Coolest Barbie Birthday Cake 162

by Mrs F
(Peterborough, Cambs, UK)

Homemade Barbie Birthday Cake

I made this Barbie birthday cake for my god-daughter Ellie's fifth birthday in January 2009. It was only about my third or fourth attempt at a cake, so it's pretty easy and looks great!

I baked four basic Victoria sponges. After they had cooled I piled them on top of each other and, using a bread knife, carved the shape of a prom skirt. I then sandwiched the sponges together with seedless strawberry jam.

Before icing, I cut a hole about 2in deep in the top of the pile of sponges using a pastry cutter - this is where the "legless" Barbie will eventually sit.

I made a basic buttercream icing and coloured it with paste colouring - I find this easier to handle than liquid food colouring.

I smoothed the icing over the sponges, wetting the metal palette knife between each movement to make it easier and to keep the finish smooth.

I decorated with a tube of fondant icing, and decorated each section of the skirt with 100s and 1000s.

After all the decorating was finished, I topped off with the legless Barbie (just a cheap doll bought and the legs pulled off - brutal, but necessary!), which I packed in with more fondant icing.