Barbie cake

This is probably the easiest one I've made. The only hard part was the crumb coat since this is a chocolate cake. I tend to use twice as much icing when the cake is chocolate because the crumbs get all over in the first layer of icing.

I chose 2 colors blended on white to create this misty look. The cups and table cloth Sarah picked were from the Magic of Pegasus Barie theme. The candle appears to be the Princess and the Pauper theme. Sarah didn't mind, so here we are with a mix of the two.

I used a large spreader from Pampered Chef to do the main icing. Then I used the small spreader for the colors on the sides. The piping was done with Wilton tip number 78 with a portion of all 3 colors in one icing bag.

I have about 2 Tablespoons of icing left. I might go back and make it more violet so I can redo the name and age...hmmm... There is not enough contrast now that I look at it again.



Sooo... I messed with it and messed it up and tried to fix it and made many more errors & just had to live with it.

Dirt Bike Track Cake

There's no picture to see this, but it sounds fun!!

From Crissy J.

I cut a round cake in half [or a bit off center for different height 'hills'] place them flat and end to end on a cookie sheet. Crush a package of chocolate grham crackers and sprinkle all over sheet and frosted cake. Add some easter grass on the side and for the top add a miniature dirt bike. The side view is two round hills of a dirt bike track. It was a great cake for a pre-teen boy, his friends thought it was soooo cool and he was proud. It was very easy.