Doll Cake With Pyrex Bowl

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luv2cake Posted 3 May 2006 , 10:01pm
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Okay. So I have successfully baked my cake in the pyrex bowl.

Now it is cooling and I am looking at it wondering how this is going to work. I am using a full-sized Barbie. The bottom of my bowl was flat, therefore I am curious as to how to make Barbie's dress taper down from her body to the dress (cake) . Do I build this up with icing? Do I somehow shave some of it off and taper it a little with a knife?

Any ideas, tips, or clues would be WONDERFUL. icon_smile.gif
This is for a paying customer at my church. I really want to do a good job.


TIA!
Brandi


P.S. Does this even make sense?

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MikeRowesHunny Posted 3 May 2006 , 10:06pm
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The 2 Barbie cakes in my photos were made using a pyrex bowl on top of an 8in round. I just pulled off the legs, cut a small hole in the centre of the cake for her hips and secured her in the cake with buttercream and a ring of fondant, then covered (one in fondant, one in buttercream). Hope that helps!

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MomLittr Posted 3 May 2006 , 10:19pm
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icon_surprised.gif So, after you rip the legs off to decorate the cake, when the customer is done do you get the legless doll back?

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Bettycrockermommy Posted 3 May 2006 , 10:21pm
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At places like Michael's and general cake supply stores, they sell doll picks which are basically the Barbie with no legs. I find these much cheaper than buying full sized Barbies.

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luv2cake Posted 3 May 2006 , 10:30pm
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This customer wants a full Barbie.

I thought I had read somewhere that this was possible.

Hmmm?

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mmdd Posted 3 May 2006 , 10:35pm
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Well.......here's my 2 cents.......if you make the cake tall enough.......you could put all of barbies lower half in the cake.......but how much cake would that be?!?!

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Pootchi Posted 3 May 2006 , 10:41pm
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First time I made a doll cake for my daughter 7 years ago, I used a full size Barbie, legs wraped in plastic wrap. Just measure the height of the doll from toe to waist to have the right amount of cake. I used a bundt pan plus my tiny stainless steel mixing bowl for the cake. Sorry I don't have a picture to show you. icon_sad.gif

hope it helps
Lorris

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Omicake Posted 3 May 2006 , 11:03pm
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Yes, luv2cake. you can shave the top a little after inserting the doll. You have to eyeball it and do it a little at a time until it suits you. I suppose you are taking the doll's legs off or is the cake tall enough to cover her legs?

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momoopatiowa Posted 4 May 2006 , 3:01am
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I have made many Barbie cakes using the Pyrex bowl. I also bake another layer in a flat bottom stainless steel mixing bowl because she has such long legs, the Pyrex bowl is not quite deep enough. I cut a hole in the "mountain" cake and also one in the small layer. Then I insert the doll all the way into the two cakes until her toes touch the cake board. Then I fill up the hole with icing around her hips. If you don't so this, your icing "dress top" will separate from skirt of the dress and will crack when the frosting hardens. You have to make the hole big enough to accomodate her hips, but fill it up with icing to make her tiny waist look okay.

I always let the little girl keep the Barbie. I add the cost to the price of the cake.

Good luck!! I love decorating Barbie cakes because no two are ever the same.

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momoopatiowa Posted 4 May 2006 , 3:01am
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I have made many Barbie cakes using the Pyrex bowl. I also bake another layer in a flat bottom stainless steel mixing bowl because she has such long legs, the Pyrex bowl is not quite deep enough. I cut a hole in the "mountain" cake and also one in the small layer. Then I insert the doll all the way into the two cakes until her toes touch the cake board. Then I fill up the hole with icing around her hips. If you don't so this, your icing "dress top" will separate from skirt of the dress and will crack when the frosting hardens. You have to make the hole big enough to accomodate her hips, but fill it up with icing to make her tiny waist look okay.

I always let the little girl keep the Barbie. I add the cost to the price of the cake.

Good luck!! I love decorating Barbie cakes because no two are ever the same.

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projectqueen Posted 4 May 2006 , 3:25am
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I don't know how tall the pyrex bowl is, but when I used the wonder mold to make my doll cake, I had to add a single layer of additional cake below it to accomodate the height of the doll. I used the petal pan instead of a round pan and had the doll kind of sitting on it, just to make it fancier looking and to give me more cake servings, but if you used a round pan you could just cut it to be the same diameter as the bottom of the doll's dress so you wouldn't even be able to tell that there was an additional cake under it.

