My soon to be four year old granddaughter really wanted a Barbie cake for her birthday, and as she was having a dual party with a best friend, I got to make two cakes! I bought two Barbies-one with a purple streak and one with a pink hair streak- Harper wanted a purple dress and … Read more
Whilst discussing a relative’s 18th birthday cake, my God-daughter, Summer, asked if I would make her birthday cake.” Of course,” I responded, “what kind of cake would you like?” “I’d like a princess cake Auntie Julie,” at which point her Mum added ” it needs to feed 30″. “Err, ok” I replied nervously. I had … Read more
I was asked to make a birthday cake for a little girl who simply loves Barbie. One day while I was driving, a beautiful white convertible car passed in front of me and that was the inspiration for my cake. I said, how about a nice modern convertible sports car for the most fashionable doll … Read more
I used a basic cake mix using a Wilton Classic Wonder Mold for this princess Barbie cake. I used cranberry marmalade instead of butter cream because of storage concerns. I colored the fondant with violet and kept the main skirt white. Ruffles went on first, then the doll body top and styled her hair. I … Read more
I made this garden fairy cake using a Wilton dress mold and doll picture. The cake is made from white cake mix which I dyed two colors, a lime green and a hot pink with food coloring and lime Jell-O. I poured one color over the other, to add another little surprise, when cut. The … Read more
What a wonderful cake for a little girl. The cake is baked using a Dolly Varden tin, the recipe said to bake for 50 mins but in my oven it was more like 70 mins until I was happy it was cooked in the centre and it was still soft and moist. The Dolly Varden … Read more
My baby girl wanted to have Princess birthday party so I decided to make her a princess cake. I used 2 Duncan Hines cake mixes and made my own butter cream icing. To bake the cake I made one box of mix and poured it into the Pampered Chef Classic Batter Bowl which I greased then floured. … Read more
This Barbie doll cake was just a practice cake for my daughter’s upcoming birthday! I used the Wilton doll cake pan and for the bottom layer used a 10″ square cake pan. I used one box white cake mix for each pan. I made a batch of my favorite butter cream icing. I set some aside and … Read more
Last year when my grand daughter turned 4 I offered to make the Barbie cake even though it was the first one for me. I used 2, 8 inch round pans and then the pampered chef batter bowl. I put frosting between the layers and then a crumb coat of frosting over all. I wrapped … Read more
It is coming up to my little ones 4th birthday, we always have big parties as an excuse to gather all our friends and family together for one big event every year. With little one starting school in September and her little friends all heading off in different directions, I wanted this one to be … Read more
My 2nd girl’s birthday is coming and thought to bake her a birthday cake. Searching from the internet to get ideas she saw the Barbie doll cake photo and then requested it for her birthday. Never done fondant before, it’s really a challenge for me. Although I like baking very much but never done decorating … Read more
I had to be away for my daughter’s 7th birthday last fall. I promised her when I got back and we were all settled that I would make her any birthday cake she wanted and we would have a very belated birthday celebration. My daughter wanted a fairy princess cake with a Barbie in it… … Read more