Barbie doll cake recipe with step by step pictures. Make this special barbie doll cake for your kids birthday and make their birthday a memorable one.
Barbie Doll Cake Recipe
For Eggless Barbie Cake, Refer this recipe and double the recipe.
I still can't believe that maha is 2 already. It's been fantastic being her mom and being with her the whole time. I love to see her growing up, but sometimes it feels really hard to see her growing up. I know every mom has that feeling. For her first birthday i made a 6 layer rainbow cake. I was thinking what to make for her second birthday, finally i decided to make her favourite doll cake which is barbie. Just love the way how she says barbie with her toddler speech!
Birthday party & Doll Cakes
We decided to take it as a small party by inviting just some close relatives and friends. As usual i decided to cook the meals. This time i decided to make finger foods instead of meals. So i planned the menu few days in advance and prepared for it couple days back. I will share how i planned in my baby blog.
This is what i made, first the guest were welcomed with a drink mint ginger soda. Then i made nutella and peanut butter finger sandwich, spicy veg mayo sandwich, chilli paneer skewers, fruit kebabs, spring rolls, potato and peas samosa, garlic cheese bombs and ice cream with strawberry sauce. I also made monster cookies to give as a take home gift for the guest.
I really enjoyed hosting the party and maha enjoyed the cake as well. Somehow managed to take pictures of the cake, so here i am sharing it. Hope you will love it.
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About this Recipe
Barbie is a fashion doll introduced in March 1959 by the American toy company Mattel, Inc. Ruth Handler, an American businesswoman, is credited with creating the doll after being inspired by a German doll called Bild Lilli.
Barbie cakes are very popular among girls because they contain cute and appealing dolls in edible form. These cakes resemble the bright and colourful Barbie doll. Barbie cakes are very attractive and will complement any celebration or event.
Who created the doll cake ?
Dolly Varden Cakes had three colour layers : white, red, and chocolate, but some had two layers of light and dark (with raisins, currents, molasses). It eventually evolved into a Doll Cake (plastic doll stuck in middle of a cake with frosting as a dress).
Ingredients for Barbie Birthday Cake Recipe
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 5 cup / 600 grams
- Granulated Regular Sugar - 3 ½ cup / 700 grams
- Oil or Melted Butter - 1 ½ cup / 360 ml
- Milk - 2 ¼ cup / 540 ml
- Eggs - 5
- Baking Powder - 5 ½ tsp
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Strawberry Essence - 2 tsp
Milk:
Milk serves several purposes in baked goods. It provides liquid to hydrate the dry ingredients, adds flavour, aids browning, and softens texture.
Strawberry Essence :
Strawberry essence is a simple way to add a powerful rose flavour to baked goods, sauces, ice cream, and beverages. The essence should be food grade and adhere to international food standards. Before purchasing, double-check the expiration date. In ice cream, milk desserts, jellies, and bakery items.
All Purpose Flour / Maida :
Maida requires more oil or butter when baking or cooking because it is lighter and rises faster, which is why bakers prefer maida to atta. All-purpose flour can be used for a variety of tasks, including baking, cooking, coating meats and vegetables, and thickening sauces and gravies. To manufacture all-purpose flour, a blend of
hard wheat (which has more gluten) and soft wheat is crushed together.
Egg :
Raw eggs have a fairly bland flavour, but those who are more sensitive to them may find them overpowering. Because egg yolks are mostly fats, they have a buttery flavour, are very creamy, and have a smooth mouthfeel.
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How to Make Barbie Cake | Barbie Doll Cake Recipe | Barbie Cake
Ingredients
For Cake:
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 5 cup / 600 grams
- Granulated Regular Sugar - 3 ½ cup / 700 grams
- Oil or Melted Butter - 1 ½ cup / 360 ml
- Milk - 2 ¼ cup / 540 ml
- Eggs - 5
- Baking Powder - 5 ½ tsp
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Strawberry Essence - 2 tsp
For Decorations:
- Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting as needed Recipe here
- Pink Food Coloring as needed
- Sprinkle and other decoration stuffs
For Sugar Water:
- Sugar - ½ cup
- Water - 1 cup
- Strawberry Essence - ½ tsp
Other Stuffs:
- Two 18 cm Round Baking Pan
- One 900 ml Borosil Glass Bowl around 18 cm circumference
- Two Piping Bags with Star tips
- Plastic Wrap or Cling Film
- Barbie Doll
Instructions
- First step, preheat oven to 160 degree C.
