I think my love of fun birthday cakes probably began with my Mom’s homemade Barbie princess cakes! I have 2 boys so thrilled to finally make a princess cake! To make this cake, I used a 5″ Sofia doll and wrapped the bottom in Saran Wrap to protect the dress. I baked 3 cakes – … 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
My daughter chose a doll cake (with shark, yes I said shark, cupcakes) for her 6th birthday. Not only had I never made a cake like this but there were a large amount of little guests ( boys and girls) that were coming. Yikes! I did want it to be a surprise so I did the … 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 made this butterfly princess birthday cake last year for my friend’s daughter Meher’s birthday who turned 10. The cake was a light strawberry flavored sponge cake with custard cream and fresh strawberry chunks in between the layers. I normally don’t like to cover the whole cake with fondant because my friends and family members … Read more
I made this pretty dolly for my colleagues grand daughter who turned 5 years this weekend past. My colleague brought me one of her dolls and I wrapped the dolly’s legs in cling wrap as she had “tricky” legs and I didn’t want to damage them. I made 5 vanilla flavored round cakes and sandwiched … Read more
I made this Princess and the Frog birthday cake for my friend’s daughter…she loves the Princess and the Frog and her mom asked if I could possibly try to make something. I looked for ideas on the internet. There’s so many sites with so many techniques I was so overwhelmed but I decided to just … 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
I love doing doll cakes, so when my friend asked me to make his daughter’s birthday cake I was so excited! The body was baked in a 5 quart Kitchenaid mixer bowl, and an additional 9 inch round. I marbled white MMF with blue food coloring for the ocean. The mermaid tail was MMf molded … 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