Barbie/Monster High Cake

For years I have been making Barbie cakes. With seven girls I have made many.  Some of my little girls have grown up and sadly no longer request Barbie cakes.

I have a little silver bowl that I purchased to make Tasha a Barbie cake.   That little bowl is only used for these cakes.  I panicked yesterday when I couldn't find it.  However, after a thorough search of the kitchen I did find it in the back of a cabinet.  It is the perfect little bowl for the top of the dress.

The three other pans are all different sizes.  It requires two cake boxes and many frosting tubs (Yes, I do boxed cakes and frosting's).

For this cake we had one box of chocolate cake and one of yellow cake mix.

As I stack the cakes I cut a little rectangle in the middle and have them match up.  This is where the doll will go.  I used chocolate frosting between the layers because we love chocolate here.

After the layers are together I wrap the bottom portion of the doll and put it in the cake.

I did a little trimming of the cake to give it the dress shape I wanted.  I also saran wrap the top of the doll just to keep the hair out of the way.  I like to have the doll in the dress before decorating because it helps me with the decorating and I put frosting up to the side.

I put on a coating of frosting to lock in the crumbs and different color of frosting between the layers.  I then put it in the fridge for a little while to firm it up.

Next comes the fun part.  Decorating the dress.  I try to use as little food dye as possible because of the taste.  The pink is strawberry frosting.  I do very little black.  If I feel it needs black I just use chocolate.  My cakes are always tasty.  At this stage you can decorate with whatever you want.  Candies, marshmallows, only frosting, whatever strikes your fancy.  Just remember it is a dress.

Have fun!