- Take two 18 cm baking pan and baking bowl, oil it well and dust it well with flour. Coat it on all sides and tap off the excess flour. Set this aside.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt in a sifter and sieve well. set aside.
- Take all the ingredients given for cake including the flour in a bowl and mix well.
- Divide this between the batter. Fill the round cake pan just half way through. Now pop this in oven and bake for the round cake for 35 mins. Bake the the cake in bowl for an hour or till the cake is baked. Remove the cake from oven and let it cool completely. You can even freeze the cake for 30 mins.
- Now remove the cake and cut the doom in the top to make it even. Take the cake which is baked in bowl and cut it in half.
- Now use a knife to cut a small circle in the niddle of all the cake to make space to insert the barbie.
- Now make sugar water by mixing everything. Take a plate and place a round cake on that. Place strips of parchment surrounding the cake. Brush the cake generously with sugar water. Now spread butter cream on top and place another cake on top, brush with sugar water, spread buttercream on top. Now take the bowl cake half and top with sugar water, place it on top of the frosting and spread some more buttercream, place the final half and brush it with sugar water.
- Finally cover the whole cake with buttercream. Chill the cake for couple of hours.
- Now pipe the cake with butter cream, insert barbie and decorate it as shown in pics.
Notes
Make sure you check the height of the barbie and assume the height of the cake and adjust it.
The cake batter which i used is a very basic cake batter recipe and it is easy to work with.
Barbie Doll Cake Step by Step
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| You need two cake pans and one oven safe glass bowl.. Make sure all the circumference of the pans are same |
How to Make Cake for Barbie Cake
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| First lets make the cake..You don't need cocoa powder |
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| Take flour in a sifter |
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| add in baking powder |
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| add in some salt |
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| sieve and set aside |
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| take it in a bowl |
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| add in sugar |
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| add in oil |
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| eggs |
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| add in milk |
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| mix well |
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| now the batter is done |
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| I added some pink food colouring and strawberry essence |
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| give a good mix |
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| Fill the bowls |
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| Bake them |
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| Let them cool completely. you can freeze the cake for 30 mins for easy handling..but i found this cake to be easy to work with.. |
How to Prepare Cakes for Barbie Cake
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| slice the top off |
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| take the domed cake |
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| slice it in half..At this point use a knife to cut a small portion from the middle to insert barbie. I forgot to do that, you will see what i did in the coming pictures |
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| Now lets make a sugar water.. Take sugar in a bowl |
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| add in water |
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| add in strawberry essence |
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| mix well and set aside |
How to Assemble Barbie Cake
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| I made a batch of butter cream |
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| Place a cake in the bottom of a plate |
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| place strips of parchment surrounding the cake.. spoon the sugar water all over it |
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| now the cake is soaked |
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| spoon some butter cream |
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| spread evenly |
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| Place another cake on top |
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| spoon some more sugar water |
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| now it is well moistened |
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| spread some more buttercream |
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| now i took the bottom half of the domed cake, brushed sugar water on the sides of the cake |
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| i brushed the top with some more sugar water |
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| place it on top of the cake |
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| spread some butter cream |
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| now the cake is stacked |
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| spoon the buttercream on top |
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| now i realised that i forgot to remove the centre part for inserting barbie..So i took a knife and sliced the middle part throughout the cake |
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| like this |
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| i spread butter cream all over the cake to create a crumb coat |
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| just like this |
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| Now the cake is crumb coated, chill the cake for 2 hour or so.. this firms up the buttercream |
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| I put the crumbs in a container and stored in fridge, you can use this to make cake pops |
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| now lets take the barbie and wrap it in plastic wrap |
How to Decorate Barbie Cake
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| i took a piping bag and fitted it with a small star nozzle |
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| filled it with pink buttercream |
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| pipe it |
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| make small rose like pipings |
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| like this |
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| keep going |
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| now half way is done |
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| i piped roses in the bottom half way |
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| like this |
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| i reserved some white buttercream |
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| pipe in the middle portion |
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| like this |
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| now it is pretty much completed |
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| now the barbie is going to get her adornments |
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| Take some blue sprinkles |
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| sprinkle all over it |
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| decorate her as you wish |
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| All done..now unwrap her hair |
Anonymous
Great , aarthi u r so talented...belated birthday wishes to little maha...
Anonymous
arthi not understand the place of cake like how u can get the dom if pains are euqal
how we set the sequence thats look dress of babrie.
