Barbie Cake

Here is a picture of the cake made for my youngest daughter, and a shot of her with her pink cake batter.

She requested the colors pink, green and purple for her dress- which came off ok. The edges were painted with gold luster dust and the whole thing sprayed in shimmer dust- which I am totally addicted to. Not the best cake ever made by me, but it made my daughter squeal with delight, and that's all that matters.

If you've never made a fondant cake before, I suggest trying one of these. They are so easy!

You'll need a stainless steel bowel for the dress, along with at least 1 layer of 8" cake (you'll flip the bowl upside down and stack it onto the 8")

Let it cool, fill it, and then stick your new barbie in (hint- pin hair up using straight pins) Make sure to wrap her up tight in saran before inserting her.
Ice, then roll fondant really thin. Lay the fondant around the sides, making sure your seam is in the back. To make the top part of her dress simply wet her slightly, and cover in fondant- seam in the back. Decorate to your hearts desire!

Birthday week over!

Thank goodness we made it through birthday week here at my house. It always hits us like a wrecking ball-right after Christmas.

We don't always do parties, but this year I caved into mommy guilt and did parties for both of the girls. We had fun with a spa party for my oldest daughter and a tea party for my youngest.
My youngest daughter has never had a party so she was super excited this year. She even helped me bake her cake while Daddy took all the other kids rock climbing. She had a few requests for her cake. She wanted it pink (the actual cake) and barbie. Mommy was breathing a sign of relief as Barbie cakes aren't super hard to make. We just added food coloring to my standard white cake, and viola'! A happy 4 yr old!

Her flavor was "princess" which is actually a well know cake flavor consisting of raspberry and custard layer filling in a white cake.

Now that parties are over, and the cakes are gone, we can move on in our house.!