This weekend was such a whirlwind of events…weddings, auctions, baby showers, and bridal shows, but with the help of my family I SURVIVED! I actually have lots of things to blog about and am so happy I finally have spare minute to blog! I absolutely love when clients want to order a custom cake with all the details and so when I got the chance to make this cake for a precious girl turning one I couldn’t wait. The cake was a lot of work…well, more like the crown was A LOT of work, but afterwards is was definitely worth it!
Here is the step-by-step process of the cake! First I covered the three tiers in white, light pink, and deep pink. Then I used an impression mat to make the dot imprint and cross-hatch imprint. You just push the mat onto the fondant while it is still soft and then continue to follow the pattern around the cake.
I then used my pearl maker to make pearls to go around each cake layer.
Next I added a ribbon band and made two different bows for the tiers.
I used royal icing to pipe little hearts on the cross-hatch pattern and then painted them with silver luster dust.
I then added the bands and bows to the tiers and sprayed the whole cake with pearl luster dust.
Lastly I added my hand-made crown…which was very tedious by the way! I had many problems with it not drying and collapsing, but finally (with my prayers) it stayed up!
A few weeks back I also got the great opportunity to make cookies for Mattel! They were having a creative meeting for the upcoming 50th anniversary of Barbie and had me make cookies with their printed images on them and some cupcakes to go along with it. I had a blast making them and seeing all of their great ideas!
I would love to hear what you thought about the cake and cookies!
Tags: barbie cookies, barbie cupcakes, barbies 50th anniversary desserts, princess birthday cake, specialty cakes cookie long beach ca, tiara cake
OMG, I love, love, LOVE them all! The cake was so cute and feminine- I love the heart & pearl accents, and that crown! Seriously gorgeous… Thanks for posting info on the impression mats- I’ve been wondering how to do that. Cookies and cupcakes were very cute, too. It always baffles me how you come up with all these creative & different ideas! Makes me want to try the edible ink sheets… Once again, love it!
Ah! Love them! That cake is seriously amazing. You did a fab job! And a bead maker! I gotta get me one of those. Looks like alot a of work, but turned out incredible. The cookies & cupcakes were very cute as well. I love the Barbie pictures, I wouldn’t want to eat the cookie!
As always, everything looks beautiful! I’m fascinated by that pearl maker. And here I thought you were piping those individually by hand! What a lucky little girl!
Wow! That cake is amazing and beautiful. Just the kind of cake I would want! Thanks for the step by step – it is my goal to make a multi layered fondant covered cake someday soon. As always, love your posts. Thanks!
YAY, it did. Okay, I wanted to say, Stunning, and stunningly fabulous yet chic, you are a designer cup cake/cake maker all wrapped in one. I had no idea impressions were used, and I wonder if you would be so kind to share your tips on making the bow? Pretty Please.. I also checked out your site, do you offer national delivery?
So Cool!!! I love the step by step photos of the cake – it looks awesome. I attempted a princess cake last month and now I have something to strive for on the next one. Great job!
First of all, the cake is just darling. Thanks for sharing how you do the impressions. I might have been thinking that you just had a perfect, steady hand!
The cookies are fabulous. Mattel must have been quite happy w/ them!
I love all the details on the cake, I bet that little girl loved the cake! Those cookies are phenomenal and that’s so cool you got to do that for Mattel!
The cake is beautiful! Thank you for the tutorial, I wondered if the diamond patterns went on the fondant before or after the fondant was on the cake, now I know.
How cool to do things for Mattel. That is pretty exciting and the cookies were adorable.
That cake is gorgeous! I loved those cookies and cupcakes, too.
Your cake is absolutely darling! I love the fondant imprints. They make it so adorable. Way to go making cookies for Mattel! They turned out great.
Once again you have outdone yourself!! The cake is beautiful and you make it look so easy!
What size bead maker do you use? 1/4”? 1/2”?
