Belles of the Ball: Princess Dresses Mini Cakes
I’ve been kind of obsessing over mini cakes that resembled formal dresses ever since I saw Cupcake Envy’s Amy Eilert in action during a rerun of the Mardigras episode of Challenge on the Food Network channel a couple of weeks ago. She made dresses out of mini dome-shaped cakes which were just lovely and looked like so much fun to make. I kept telling myself I have got to give making mini cake dresses a try.
I found an excuse to finally make them when one of my gal pals asked if I can make a princess-themed cake for her daughter’s 3rd birthday party. Naturally, I said yes! I thought it would be a good idea to have mini cake princess dresses as cake toppers. I asked my friend which princess dresses she would like to see on the cake. She chose three. See if you can recognize them…
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All the dress tops were gumpaste. I made a template for each, making sure they looked just right and not too skinny that they looked like they had one too many doses of OxyElite Pro. I cut the dress tops out of gumpaste 3 days before the party. Come party day, they were dry and ready to be “inserted” into the cakes. For good measure, I made 2 tops for each princess dress, just in case I had the misfortune of breaking one, which, thankfully, I didn’t. Whew! These were all pound cakes. They were dense but not dry. *wink*
The mini cakes were small enough to fit in the palm of my hand and good for 2 servings. My favorite of the three was Snow White’s…
I love love how this turned out. The skirt was a gorgeous yellow. :)
My second favorite was Aurora’s better known as Sleeping Beauty…
The dress had two shades of pink and unlike the other two, it was long-sleeved and off-shoulder. Fit for a mini princess, if I may say so myself. Hee hee.
My third favorite was Cinderella’s…
It was a nice shade of blue. It was the simplest to make and the simplest looking of the three.
I would have loved to make Belle’s dress. But it looked like a lot of work. It’s a good thing my friend didn’t choose that dress. Haha!
Mini cakes like these have a lot of “potential”. *Kaching! Kaching!* I was surprised to see how much one sells for online. Having said that, I hope it is God’s will that this be the year that the Texas Baker’s Bill is passed. Pray with me, will you please?
I can’t wait to show you the birthday cake. That’s a separate blog entry all together. And it’s coming up next. Promise.
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Those look great. They are adorable.
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