My daughter wanted Belle so I had to buy it from the Disney store and there was no way I was ripping her legs off!!! Too expensive and I wanted her to be able to play with it after. I just wrapped the legs in saran wrap up to her hips and then carved out a hole in the center of the "mountain" cake wide enough for her hips to fit through. I didn't worry about making the hole in the bottom cake because I didn't want to have to worry about lining up the holes exactly. You can easily push her tiny legs through the bottom cake, it's those hips that are the problem (aren't they always... icon_rolleyes.gif )

Anyway....the wonder mold is sort of shaped at the top so I didn't have to make any adjustments, but if your cake is really flat at the top you would probably want to taper it a little so it looks like a more natural waistline.

I got a lot of advice here before attempting my Belle cake so if I can help you in any way by passing along any of that great advice, I'd be glad to. Just ask.

Here's my Belle doll cake:
LL

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playingwithsugar Posted 4 May 2006 , 3:32am
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I use the stainless steel bowl from my 4 qt KitchenAid. It's much taller than the Wonder Pan, and it only needs a little tapering at the top to accommodate the waistline.

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luv2cake Posted 4 May 2006 , 12:47pm
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Wow!
Look at all these great ideas!
Thank you all so much for sharing with me.

I will give it a try tomorrow and hope it goes well!

Thanks again. You have been so generous!

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Katskakes Posted 4 May 2006 , 3:08pm
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i have never done this before, but i was thinking...
Can i heating core be used in the pan and it'll leave the space needed? Except it looks like it won't be long enough for the legs. Do they make those longer? (i've never used a heating core)
Or how about baking the cake in an "angel food pan"? Which will have the hole you need in the middle. Just thinking... but will any work?

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mjones17 Posted 4 May 2006 , 3:14pm
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Keep an eye out at places like Wal-Mart because you can pick up Barbies for around $3.00 on clearance. I HATE the Wilton doll picks they are scary looking. They could at least attempt to make them pretty.

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LittleLinda Posted 5 May 2006 , 11:40am
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For all you people who say they have made several doll cakes using Pyrex or other bowls, I'm curious: Why don't you invest in the Wonder Mold? It makes the skirt the right shape to fit the doll pick. The doll pick is only three dollars. There is no trimming or adding extra cake to accommodate the full size Barbie ... and no ripping off of legs!

I don't think the doll picks are scarey looking. Although no doll is as pretty as Barbie!

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Pootchi Posted 5 May 2006 , 11:45am
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I did invest in the wonder bowl last year. It's just that when I did my first cake I followed Martha Stewart instructions. I didn't know a thing about Wilton. Now that I have the wonder mold, can't live without it!!!!!!!

Lorris

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KHalstead Posted 5 May 2006 , 1:13pm
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instead of the heating core you can just core the cake once it's cooled with a paper towel roll and that will give you room...........I always use my pyrex for doll cakes and I bake an extra cake layer to go under because of the legs.......the pyrex shape works fine for the barbie too I guess if you really wanted to you could shave some to shape it..oh also, I find it easier to cover the barbie in plastic wrap and just shove her in rather than hollowing out a place for her, makes her stick in there for straight!! IMO

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luv2cake Posted 5 May 2006 , 1:19pm
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This is my first doll cake. I don't know how many I will be doing. Is that the only thing you can do with the Wonder Mold pan? I would love to invest in it, but I am just not sure that I will get much use out of it.

If I wanted to get one, can I buy them at Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Jo-Ann??? Does anyone know?

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projectqueen Posted 5 May 2006 , 2:13pm
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Yes, I got mine at AC Moore. They also carry it in Michaels and a lot of the stores that carry basic Wilton pans.

It's not too expensive and I used a 40% off coupon. It comes with a narrow heating core that fits the pan so it helps make sure the center is cooked as well as giving a start to the hole you make if you want to use the full size Barbie.

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Katskakes Posted 5 May 2006 , 2:20pm
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I also have this cake pan. I haven't used it yet, waiting for one of my daughters bdays. You can also use it to make a mountain and other things.

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projectqueen Posted 5 May 2006 , 2:37pm
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Yes, I got mine at AC Moore. They also carry it in Michaels and a lot of the stores that carry basic Wilton pans.

It's not too expensive and I used a 40% off coupon. It comes with a narrow heating core that fits the pan so it helps make sure the center is cooked as well as giving a start to the hole you make if you want to use the full size Barbie.

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LittleLinda Posted 5 May 2006 , 7:38pm
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I got mine at Wal Mart (a few years ago). It was about $12.99. That's a good idea about using the 40% off coupons that come up so often at Michael's and AC Moore! If there is ever a time you have a coupon and have nothing you want to buy, you could always get a doll pick to keep on hand at 40% off. I try to keep one brunette and one blonde handy.

Seriously, I think doll cakes are pretty easy ... compared to the artwork I usually do on sheetcakes.

I've only done seven doll cakes that I have pictures of ... want to see them?
http://members23.clubphoto.com/linda835750/2348431/owner-44a7.phtml
They are all done with the wondermold, you can tell the waisteline is nice and thin compared to using a bowl.

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