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
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
This Barbie Doll Princess Cake was my first time making this kind of cake. It was VERY easy! I got the idea from this site. I used 3 different size glass bowls (that could go in the oven and that would stack to make a dress so I didn’t have to cut anything!) sprayed with … Read more
This Homemade Barbie Doll Birthday Cake Idea was made for my niece who is turning 8. She wanted a Barbie cake and I searched this site to find one. I found about four pictures that I truly liked and incorporated parts of all of them into this one. I used my nieces’ favorite colors. I … Read more
I made this Barbie Doll Birthday Cake Idea for my daughter’s 6th birthday. I began by baking circle layers and using a cookie cutter to cut out the middle of the cake for the doll to go through. Once I had enough layers, I began sculpting and shaving the cakes to the shape of a … Read more
I wanted to make my daughter a Barbie cake that she would remember for years to come, so I searched sites for ideas and just couldn’t find what I was looking for, so I designed the Homemade Barbie Birthday Dress Cake myself. I used buttercream and I also used fondant because I wanted the dress … Read more
This Barbie Doll 4th Birthday Cake was made for my eldest daughter’s 4th birthday (she is totally Barbie crazy). I started out by making a basic vanilla cake mix following a standard cake recipe and put it in a greased pyrex bowl. However, this cake did not turn out well and I couldn’t get it … Read more
This is my first Barbie birthday cake. It was much easier than I expected!! I started by baking 2 6″ round cakes and 2 8″ round cakes. The skirt is chocolate and the base is marble. I stuck them in the freezer (this helps with icing and sculpting) over night. I took the 2 6″ … Read more
Then I iced the bottom of the cake with white icing and applied pink around the edges. I made Barbies dress pink. I took flowers from a craft store and put them at the bottom of the cake all the way around. I added a couple purple roses to the back and put happy birthday … Read more
Once cooled, I removed both cakes from the bowls and placed them in the freezer for about 4-5 hours. Once frozen I cut the cake from the small batter bowl in half and placed it on top of the larger cake; using frosting to hold it together. I then cut a hole for Barbie. (Make … Read more
I bought fondant for the first time to make the top torso part of Barbies dress and even make a hair ornament. It was so much fun- it felt like using Playdoh! Then decorate any way you choose. The flowers on the bottom also were made from fondant. I used flower cookie cutters I had. … Read more
The directions called for one to two boxed two-layer cake mixes. The first time I used one and it only rose about 3/4 of the way up the pan. I used two mixes the next time (I highly recommend) and it raised enough, I was able to level it off with a knife. Make sure … Read more