Priyanka
Wow great job done by you aarthi mam ur daughter is too lucky enjoy
sree spandana
Simply awesome!!
Aarthi
@Anonymousnot sure what you are asking, can u little more clear
grace
No words to appreciate .....it's adorable ,God bless u
poonam
Belated bday wishes to ur little angel. Can we use whipping cream to do all this process than butter cream
chitra baskaran
My long term wish to make barbie cake Aarthi.will definitely try your recipe and will post and tag you.Thanks for the clear explanation.
sukanya sundararaman
Mam...fantastic@-}--
Can u share an eggless version of a Barbie doll cake...
Thanks a lot!
Anonymous
Can we use whipping cream instead of butter cream
Anonymous
Wow Simply superb. You are really talented. Love your blog. God Bless your baby.
yawanika
A visually stunning cake...Great job Aarthi!!!
Archana Naidu
Great job Aarthi..Cake looks yummy!!!Belated b'day wishes to little one..
Jitheesh Varghese
Superb... Buttercream is what normal butter or..
Anonymous
Wow!!! Simply awesome... I do really want to give it a try...can we make this a day before and refrigerate.. Wil it become hard....?
Anonymous
U r naturally talented. I have tried making cakes many times. My cakes cum out well. But my piping is disgusting . I don't understand where I go wrong. When I read ur blog the step by step looks very easy. But ur patience and perfectness in posting al this is simply superb. I wish u were living somewhere near my place. I wud nt hav minded paying u a handsome fees jus 2 learn al dis.Hats off 2 u aarthi, ur family is very lucky 2 hav someone so determined and talented.
Anonymous
Really awesome aarthi belated wishes to ur little angel
Anonymous
Hi arthi..i made this buttercream to frost my barbie cake bt the time i started making those flowers it started melting i cud'nt make those flowers lyk u they were jst dropping down..what u think where i went wrong plz hlp me..n can u plz post or tell me d nozzel which u used...thnx
Aarthi
@Anonymousdid u cool the cake completely. The cake has to be cold and the buttercream has to be stiff. add more icing sugar and whip it till it gets thick and stiff.
Aarthi
@AnonymousYou can make this 2 days in advance. Since we are soaking the cake in sugar water it stays moist. And remove it from fridge 2 to 3 hours before serving
Aarthi
@Jitheesh Varghesecheck this link for buttercream recipe
http://www.yummytummyaarthi.net/2011/09/vanilla-butter-cream-icing.html
Aarthi
@poonamu can use whipping cream too, but it is hard to work with.
umamahi
akka yu r juz amaazingg..semmaaaa!!! yur blog is a teacher for my baking skill akka..yu r simplyy superb,hats off for this cake <3 <3 it..:D
Tania Rony
Wow aarthi the work is beyong words its so so good and perfect...hats off to u dear..Maha is blessed with a good mom like u...I am a big fan of urs. Do u have any idea of how many kg this cake is.in shops these cakes are made with min 4 kg or so. And very expensive too. U r a great cook and moreover a loving mom...
Anonymous
Is it safe to use borosil in OTG oven?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes it safe. check the borosil dish manual, it should be oven safe
Aarthi
@Tania Ronyi think this cake will come around 2.5 to 3 kg
Anonymous
Hey Aarthi. Thanks for sharing such a detailed step by step guide to make a doll cake. what was the weight of this cake and can it be done in 2kg?
Aarthi
@Anonymousnot sure though..it will affect the look of the cake
Anonymous
Can I use the regular hand blender those long once vd d whipping blade ? Vl it gv me d stiff peaks?
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi,awesome recipe,just wanted to ask will the cake come spongy as u have not used hand blender to make the batter.
pallavi
Hi Aarthi,awesome recipe,just wanted to ask will the cake come spongy as u have not used hand blender to make the batter.
Aarthi
@pallaviyes they turn out so soft even without heand blender
Aarthi
@Anonymousnot sure about regular blender, try it
Pipli Mukhopadhyay
I can bake only one later at a time as per my oven's capacity. So can I bake them one by one? If not then please tell me that should I divide every ingredint into equal 3 portions and mix each pan's batter one by one?
Aarthi
@Pipli Mukhopadhyayno u can bake one cake at a time. just keep the batter covered. it will be good
Anonymous
arthi can i made this with fresh cream cake ...
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can decorate it with fresh cream..
