a cake in the shape of a doll’s skirt. It can be decorated with piped frosting to resemble a fancy outfit. Use pre-made frosting or make 4 cups of white icing.
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
- 2 (16 ounce) packages vanilla frosting
- 1 drop red food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2-quart ovenproof Pyrex glass mixing bowl with shortening and dust with flour.
- Prepare cake as directed on box. Pour batter into prepared bowl.
- Bake 50-60 minutes or until cake tester inserted into center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes.
- Invert on cake plate with widest part of cake on the bottom. Cool 3 hours before decorating.
- Insert a clean doll into center of cake. Decorate the skirt with icing tinted any color or use more than one color. Use a decorator tip to make the skirt as fancy as you like and decorate the top of the doll for the top of the dress also.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 508 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 86 g |
| Cholesterol | 1 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 425 mg |
| Sugars | 67 g |
| Fat | 18 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I used an 8-inch dome pan on top of an 8-inch cake layer. When I inserted the doll into the cake, it cracked – I suggest using an apple corer or a knife to carve out a bit of the top before inserting the doll. I also used about twice as much frosting since I used multiple colors for our Barbenheimer cake.
The perfect treat after the Barbie movie 🙂
Perfect…with one and a half cake mixes in a pampered chef bowl!
The things we do for love!! I wanted to make this cake for a dear 6 year old girl. The first round I tried to make a home-made strawberry cake from scratch that bombed. The second round turned out perfectly – but I discovered Barbie is WAY too tall to make this work. I had hubby cut her legs off just above the knees. She then fit in perfectly. I was a little disappointed that we had to ruin the Princess Ballerina Barbie but I guess I’ll just keep her for future Princess Cakes.
This was perfect for my daughter’s birthday!
Truly a fun cake. I had to make some extra layers to achieve the correct height and in the end I still had to take Barbie’s leg off. The utube tutorial was helpful too.
Just took it out of the oven and it sank like a rock in the middle. I’ve been baking cakes for years and never had this happen. I’m not the least bit happy right now. I didn’t alter the recipe in any way.
Made this for my daughter’s third birthday with a Princess Aurora doll from the Disney store. I used the Pampered Chef large batter bowl based on recommendations from other users, and two boxes of cake mix. My cup did runneth over a bit in the oven so I would suggest sticking a baking pan beneath the bowl as it bakes. I think mine took a little over an hour and I did have to turn the heat down to 325 after the first 50 minutes because the outside was getting a bit crispy while the inside was still goo. It came out great though and my daughter loved it. My photo is the Sleeping Beauty with the pink and white gown and the flower arrangement in the back. 🙂
So easy! Made for my lil girls 4th bday party & it was loved by everyone
I made a Princess cake using this recipe and loved it…and so did all the guests. I have never made one of these before so it’s amazing it turned out as well as it did. Don’t be intimadated by the looks of this. If I can do it, anyone can. My picture of the cake is # 183
I used this recipe to make my daughter a Barbie Mermaid Tale cake. I used 2 boxes of cake mix; one in a 1.5 qt pyrex bowl for the top, and one in two round cake pans for the bottom. The height of the cake was up to Barbie’s bottom, perfect for piping on a tail, but if you are doing a dress you might need to bend Barbie at the waist and put the legs in diagonally to get her in up to the waist.
This turned out more beautiful than I could have ever dreamed of! I followed the advice to use 1 1/2 cake mixes in the batter bowl and lowered the temp to 325 and cooked for 70 minutes. I also placed aluminum foil over the top to keep it from turning brown and crispy. Worked like a charm! I then used a doll cake pic, as most people had mentioned amputating barbie’s legs and I didn’t want to deal with that. I made her a fancy top from ribbons and attached to her torso before putting her in the cake. It was much more simple than using frosting to decorate her torso. I love how she turned out! Couldn’t be happier!! And what a happy 4th birthday my little girl had!
I made it using the pampered chef small glass mixing bowl for the skirt. It had to be baked for a little longer. I made it with strawberry cake for the skirt.
Excellent idea that my child has loved as a birthday cake for 2 years (so far). Baking as directed resulted in a raw middle. I baked my cakes at 325 for 70 minutes, as recommended in an earlier review. The cake comes out more dense than we are used to but remains moist. Removing the doll’s legs and wrapping in plastic wrap makes decorating much easier. This will please any child or kid at heart.
This cake turned out so easy it was unbelieveable. I never baked in my glass mixing bowl and was so happy to see the results. Barbie was a hit for the party.
As many suggested to use the Pampered Chef Batter bowl, I did, since I had one. Definately needs two cake mixes. It did work, but I only used one cake mix and it was short. I got creative and bent the legs of the doll and used marshmallows to prop it up higher. I will use two cake mixes next time and adjust cooking times somehow. It looked beautiful when done and got great compliments. my daughter loved it.
I made a double recipe of my fav chocolate cake. Baked one recipe in Kitchenmade mixing bowl, heavily criscoed and floured. Took almost 2 hours to bake! The second recipe I divided into two 8″ cake pans, and baked 55 minutes or so. Cut off the domes of each, stacked – fit perfectly! I bought a Wilton cake doll for about 3 bucks, but didn’t like her head so temporarily replaced it with one of our other princess heads.
Tip: but the cheaper Barbie and take her legs off- this allows her to fit on the cake better. Many of the reviews complain about the cake not being tall enough. save her legs and reassemble her afterwards and there is another doll for you little girl!
Used 2 boxes of cake mix in a 2 qt bowl and 9″ cake round. Baked the bowl for over an hour. If it seems it would cook thoroughly don’t despair it does even those the top was a little over done but you trip that off anyway. Used about 2 1/2 cans of frosting and a doll pick I found at Michael’s. The cake was a big hit!
A 2 qt bowl is not big enough for the entire doll. I used a 4.5 qt bowl + a 10″ layer on the bottom. The 4.5 qt bowl took 2 boxes of cake mix. I added 2 boxes of instant pudding mix into the batter. OMG, YUM! The cake bowl cooked 2 hours and was still uncooked in the middle. I took it out of the oven & bowl, left it on a cooling rack over night covered in tin foil and to my surprise, it was still warm in the morning and it finished cooking all the way through. When it was completely cooled, I sliced it in 3 layers so I could put pudding between them. When I decorated it, I crumb coated it first, let that harden, then decorated it. Worked perfect. This cake was the talk of the party. I have a picture of all the kids hovering around it trying to touch it. So Funny! This is a great cake for any little girl’s party.
This was very helpful, I did use more than 1 cake mix, but it just depends on the bowl size. My daughter loved it!!