Doll Cake

Ingredients

Cake

2 packages of cake mix, made according to directions

Buttercream

1/2 cup Crisco

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

4 cups powdered sugar

Milk as needed (approximately 2-3 Tablespoons) 

Wilton concentrated paste in Pink 

Wilton #16 star tip

Decorating bags, couplers

Directions  Add 2 teaspoons vanilla into mixing bowl. Mix softened butter and Crisco.  Then, add powdered sugar slowly (1 cup at a time) until mixed.  Add milk until smooth.  Makes about 3 cups. Set aside about 1 1/4 cups of white frosting. Add coloring to the rest of the buttercream and mix until even. I use toothpicks and dip them into the jar of concentrated icing paste. Add a little paste at a time until you get the shade you like.

Instructions  Grease and flour a medium (1.5 L) and a small (1 L) glass bowl. Fill bowls with batter until they are a little over 3/4 full. Use remaining batter for cupcakes. Bake at 325 degrees F. for about an hour or until the center feels set. (I found that the medium bowl needed an extra 5-10 minutes compared to the cake in the smaller bowl).  Remove from oven. After 5-7 minutes remove cake from bowls. I used a serated knife and leveled off the tops first, so the cakes would sit flat. Let cakes cool on cooling rack (about 30 minutes). Wrap cakes in plastic wrap and stick in freezer for a few hours until really firm. I let the cakes freeze overnight. If you freeze overnight, I would make the buttercream the next day when you're ready to decorate.

Layer the small cake onto the larger cake with some white buttercream. With a serated knife trim any over hang. Fill in any gaps with more white buttercream. Stick either a clean Barbie doll or a Wilton cake doll in the center. Place white buttercream in bag with a #16 star tip. Starting at the middle of the waist, pipe stars down into a triangler shape (see photo). Place colored frosting into another bag also use a #16 star tip and pipe around the rest of the cake and onto the doll's body. Embellish however you like. I used some candy pearls on top and used my girls hair clip. Have fun! 

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