My daughter really wanted a Little Mermaid cake for her 4th birthday and it had to be an Ariel cake, not just any mermaid. I had already bought a Dolly Varden tin so I decided this would be used to create the platform for Ariel to sit on. I used a large rectangular cake tin … Read more
This is my daughters 5th Birthday Ariel Princess Cake she wanted for her birthday. I simply used 2 cake tins, a Dolly Vardon and a round which I hired from a local cake shop. I found the doll was too tall for the Dolly Vardon cake alone and I didn’t want to take her legs … Read more
My daughter loves The Little Mermaid, and told me for 6 months prior to her birthday that she was going to get an Homemade Ariel Birthday Cake! No pressure! It actually turned out to be one of the easiest character cakes I’ve made so far. I made a single layer of cake in a lasanga … Read more
My daughter wanted a Snow White party for her 3rd birthday. I saw a video clip on YouTube that showed how make a doll cake, and decided to try baking her Snow White Birthday Cake myself. I used the Wilton Wonder Mold and the Wilton doll pick for the Snow White doll cake. The cake … Read more
My daughter just turned 8 last August and she requested a Disney princess cake for her birthday so I decided to make her favorite among the Disney princesses….Sleeping Beauty! I ordered the Sleeping Beauty cake topper online because I can’t find one here in Perth (make sure you have at least 3 weeks time when … Read more
This is my first time doing this Barbie doll cake and I think it looks great! Thanks to this website which provide lots of tips. This cake is for my daughter who was born on the 14 Feb. And she just loved it! The doll is pretty tall, so there are 3 layers of butter … Read more
I purchased the mermaid at a local store. I used an 18 inch round pan for the base and a six inch round for the island. It has basic butter cream frosting all over then put on the piping. The “water” is a gel icing. I used Swedish fish candies (sea life) to put on … Read more
I baked the cake. I made a hole in the center of the cake and wrapped the Barbie in cling film. I put a bit of butter icing in the hole and put the Barbie until the hips were covered. I made the icing in pale pink butter icing for the skirt, pink sugar paste/fondant … Read more
I purchased a very inexpensive Barbie at a department store. Once my friend explained to me how to use the Wilton pan I set out to learn how to decorate a “Barbie doll cake”. This was the first site I came across. I looked and read about every Barbie cake that was listed on this … Read more
I used a real Barbie as part of the birthday present! I pre-made the rosettes and white ribbons running throughout the front of the skirt and stored them in the fridge overnight (so they could harden and not droop when I attached them to the skirt). I loved making the cake so much that everyone … Read more
