My Cake Photo Gallery and Directions!
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Doll/Princess Cakes -
Chocolate Lollipop Cakes
- Fancy Tiered Cakes
- Shaped Sheet Cakes
- 3-D Cakes -
Bakery Style Cakes
- Chocolate Indulgence
Cakes -
Cupcakes -
Ball Shaped Cakes -
Jersey Shaped Cakes |
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| These cakes are super easy and little girls absolutely adore them (and one 40-year little girl who knows who she is!). My favorite one had to be the Luau Girl cake I made for my daughter’s 5th birthday...too fun! Doll/Princess cakes are so simple:
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Basic Supplies: 2 cake mixes, two 9-inch round pans, one 1 &1/2 quart glass bowl, 2-3 tubs frosting, icing coloring, a Barbie doll (I prefer an actual Barbie brand doll), a Ziploc bag (& decorating tips if wanted).
Minimum Time: 1-2 hours (not including baking or cooling time).
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1) Make 2 cake mixes according to recipe directions (yellow or chocolate work best) & fill one 1 & 1/2-quart glass bowl and two 9-inch round cake pans. Bake cakes according to directions.
2) Once baked & cooled, level the cakes, stack with frosting filled in between layers, and crumb-coat the whole cake (see picture of crumb-coating below).
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3) If possible, refrigerate for awhile (whatever time you have, be it 30 minutes or overnight...I’ve not refrigerated before but I’d recommend doing so).
4) Remove cake from ‘fridge, and then poke a slit down the middle of the cake with a big knife and stick in your naked & washed Barbie doll. Note: I’ve tried using the hobby shop ‘Barbie’ dollar and they do not work as well as a Barbie brand doll or Disney brand doll. And I never use just the head/torso sticks you find in hobby shops, as half the fun of this cake is giving the girl the doll (and the clothes that came with it when bought)...what little girls wants half a doll!
5) Once the doll is in, I frost the cake ’skirt’ by smoothing frosting all over the ‘skirt’ and then smoothing it vertically down so that your knife marks look like fabric folds.
6) Next, frost the doll body/torso. When frosting the doll, I usually pipe the frosting on in lines using a round tip (or just the snipped corner of my frosting bag) and then smooth with a slightly damp or warm knife. Don’t forget to do her back (no backless princesses here).
7) Once your basic frosting is done, use accent colors to design whatever dress your imagination comes up with, or to match your favorite dress or princess. I’ve even piped on some necklaces and bracelets on my doll cakes with leftover frosting...not that anyone might notice...but you’ll know. :)
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| So watch out Project Runway, here comes the next set of big designers….cake dress makers! Designing dresses for a doll cake should be the next big challenge...too funny. Make it happen Tim! I love that show- it totally inspires me.
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