DecoPac Disney Princess Doll Signature Cake DecoSet Cake Topper, Rapunzel, 11

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Separate your frosting into bowls, color with food coloring, then cover with a damp cloth until ready to use so the frosting doesn’t dry out. room temperature eggs (you can speed this process up by putting them in a bowl of hot – not boiling – water for 5 minutes) Cut a small hole in the center of each. You are going to drop your doll into this hole. Make it as small as possible. I couldn’t find a cookie cutter the right size, so I actually make my circle cut pattern with a soft-boiled egg holder lid that my mother-in-law gave us. (First time I found legitimate use for it.)

I had to overcome a few structural issues in constructing this cake. First of all, I had to secure a long wooden skewer to the doll, under her dress. This would be inserted deep into the cake (about 3″), so I wouldn’t have to worry about the doll tipping over! I secured it with 2 zip ties, TIGHTLY under the dress. Next up? The sleeves. Her dress has sheer sleeves. Since I can’t get completely sheer I did roll it out as thin as I could, see… You can see the writing through the fondant. Cut it down to strips, about the width of the arm. Paint it with clear vanilla and carefully wrap it around her arms. Trim the edges under the arm! I love using our homemade buttercream frosting or fondant when I am decorating cakes with beautiful detail like these princess cakes. Fondant is great to get the smooth, flowy look. Buttercream frosting holds its shape well and it is easy to pipe so you can do all kinds of fun designs for your Disney princess cake. You will want about 6-7 cups of frosting to cover your cake if you are wanting to pipe the entire cake. This allows for some extra for dividing and color mixing. How to Decorate a Princess Cake Practice piping on wax paper until you get comfortable creating your designs. Hereis a great post on some simple piping techniques to try.When using a fruit filling such as this blueberry jam, it’s important to keep it contained by piping a circle of frosting around the cake, before adding the jam, then top with a thin layer of whipped topping. Too much, and this will leak out the sides of the cake! Less is more! Stir flour mixture into the batter alternating with the milk. Do NOT FORGET TO ADD ALL THE MILK. I did, and they were a little on the dhry side. You can also use fondant or marzipan to decorate the cake like with our Barbie cake recipe. Just roll it out thin and cover the cake. Grease and flour your cake pans. You want to use 3 8-inch round cake pans and one ovenproof glass bowl. I let the cake sit over night to let the frosting harden so the long hair from the doll wouldn’t get glued in. In the morning I let Rapunzel’s hair down, added the extension and draped it around the cake.

Find your “molds”.The “skirt” of the cake is baked in one or two 8″ cake pans and a glass bowl (or two glass bowls, one medium-sized and one small sized). That’s all you’ll need for the base of the cake, or the skirt. Get creative with what you have. Just make sure the bowls you are using are oven safe. A ceramic or stoneware mixing bowl will work great. The size of cake will fit any Barbie-size princess doll or Barbie doll. The cake itself, has 5 thin layers of vanilla cake, 3 – 8″ layers, and 1 – 6″ cake sliced in half. For these, I used my favorite Golden Vanilla cake mix from King Arthur Flour.

Get creative with decorations! You can use sprinkles or any shape or size, piping gels, or any other fun sugary ingredients you can find. For the Elsa Barbie doll birthday cake we used a Barbie that had a painted on body and a skirt (instead of a full dress). This made it super easy to decorate. We mixed Sky Blue and Lavender food coloring to get the right colors. We kept adding color a drop at a time until it matched Elsa’s bodice colors. Here is the Rapunzel cake I made last week for a birthday party. The techniques I’m going to show you can work for any of the princesses or other women doll cakes you’d like to make yourself.