My very own Barbie Doll Cake - I made it for Lexi's 2nd Birthday

This was my very first start of making fondant for covering cakes. Its not hard but you have to be patient. I used Vanilla sponge cake to shape the skirt and Best moist chocolate cake for the base. Before that you should get the Dolly Varden Moulder. But you can also use your cone shape mixing bowl and 8' inches pan to shape the skirt. When baking the cake on the dolly varden moulder it will takes for a long time to baked it because of the deep cone of the pan. Your technique is when pouring batter on the pan make sure you spread the more a bit to edge of the moulder rather than on the middle.

When assembling the skirt once the cake was cooked you have to cut them into two halves each cake then use simple syrup to wet the layer then pipe your fillings. I used Swiss vanilla buttercream for vanilla sponge cake and chocolate buttercream for chocolate cake. Ok, next is when you have done building them up start your crumb coating on same buttercream that you used for your fillings. Then set them to the freezer to make it firm and easy for your fondant to cover.

Here are the fondants I am using, the white buttercream for decorations using my different designs like my plunger for the flowers and butterflies. I used cookie cutter for making a hole on the center of your cake. Make sure you insert your doll on the middle so you can eye ball the height of the skirt and her frills. I also used cookie cutters for letterings.  I have put some cachous for flowers decoration on the center.

I used paste gel to color my fondants, this is fun because its like you are doing some crafting and clay moulding. I have not experience this since I was child that's why I am having fun doing this kind of thing. It was hard work because you have to put your patient if you made a mistake and your fondant breaks once you putting on into your skirt. Make a petticoat on each fold when placing the skirt of your doll.

Also I notice rolling fondants is not easy. I was almost going to buy the dough kneader at Bulmers to knead my fondant lol. But the guy who look after the shop told me that to wait and see Maria for advice because she is an expert. Everytime I come by to there shop he always make a joke of me telling me if Bulmers is my home lol. I said, next time I will bring my bag and pillow and sleep on there shop hahahaha. 

Ok, enough for the commercial...lets proceed, then start putting your designed on your skirt using your plunger and when making her lace on the top of the skirt use your piping tip to shape like a U on the edge to look like a lace belt on top her skirt. I also used a royal icing to make a small dots on her skirt and also to her top. Before you put the doll into your skirt make her top first and designed whatever you desired to decorate. So, there will be an imagination using your brain effect.

Once, the doll has been inserted to the skirt and been decorated then your Dolly Varden Barbie Doll Cake is ready to served.