I made this cake for my friends’ 2-year-old daughter. She likes blue so I tried to incorporate it in a feminine way. I made the white roses in her hair and bouquet out of gum paste, as well as the bodice of her dress. Its so fun to design these little dolls. I used a … Read more
I bought a real Barbie (used it with legs and all) and decorated the dress. I made the wings out of chiffon material. Special secret: there is a small gift hiding in the cake as a surprise for my girl (Barbie clothes and jewelry).
I didnt have a paper-towel roll so I used a toilet paper roll to protect the Barbie doll as much as possible (my daughter wanted me to use one she actually plays with). Unfortunately my 9″ round cake didn’t raise enough so the Barbie was too tall and stuck out. I had to bake another … Read more
I was very inspired by all the photos and thought Id give it a shot. I used two cake mixes. One mix was used in two round 9 inch cake pans for the base and one mix was used in a 2 1/2 quart Pyrex mixing bowl for the top portion of the cake. Barbie … Read more
This is a Barbie doll birthday cake I made for a friends niece who is three. As all little girls this age love a princess, I thought she’d especially love one named after her. Since I am a beginner decorator I used a basic white cake mix, no frills and basic buttercream icing with Americolor … Read more
I love this website – such a great FREE resource! My friend and I made this Bratz Doll Birthday Cake for her daughter’s 6th birthday party. I hired a Wonder Mold bowl to bake the cake in. I thought I could just use a deep bowl, but the woman at the cake shop advised me … Read more
This Bratz cake is a sheet cake iced in white buttercream. Image is from Bratz partyear, blown up on a photocopier. I then traced onto wax paper using a sharpie pen, after which I re-traced using black piping gel and then transferred onto cake (after icing had set). After that I used no. 3 tip … Read more
My stepdaughter was turning 3 and it was our first birthday with her as a “family” so I wanted to do something special for her. A friend gave me a Cabbage Patch kid cake pan some time ago, I’ve been wanting to use it, and this was my chance. I noticed that the cake pan … Read more
My daughter was turning 5 and there is this big thing for Monster High!! There was no Monster High supplies available. So I printed out the skulls and taped them to a toothpick of course these were not edible! I stuck them on the cup cakes which I colored with color mist. The Monster High … Read more
I used an eight inch casserole dish that was round for the head and an eight inch round pan for the body which I cut in half to just make the chest area. I frosted the cake in buttercream frosting. I used skittles for the flowers and red peel apart licorice cut in smaller strips … Read more
My friend Carol and I made this Candyland cake for my daughter Kirsten’s sweet sixteen birthday party. We taped a cut out of her face on a Candyland game piece at the beginning of the cake. The castle was made out of graham crackers and sugar cones. The recipe to make the sides of the … Read more
