3D Barbie Princess Cake

My first attempt in a 3D cake.

The piping could have been better but I ran out of whipped cream and so I had to pipe the flowers further apart.

The process was not difficult, just tedious. I baked 2 round sponge cakes - vanilla and chocolate. Shaved off the top layer to make a rounded shape. Cut a hole in the middle to insert the Barbie. Wrapped the lower body of Barbie with gladwrap so that she would not come into direct contact with the cake. Creamed the cake and piped the flowers. No artificial colouring was used in the cake, except for the store bought marshmallows. The pink piped flowers were created using beetroot juice and whipping cream.

Baked this as a surprise for Nic, probably just another pre-birthday cake for her. We invited our neighbours over for the cake cutting ceremony, just for fun. There were plenty to go around and the kids were certainly impressed :)

Well, I would attempt to use fondant to create the gown soon. Stay tuned. :)