This Belle Cake is my first doll cake. I made Belle from Beauty and the Beast for my great-niece’s 2nd birthday. I came up with the idea from other photos from different cake sights and Wilton books. The sheet cake is a chocolate pound cake and the doll cake is a white pound cake died … Read more
This Ariel the Mermaid Birthday Cake was all my two year old wanted for her birthday! She loves the Little Mermaids movie. I purchased the Ariel doll from a department store, and took her tail and bikini top off. I then fashioned her new bikini (clam) top and mermaid tail to look more like the … Read more
The Little Mermaid Birthday Cake is made of 2 8 inch rounds and a Pyrex bowl cake. I carved the bowl a little to be more like a rock. My intention was to have the mermaid on the rock and make waves splashing around the rock. I had trouble creating the splashing effect that I … Read more
My daughter asked for The Little Mermaid as the theme for her 4th Birthday. I made this Ariel Birthday Cake using the classic batter bowl from the Pampered Chef. I baked it for as long as the instructions on the cake box specified. After cooling for 2 hours I started decorating. I made the lower … Read more
My first effort at a barbie cake, and only the second or third time I have used frosting tips. I love how it turned out. I did my research on this website and was inspired by everyone else’s creations of a Sleeping Beauty Birthday Cake! I used the pampered chef bowl with 1 cake mix, … Read more
I made this Mrs Claus cake for our Christmas party last year and it was a hit! I used a 8″ round ball cake pan as well as one regular 8″ cake pan to make the makes – I just used regular box cake mix from the grocery store. So to get the height, I … Read more
My daughter Taylor who turned six wanted “The Little Mermaid Cake – Ariel”. So a friend (Barbara) and I set out searching for pictures and ideas. We came across this site and decided to attempt a cake of our own (note: none of us are bakers). We used three round sponge cakes as the base … Read more
This Little Mermaid birthday cake was made using a 14 in round for the base and a loaf pan for cutting the rocks out of. I decorated the whole cake with rolled fondant and made Ariel and Flounder a day in advance so they could harden. I cut odd shapes out of the loaf pan … Read more
It was my girl’s 2nd and 3rd birthday party. They were really into Thumbelina this year. I decided I would give a shot at making Thumbelina Barbie Birthday Cakes and make them each a cake. The Thumbelina dolls are fairly skinny and small, so its easier to make two. I looked around the stores to … Read more
My niece loves princesses, so for her fifth birthday (September 17), I made her a special Barbie cake. It’s a surprise. She thinks she’s just going to dress up in her “princess” costume and come over to Aunt Keesa’s house to play tomorrow. When she sees the cake, I’m hoping to hear her famous words … Read more
I have always wanted to create a doll cake so this year I had my chance for my niece’s 5th birthday to make her a Little Mermaid Doll Cake. I started with three glass mixing bowls that could bake in the oven: small, medium and large and then two butter flavored cake mixes. After the … Read more
This Barbie Doll Birthday Cake Idea I made for my daughter’s 4th birthday. I took a few weeks looking at different cakes (MANY on this site) and came up with my own. I didn’t really know how I was going to make the dress part, but, standing in the store I got the idea to … Read more