Namrata
Hi Aarti....its a lovely cake you have made and the tutorial with pics is awesome. However I have a question....if i want to make it a chocolate cake sponge and chocolate cream inside is it possible? If yes how much cocoa powder to add and will there be changed in other ingredients? Thanks in advance!
Aarthi
@Namratanow sure about that, have never tried it.
Madhu
Aarthi, tried this cake for my daughters 2nd bday. Perfect measurements. cake came out very good. My barbie is tall. So made 4 layers. Will send the pic to ur mail.
Thanks dear. Everyone appreciated me a lot. It served 25 members.
Pipli Mukhopadhyay
How many servings we get from this cake and how to cut it properly? Pl guide..
Aarthi
@Pipli Mukhopadhyayyou can cut it like you cut a normal cake, but remember there will be a doll inside it, you you have it cut it on the sides. And this cake will serve more than 15 to 20
abi abinaya
Hi...
I am planning to make it for my daughter's birthday...
I feel like buttercream frosting is little heavy...
Shall i use whipped cream frosting...
U said previous comment like it is hard to handle...
Will it work?can i form roses with whipped cream...
Thanks in advance
Aarthi
@abi abinayawhipping cream cannot hold the barbie cake. since it doesn't set like buttercream. U can layer the cake with butter cream then cover it with a thin layer of butter cream and chill for few hours. then cover the entire cake with whipped cream
లక్ష్మీ శిరీష
Hi Aarti,
I tried this Barbie cake and it came out well...I followed ur cake baking steps and used store-brought cream for decoration. my 3 year old liked the cake like anything 🙂 Thanks so much!
HK
Hi Aarthi,
I followed your recipe for my daughter's Sofia the First theme birthday.. I used purple frosting.. The cake was great.. Thank you so much..
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi
I want to learn cool cake icing recipe. could you please help me out
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi
I wish to learn cool cake icing. please help me out aarthi. I also want to know difference between butter icing and cream icing. which one is used for cool cake decoration.
Arshia Tasneem
I wish to learn cool cake icing. please help me out aarthi. I also want to know difference between butter icing and cream icing. which one is used for cool cake decoration.
Arshia Tasneem
Hi Aarathi
I wish to learn cool cake icing. please help me out aarthi. I also want to know difference between butter icing and cream icing. which one is used for cool cake decoration.
Aarthi
Butter icing has butter and icing sugar which is whipped till creamy. But cream icing is just fresh cream and icing sugar which is less sweet.
Arshia Tasneem
but which one is used to decorate cool cakes.
Anonymous
hi aarthi mam.... me too planin tu make dis cake for my kid.... so lemme noe can i use any other type of cake batter
Sindhuraj
Shall I use strawberry milk essence instead of pink color and essence as both will be in strawberry milk essence??
Aarthi
yes u can
Anonymous
let me use vanilla essence instead of strawbery....if yes how much shud i use..pls reply...thank u
Aarthi
Use 3 to 4 tsp of vanilla
Ananta
How much Vanilla essence to use in sugar water?
Ananta
Can we use any other color for icing and the inside cake maintaining the strawberry flavor?
Bhumika
Hi
Loved your cake...it has inspired me to make a barbie cake for my daughter too.I wanted to ask about freezing the cake with buttercream frosting..Actually i was planning to prepare cake 2 days in advance.. so should i keep the whole cake in fridge or freezer..and on taking it out will water droplets get formed all ovet it
Vandana kamat
Can i get receipe 4 a single cake. Same but want to know the measurement s. For one tin.thk u
Payal
Hey aarti, Thank for the recipe I'm trying to make a cake with this recipe for my daughter. Hope I will cook it nicely. Thanks again for the recipe, Your way of explaining is very good.
Prasanna
Hi Aarti, I loved your cake. I made Rapunzel cake for my daughter's 8th birthday using your method and it came so good. I have a feeling of American butter cream which is too sweet hence I used swiss meringue butter cream frosting ( Ii would request you to post for swiss meringue butter cream frosting) with berry filling and the cake is super dooper hit. I would also like to share the cake pic with you but I'm not able to post. Thank you so much for the recipe, tips and tricks.
FRS
Hi Aarthi,
Its a beautiful cake and your recipe is clear to follow. I am hoping to make this cake for my daughter's 7th birthday. My daughter loves butter cake best. Please could you advice me is it ok if i double the butter quantity and less the milk quantity from your recipe .
Awaiting for a quick reply .
Thank you .
Aarthi
I wouldn't suggest to alter the ingredient measurements. As it may affect the texture