Barbie Cake

My next door neighbours little girl turned 6 this year and I was asked to make a cake based on Barbie, it had to be glittery and it had to be pink. 

My first idea was to make a ball gown cake with a doll stood in the middle, I knew there would be enough cake in the dress to feed her friends. What I didn't realise was just how long Barbies legs are. I had originally made two sponges that sat on top of each other with a hole in the middle where she would fit in however Barbie had other ideas as the said cake only went up to her knees. This meant another two cakes were put in the oven pronto. Once they had cooled I carved out a hole in the middle of each and started putting the layers together with butter cream, dirty icing and then came the many shades of pink fondants. To get the butterfly effect on the front panel I rolled over it with a embossing mat which imprints the picture on to the fondant. I then finished of the decorations with sugar pearls, hearts and shimmer spray to get the glittery look. 

For the cake board I covered it in cerise coloured fondant and sprinkled over sugar crystals before the fondant had a chance to dry and then piped on the Happy Birthday message.