Strawberry Shortcake Doll Cake

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When my daughter was turning four years old, I decided to make her a doll cake. I’m pretty sure that this was my first attempt at something that was more 3D, something more than a cake or cupcakes. I wasn’t sure it was going to turn out, but I kept at it. My daughter thought it was great, and that was all that mattered. Check out more of my favorite recipes, including more adventurous birthday cakes!

For my daughter’s fourth birthday, I wanted to make her a doll cake.  I didn’t make a Barbie doll cake, but instead it was a cake using her Strawberry Shortcake doll.

Strawberry Shortcake Doll Cake

I used a 9×13 cake, a tube cake, and a round cake. I cut holes in the center of the cakes that needed holes.  I wrapped the doll in plastic wrap so that she wouldn’t get frosting on her body or in her hair. My daughter’s birthday is in July, the house was probably warm, and my homemade frosting was melting.  I think at some point I did realize that I needed to put it into the fridge, so that helped.  But I did still have some trouble…

I used this video as a guide of how to decorate the doll cake.

At this point, I was so afraid that it would turn into one of those fabulous “Pinterest Fails”! But I kept on frosting.

I followed the video’s advice and drew out the design that I envisioned.  This was my first time trying to make a doll cake– and I haven’t made another one since (although my Dress Cake was similar)—But I have had a lot of practice with other cakes since then, so it would probably be easier now.

I drew on the cake with a skewer like the video suggested, to center the dress’s ruffles at the bottom.

In the end, my first attempt at a doll cake turned out okay!  It’s always hard to cut into a cake after spending so much time and work on it.  My daughter liked the cake, and it tasted pretty good.  My goal was accomplished!  Have you ever attempted a doll cake?

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