I loved this particular BarbieВ because the bodice of the dress was part of her (and it is only $10 on AmazonВ with a couple dress colors to choose from. Barbie Breathe With Me Meditation Blonde Doll. I used a Wilton 104 tip for the skirt and sugar pearls for the base. Juvale Doll Dress Birthday Cake Pan Dome Aluminum Baking Molder, Silver, 5 x 5 x 4.5' 16.99. DoesnвЂ™s she look excited?ДЄpply a crumb coat to the new part of the skirt. (This is where I forgot to take into account how tall Barbie was!)Д¬rumb and press your cake scraps into the shape you want around the doll. If you are using a Barbie, you will need to build up the top of the skirt. Next, put your doll in the center of the cake. I refrigerate mine for about 10 minutes before moving on. Next put a crumb coat of icing over all the sides. Put a layer of frosting on the top round and return the bowl cake to its position. Sorry for the blurry picture!Д¬rumb your scraps (both from the domed part of the round cakes and the trimmings from the edge). Remove the bowl cake and trim the edge of the top round. Prepare your icing and put a layer between your two 8вЂі rounds and then test out your bowl/dome cake to see how much trimming needs to be done to achieve smooth dress line. *If you are using a Barbie and donвЂ™t want to have to build up the top of the skirt with cake crumbs (aвЂ™hem!), try three round cakes. Keep in mind that the cake wonвЂ™t reach the top of the bowl and you will have to trim a bit. Choose a bowl that looks appropriate in size for your doll. I started with two 8вЂі round cakes and a third cake made from an 8вЂі rimmed silver mixing bowl. And the awe on my daughterвЂ™s face when she saw the cake was priceless!Д«ake your cakes and trim the domed tops using a knife or a tool like this. This was my first attempt at a barbie doll cake and except for one very fixable mishap, it was easy and fun. But nonetheless, it seems almost a rite of passage in every little girlвЂ™s life. Or add a finishing touch.Did you ever have a barbie doll or princess cake when you were little? There is something so sweet about an edible dress surrounding a little girlвЂ™s doll ( and something a little odd about it at the same time). Now the Barbie cake could be done if you like. I used neon pink and normal white frosting, with a small tip, to make the stars. Then if you like, you can pipe little stars in the gaps between the flowers, if any. This will help cover any plastic wrap that may be showing. I mixed some neon pink frosting up and piped on smaller flowers at the top and up next to the Barbie's waste. I followed that up with a small star tip and a new bag. Easy switching of frosting with the two bag technique. I pulled the purple bag out and added the bag of strawberry frosting to my star tip bag.

Repeat next to that flower, etc.ДЄfter two purple lines of flowers, I switched to a strawberry frosting which is already colored. Press the tip to the cake, then pull up, squeeze and do a circle motion, which will create the small flower. To make the flower, hold the tip perpendicular to the cake.

Snip off the corner and then put that back in the bag with the tip. Take a different bag and add the purple frosting. Take one decorating bag and add the star tip to it. I like to use the double bag technique because it allows me to switch out frosting colors but use the same tip. I chose to use three colors a nice purple, pink, and neon pink.ДЄdd some purple food coloring gel to a bunch of frosting.

For this particular one, I went with the popular 'flower' dress design. There are so many different styles and designs that you can do. Time to finally decorate the Barbie Cake dress. This is entirely optional but makes frosting easier. Once they have cooled, wrap them tightly with plastic wrap and store them in the fridge for a few hours before decorating. Once the cakes have been baked allow them to cool completely. Make sure to grease and flour the pans and it is a good idea to put parchment paper on the bottom as well. Bake the first set, then after they cool, bake the next. I only own 2 8-inch rounds so I just bake them after each other. I just keep the one cake layer that I don't use and use it for something else, like cake pops or cakesicles.Д«ake the cakes in 4 8-inch rounds and 1 6-inch round. For this style and this size barbie, you need 2.5 Cake Mix boxes. You will need double maybe even triple the amount depending on how tall your Barbie is. Or just use your favorite cake mixes, along with the required ingredients of course. I have several here on Instructables that you can use. You can use whatever cake recipe that you want.

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