This Little Mermaid Birthday Cake was for my daughter’s 5th birthday. The ocean is a 10 inch round with leftover frosting extending the ocean out further. The rock was a cake baked in a bowl and then cut to a shape that would allow for the doll to sit on it and be more irregular … Read more
The Little Mermaid Birthday Cake is made of 2 8 inch rounds and a Pyrex bowl cake. I carved the bowl a little to be more like a rock. My intention was to have the mermaid on the rock and make waves splashing around the rock. I had trouble creating the splashing effect that I … Read more
My daughter asked for The Little Mermaid as the theme for her 4th Birthday. I made this Ariel Birthday Cake using the classic batter bowl from the Pampered Chef. I baked it for as long as the instructions on the cake box specified. After cooling for 2 hours I started decorating. I made the lower … Read more
My first effort at a barbie cake, and only the second or third time I have used frosting tips. I love how it turned out. I did my research on this website and was inspired by everyone else’s creations of a Sleeping Beauty Birthday Cake! I used the pampered chef bowl with 1 cake mix, … Read more
This is my version of the “Barbie cakes”. This snow angel cake was my first attempt to make a cake like this with no directions or guidelines. I kind of figured out how to do it with what I had at home. None of the fancy kits that you see in craft stores! I simply … Read more
This mermaid cake was for my friend’s daughter’s birthday. She was having a Little Mermaid birthday party and of course wanted a mermaid cake to go with the theme. I used the Wilton doll pan for the “rock” she’s sitting on. We found a Barbie type doll that had red hair like the Little Mermaid … Read more
My daughter Taylor who turned six wanted “The Little Mermaid Cake – Ariel”. So a friend (Barbara) and I set out searching for pictures and ideas. We came across this site and decided to attempt a cake of our own (note: none of us are bakers). We used three round sponge cakes as the base … Read more
This Little Mermaid birthday cake was made using a 14 in round for the base and a loaf pan for cutting the rocks out of. I decorated the whole cake with rolled fondant and made Ariel and Flounder a day in advance so they could harden. I cut odd shapes out of the loaf pan … Read more
Putting the Barbie cake together: The first batch of icing I just leave plain without adding color. Using either a knife or an apple corer I cut a hole, for the Barbie, in the round cake. You start by layering the first tube cake with icing then add the next tube cake. Ice the top … Read more
I wrapped Barbie in plastic wrap, stuck her in the cake (after frosting between the two layers) and then frosted the whole cake. I used all store bought frosting and used Betty Crocker Barbie candy cake decorations with Betty Crocker pink and yellow frosting that comes in the tube. I put a piece of scotch … Read more
I then cut a hole out in the center to make room for any Barbie size doll. Decorate according to theme of the party!
I first went to the store and bought one of the Cheapest “My First Barbie” doll. Since my daughter wanted something in pink, the doll was perfect with the pink bodice and skirt she had on. She was just great for what I had in mind. I brought her home and sawed her legs off … Read more