50 bucks for a cake!!!

**Dancing Lotus** · 09-23-2010, 01:21 PM

So it's my baby's 5th birthday. We aren't having a party for her but we will be going to my parents house and I told her she could help me pick out her cake. OF course she insisted it had to be the cake that's made with a real barbie.
I remember my older daughter having one like this but I can't imagine I paid 50 bucks for it. Really it's not a very large cake.
I didn't order it but I'm thinking I could do it myself.

anyone ever make one of these? Any ideas on how to do this without buying a special pan?

**McD** · 09-23-2010, 01:23 PM

Here is what I would do. Bake several round cakes. Stack them, layered frosting to hold them up. (May need little wooden dowel rods for support). Stick Barbie in middle.

Decorate.

**McD** · 09-23-2010, 01:23 PM

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Just googled it and have TONS of results!

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/barbie...ke/Detail.aspx Easy peasey!

**Dancing Lotus** · 09-23-2010, 01:51 PM

oh sure , just google it. DUH
that video is perfect I can so do this. THANKS!

**McD** · 09-23-2010, 02:04 PM

You will do AWESOME! Post pictures please!

ETA--I saw one site that said to bake the cake in a glass pyrex bowl--I never would have thought to do that. It's certainly easier than my suggestion of baking multiple round cakes.

**sunshine** · 09-23-2010, 02:52 PM

I did my dd's in a pyrex bowl . . . also made a hat cake from a pyrex bowl. . . and a lady bug. . . . and 2 put together made a soccer ball once. . .

**G'MaDebbie** · 09-23-2010, 03:19 PM

I was thinking a bundt cake with Barbie stuck in the middle then decorate.....

**Missy** · 09-23-2010, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by G'MaDebbie

I was thinking a bundt cake with Barbie stuck in the middle then decorate.....

that's what I was thinking too...

**sunshine** · 09-23-2010, 03:51 PM

In my experience - a bundt cake isn't tall enough to form the skirt portion properly.

**G'MaDebbie** · 09-23-2010, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by sunshine

In my experience - a bundt cake isn't tall enough to form the skirt portion properly.

You could always cut the legs off of the Barbie! lmao!!! j/k

**Hamada** · 09-23-2010, 04:22 PM

Yea, imagine my horror when I gave my neice my barbie as a child. When I went to visit the head was lying on the floor. Apparently the dog had a habit of doing things like this.

Don't forget to post pictures of the barbie cake.

**lwlynch** · 09-23-2010, 04:28 PM

there used to be a pyrex bowl of the size of the dress you could cook up the cake in and then a pretty barbie and you decorate the dress... i bet she would love to dress it up with sprinkles and such

**itsahumanzoo** · 09-23-2010, 04:46 PM

Pyrex bowl is a great idea, but I would be worried about it cooking all the way through. You could also bake a few round cakes and then stack them up and carve them into a skirt shape. I bet it will look great whatever you do!

**Dancing Lotus** · 09-23-2010, 04:51 PM

I have just the pyrex bowl. Looks like I'm off to buy a barbie. Will post pics when it's done on MONDAY.
Lucky for me my kids prefer when I make things for them rather then buying. Warning: I may have many talents but cakes are not one of them.