Sruti celebrated her birthday on Feb 5th. For the past 2-3months, she is giving me ideas of cakes I have to prepare for her birthday. The cake which always stays in the list is the barbie cake. I have done this cake for her 3rd birthday. So I set on preparing the cake the previous day. In Tamil Nadu, the power supply is unpredictable. While I was baking a cake, there was a power shut down, and I couldn’t use it in the barbie cake. So I had to send my hubby to shop for another set of ingredients. I prepared two sheet cakes and used it in the main cake. This was easy compared to baking in small pans. I also prepared a rectangular cake for the candle blowing. I am giving a step by step instruction for the barbie cake here. Sruti loved the cake so much. We invited some of her friends and they were praising the cake a lot. Sruti was so proud to have two cakes for her birthday. Though this may not be a perfect cake, it indeed made my daughter happy.
Ingredients:
For The Vanilla Cake:
Condensed Milk-1can(400ml)
Flour-250gm
Milk-1cup
Vanilla Essence-1tsp
Baking Powder-2tsp
Baking Soda-1tsp
Butter-100gm
For The Chocolate Cake:
Condensed Milk-1tin(400ml)
Flour-220gm
Cocoa Powder-30gm
Milk-1cup
Vanilla Essence-1tsp
Baking Powder-2tsp
Baking Soda-1tsp
Butter-100gm
For The Butter Cream Icing:
Butter-2cups
Icing Sugar-7-8cups
Milk-1/4cup
Vanilla Essence-2tsp
Food Colour
For The Syrup:
Sugar-1/2cup
Water-1/2cup
Procedure:
For The Vanilla Cake:
1. Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda.
2. Cream butter and add the condensed milk. Beat it until creamy.
3. Preheat oven to 160C.
4. Grease a deep baking tray and dust it with flour.
5. Add the milk and vanilla essence.
6. Add the milk and flour mixtures alternately in three batches to the butter mixture.
7. Do not over beat.
8. Pour batter into the prepared tray and bake for 15-20minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
9. Allow it to cool.
For The Chocolate Cake:
1. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.
2. Follow the same procedure as the vanilla cake.
3. Bake and allow it to cool.
4. Both the cakes can be made the previous day and stored for decorating the next day.
Sugar Syrup:
1. Mix sugar and water and allow it to boil.
2. When it starts boiling, simmer and boil for 5minutes.
3. When the syrup is sticky to touch, remove from flame and allow it to cool.
Butter Cream:
1. Cream butter with a hand mixer until fluffy.
2. Sift the icing sugar to get rid of any lumps.
3. Add icing sugar a cup at a time and beat with the hand mixer.
4. When the mixture becomes thick stop adding the sugar.
5. Add milk with a table spoon until the required consistency is got. Crumb coating needs a thinner cream while the frosting needs a thick cream. Have the cream thick and add milk while doing the frosting.
6. Cover with a wrap and keep it ready.
Method of arranging and frosting the cake:
The two sheet cakes.
Cut out 4 circles measuring 16cm, 14cm, 12cm and 10cm in diameter.
Place the circles on the cake and cut out the cakes.
You will have 8 circular pieces.
Leaving the 16cm vanilla cake, cut a circle of 2 1/2″ in the centre of the remaining circles.
Cut a circle out of hard board measuring 17cm diameter.
Wrap it with foil to make a base for the cake.
Apply a tsp butter cream on the base to act as adhesive.
Place the 16cm vanilla round on the base.
Prick the cake with a tooth pick all over and brush the cake with syrup. Add butter cream and spread it with a spoon or spatula. Place the chocolate cake on it.
Again prick the cake and coat with syrup. Apply butter cream. Cover the hole with butter cream.
Stack the cakes in order. Prick, coat with syrup and apply a coat of butter cream and place the next cake.
With a sharp knife, trim the cake to make it look like a skirt. Do this carefully.
Apply a thin coat of butter cream on the cake. This is called as the crumb coat. This helps in avoiding the crumbs getting into the main cream layer. Smooth out the icing. Use it to fill any gaps. Allow it to dry for 1 hour.
