Wednesday, September 18, 2013

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!


 

5 comments:

  1. Really cool Felicia! (Ugly doll though, sorry.)

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  2. Ha, you don't like the Monster High dolls? At first I didn't like them. However, I have learned to embrace them as Larissa loves them. I like them because they are all colors versus white and blond. Hers are blue, pink, brown and white with all different hair types and colors.

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    1. Umm. Yeah. I'm not familiar with them, but right off I'd have to say they'd be out of my comfort zone. :)

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  3. Ah, now I know what a Barbie-cake is!! Here we call it a Dolly Varden and we cheat by using a big deep tin that is shaped like the skirt, so no need to stack cakes, just stick the doll in the middle :)

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