Making a Ballerina Cake

I made this cake for my daughter's fourth birthday. People asked me for some progress photos, I decided to take lots and stick them together. This cake design is from a Debbie Brown book.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• cake
• ballerina
• fondant
• birthday

[40cyndy]

Beautiful cake! I am making her next week for my daughter. Can I ask you a few questions? Did you remove the outside crust as instructed in the book? Also, would you make this 10" instead of 8'? I am thinking of making the skirt bigger. Of course, I'll also have cuppies on the side. I can't wait to make her! Also, what type of fondant did you use? I usually make my own MMF; it tastes good and lays beautifully any problem doing so for this?

[C00LBananas]

@40cyndy Thanks. I didn't remove the crust on the outside as the buttercream tends to soften it a little anyway, plus the cake recipe I use doesn't really form a hard crust. I used plain rolled fondant here. I've never used MMF for frill work but I don't see any problem with it. Good luck!

[sweetpalates]

this is such a fun video to watch. love the little faces on the eggs! and the cake turned out great.

[dily44]

Very cool video Cake looks beautiful well done :)

[smckenzie91]

thats nice

[animeMAN57]

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[deniceinspain]

cute video, cool cake

[nayibecale]

ja.ja.ja. maravilloso tu trabajo pero tu video es genial. enhorabuena

[MrHouseru]

mate, the figure is the most tricky part, I guess .... :)

great cake anyway.

[weemo96]

whats the name of the book :)?

[elftams]

You must have had as much fun making this video as when making the cake!!

Fabulous to both! :)

Where did you get your cutter for the frills please?

[40cyndy]

Thank you for your response to my first questions. I have one more, and I am ready to go. I am acting like I have never ever deocrated a cake before, LOL! This one just has me a little unnerved for some reason. What did you use to cut out the 8" top skirt? Did you use a cutter of some sort, or did you use an 8" board and cut around it? Thanks, again!