On October 18th my little niece Rylee turned 8 years old. As so many little girls her age, she fell in love with the movie Frozen so when she asked me to make her cake I wasn't surprised with the theme she chose. After searching for inspiration on the internet we came up with a design that would incorporate both characters in her cake. She wanted both Elsa and Anna.
Now, I've made princess cakes before so this wasn't really a new concept for me. I did a beautiful Belle cake for a cousin of mine and Rylee has also been the happy recipient of an Ariel cake on her 4th birthday. But this cake was going to be a little different. I had to make one skirt for two dolls. I used a Wilton skirt pan but because it's not tall enough for a Barbie sized doll I had to layer it on top of a 9" round cake. After binding the two dolls together with saran wrap, I slid them into a hole that I cut into the center of the cake. The saran wrap kept the dolls nice and clean so that when it came time to take them out the birthday girl could play with them right away.
I iced the skirt with buttercream icing and then covered with fondant. One side I did light blue for Elsa and sprayed with a nice coat of shimmer spray. Since her dress was the plainer of the two I was able able to add a birthday greeting and some little snowflakes sprinkled with silver disco dust.
Anna's side was covered in a dark blue fondant and then decorated with flowers that I cut cut out using various shaped cutters.
The finished girls from the back.
Thes dolls were just so pretty. I think they made beautiful cake toppers.
Rylee picked out a pretty, glittery 8 candle but there really wasn't a good place to put it on the cake so I made a little snowball out of gumpaste and edible flakes.
I added a birthday greeting in purple using a set of tappits and fondant.
Happy Birthday to my sweet little Princess Ryleebug!!
You warm my heart!
~Aunt Lisa~
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