bitten by a rabbit before). He calls her piggy too because she pokes her nose a lot in front of him (the naive young lady believed that if she does this in front of someone she likes, she’d be able to tap her pressure point and thus, control her feelings).    One day, he decides to surprise her by making a plush toy for her. He conducts an “operation” by transplanting a pig’s oink to a rabbit’s face. The result is a a pig rabbit, or “dueji toki” in Korean. This plush toy is very in demand now. Fans are looking everywhere to get a hold of one.   I’m think I’m a little too old for plush toys, but I thought a “dueji toki” cupcake would be interesting so I decided to make one.

This one is made of vanilla cupcakes with fondant.  I think it came out nicely.  Compare it to the actual “pig rabbit” on the left.

Making it the “Pig Rabbit” cupcake was fun, albeit time-consuming. Last night, I baked the vanilla cupcakes and rolled the fondants to condition them.  This morning, I woke up at 6 am and watched the next episode of the show live online. I resumed to finish my cupcake project and added food coloring to the fondant. To make sure that I have the right image of this “dueji-toki”, I had my laptop sitting in front of me on the dining table.  Hope you guys enjoy it!