Coolest Homemade Lion Picture Cakes and Tips 2

I used a 1lb tin. I covered it in butter icing then light brown icing for the head. I rolled up dark brown cones for the mane and stuck them on. I actually copied this from a lion picture that I saw in a magazine.

Cool Homemade Princess Doll and Dress Cake

Homemade Princess Doll Cake

Little girls and their dolls, is this fascination hardwired in their genes? My little girl turned four last week. She is a huge fan of ‘Princesses’ and wanted only a homemade Princess Doll cake. I tried to change her mind, but no… a princess in pink, with matching crown is all she wanted. A month … Read more

Coolest Bright Pink Barbie Cake

Barbie Cake

I used four 9 in. round cakes, and then a bundt cake pan for this cake. I froze the cakes, then after freezing for about an hour, I pulled out and put on a crumb coating. I mixed pink gel food coloring into the fondant (I tried marshmallow fondant and it fell apart. I bought … Read more

Coolest Dolly Birthday Cake

Homemade Dolly Birthday Cake

This Dolly Birthday Cake is very popular with younger girls. I bake 3 cakes in 8″ round tins and one in a pudding dish to make the curved top of the dress. Piled them up and gave a thin coat of either jam or buttercream to stick the dress to. I used a sheet of … Read more

Coolest Princess Birthday Cake

Homemade Princess Birthday Cake

I made this Princess Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday. This was for a Princess tea party and my daughter wanted Aurora as the princess. I used a store bought cake mix and baked the cake in a Pampered Chef batter bowl for 1 hour & 15 minutes, then turned it upside down when … Read more

Coolest Princess Birthday Cake

Homemade Princess Birthday Cake

The first thing that we did when we made this Princess Birthday Cake was buy 2 chocolate cake mixes! We baked one in a large round cake pan, and the other one in a regular size bunt pan! After cooling we took the large round cake and placed it on a cake plate, we then … Read more

Pretty Pink Ballerina Barbie Cake

Homemade  Ballerina Barbie Cake

I made this Ballerina Barbie Cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. I used 2 yellow cake mixes and baked for an hour and 20 minutes in a 3 quart steel bowl. I froze the cake, and then frosted it while frozen to avoid crumbs. I used the Wilton buttercream icing recipe, using real butter and … Read more

Cool Homemade Purple and White Barbie Doll Birthday Cake

Homemade Barbie Doll Birthday Cake

After browsing all the amazing Barbie cakes on this website, I combined many different features into my own creation of a Barbie Doll Birthday Cake. I chose purple as the main colour as it is my daughter’s favorite colour. I used a real Barbie, then wrapped her in plastic wrap from the waist down to … Read more

Coolest Doll Dress Cake

Homemade Doll Dress Cake

I was asked to make a princess cake for a friend’s daughter. I had previously made a stand-up Barbie Doll Dress Cake and knew how hard it was, so I decided to modify the idea and make 3 little dresses out of muffins. This made decorating and assembly so much easier! I made two 8″ … Read more

Coolest Homemade Barbie Birthday Cake

Butterfly Dolly Varden Barbie Cake

There is a family tradition around this cake, my grandmother used to make it for my mum when she was a little girl. My mum made it for me and my brother makes it for his daughter. Growing up in Australia we used to call this a Dolly Varden cake, but now days it’s more … Read more

Coolest All Fondant Barbie Cake

Homemade All Fondant Barbie Cake

This is a chocolate cake, I didn’t have the special pan for the skirts so I made two 8 inch round cakes and two 6-inch round. I stacked them and carved what I wanted for the skirt. I put a bit of icing on so the fondant would stick. I rolled out the fondant and … Read more