Now apply generous amount of butter cream and smooth it with a spatula. Allow it to dry for 1hour. The cream should not stick when touched. Use a plain tissue paper to smoothen out the surface.
Remove the dress of the doll, wrap it with plastic wrap to cover the legs. Insert it into the hole in the middle until the doll’s hips are inside the cake. Fill the gap with butter cream and decorate the top to resemble a bodice.
Add straps and decorate the skirt according to your wish.
Barbie Cake is ready.
I also prepared this vanilla cake for serving the guests.
WOW!!!! That’s a beautiful Barbie cake…the colors are so sweet! 🙂
Happy Birthday to your daughter, she must have loved this cake…
A very Happy birthday to your daughter, what patience you have, fantastic looking cake.., she is so lucky, I want to do something for my daughter too.., she will be 18 next month :)…
so sweet of u..the cake looks stunning…happy bday to ur litle princess
Happy B’day to ur princess…Cake looks fantastic…
Awesome cake, she looks gorgeous. Appreciate the elaborate illustration. Birthday wishes to your daughter.nice clicks too.
Belated wishes to your little one, my kids were also asking for this cake for a long time, hope I’ll try it soon too. On the other hand I don’t think I’ll able to do icing as good like you, beautifully done icing.
Happy Birthday to ur kiddo !! Gorgeous cake Awesome work !! perfectly done !!
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happy birthday to your little one lovely looking cake lots of hardwork looks fabulous
happy bday to ur little oen..i love ur cake…wow super decorating..i think u spent lot of time..one day or two day????But awesome..
gud job gayathri…very very difficult to make….nicestepwise photos!!!happy birthday to ur kid…..god bless her!
Belated wishes to ur daughter and i think u have showered her with a great fun with beautiful cake, u have lot of patience dear…
Awesome! I am sure Shruti enjoyed herself… it is a beautiful cake. Great job!
Wow looks absolutely stunning…thanks for the stepwise pics, looks amazing
wish ur daughter a very happy birthday 🙂 she must be sooo proud of you .awesome 🙂
Hope Sruthi had a blasting B’day! 🙂
Happy B’day Shruti.
Barbie cake looks fantastic. Great job.
Wow, stunning cake Gayathri. Hats off to your patience for the step wise. Belated b-day wishes to sruti.
Gorgeous. Your daughter would have loved it. Happy birthday to her too.
Belated Birthday wishes to ur little angel!!! Both cake looks soo marvellous.Hats off ur gr8 job.
Bleated birthday wishes to Sruthi! Barbie cake is beautiful and am sure yummy.. Nice step by step instructions..
Wow… the barbie cake looks awesome…Great job with the piping on the other cake too…
U have some serious cake decorating talents. The doll cake looks very good and would make any princess happy. Good job and A+++ to you.
Love Ash.
No words to express dear….hats off to you, sruthi is so lucky to have a great mother like you and can be proud regarding her mothers talent infront her friends…..great job dear…..
Belated B’Day wy wishes and sweet kisses to her…..
Happy Birthday to ur angel!! Gorgeous cake Awesome work !! perfectly done !!
It is Incredible…so perfect icing.
you have done it with great enthusiasm and I must say you have lots of patience.
Could you plz let us knw hw many hours or day it took to complete.
Awesome cake , hats off to u
Beautiful cake…luvly color combo…Happy birthday to ur lil barbie..
wow!!!
Awesome!
Stunning Gayathri!!!! Superb, i have no words to praise u!!! Lucky Sruti!!!
Wow terrific cake. Happy birthday to Shruti. My neice is also Shruti and celebrates her b’day on 6 th Feb.
Fantastic Gayathri, you have real patience..I know it’s too late, nevertheless belated birthday wishes to your lil one..
gud one
Awesome cake you guys are rock.
Ma’am..can you please tell more about Sheet cake?
It is normal cake baked in a tray.
Thankyou