That is the cutest cake I have ever seen! You do great work.
Like always, everything is so pretty and perfect!
The princess cake is beautiful – well done! The Barbie cupcakes and cookies are amazing too – I am such a sucker for all things Barbie. WOW as always Melodie!
I love the Barbie silhouette cookies and are those poppy seeds on the cupcakes? Yum!
Well, let me see if I can come up with a word to match that cake….stunning, no……spectacular….no…..incredible…..no, lovely…..no……..regal….well, yes, perhaps…..but truly..it is by far and away my favorite of yours so far! I made my first topsy turvy as per your tute here online. I only did it as a mock up, and I used only what I had on hand. So I didn’t get to do anything elaborate, and only did two tiers, but I wanted to learn the technique. What a fun time I had! I can’t wait to do many more! Your blog is truly a learning tool for me and my cake business, which has really taken off here lately!
Hugs
Wow what an extremely lucky one year old! The cake looks absolutely stunning – as do the cookies! It seems like you have been VERY busy lately – hope you have a well-earned rest now
As usual, every single thing you make, I am totally blown away by. Just awesome and creative work all around.
Fantastic job on the cake! Very pretty. The cookies turned out well too. Pretty neat how you print out the photos and then apply them to the cookies.
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I always love and am intrigued by everything you put together. I am really curious about your cookie recipe…it seems sturdy and holds up to lots of extra work. Would you share it? I may get to do a baby cake for a first bday and seeing this puts my ideas to shame!
Thanks for sharing all your techniques, what a beautiful cake!!
That princess cake is amazing! Its so chic and elegant i looooove it! And the Barbie cookies as so cute as well. You’re amazing!
Beautiful work!
I’ve seen several of your tutorials and truly appreciate your willingness to share. However, I have a question for you that has not been answered by any of your tutorials.
How do you stack the cakes–lift them into position–without damaging the frosting, or fondant, on the cake you’re lifting or the cake you’re placing the tiers onto?
So exciting to make cookies for Mattel! I’m happy for you!!! And the cake is sooo gorgeous!
Hi Melody, I love the cake and the cupcakes look delicious. thank you for the step by step instructions for the cake ,some how I feel that all of us should pay you for this awesome tutorials. I have a question: what’s the size of the impresion mats that you use for the cake?? Where do you buy the cupcake box to hold them? I know you are busy, thank God with this economy!!! but if you have a little time let me know. take care.
Absolutely beautiful cake and such cute cookies and cupcakes! Thank you for the wonderful tutorial!
The cake is adorable!! love everything you make, you are so talented!
OMG OMG OMG..ou made cookies for BARBIE???? Can I touch you??? That is sooo freakin awesome. And that cake…you amaze me!
You never cease to amaze me. I’m impressed as usual with your talent. Thanks for all of the tutorials too. I will someday have the courage to try some of your cakes!
You cake turned out great!! I’ve yet to try an impression mat on fondant, and now I’ll have to give it a go! LOVE the cookies! Nicely done!
awesome job on everything
i also meant to ask what your cake flavors/fillings were!?
I just came across your blog looking for a recipe for prickly pear martinis, which I just had for the first time last weekend in Phoenix (thanks for the recipe!). On my way out I clicked on your most recent blog just to see what it’s all about, and WOW! That cake is BEAUTIFUL! Just gorgeous. And how cool that you showed it all step by step; but I know most of us will just appreciate your hard work and not try to do all that ourselves, being better at drinking martinis than decorating perfect, luscious-looking masterpieces. Baking and decorating are true arts, and they are time-consuming and exhausting, and very few people can do it as well as you are. A toast to you!
Thank you so much for sharing your step by step pictures! Your work is so adorable! I love everything you do.
Wow you are truly so talented! Everything you make is just fabulous! And it all looks to good! I want to order something from you just for fun! Do you do mini orders?
You are wayyy talented, girl. The cookies and cake are so cute and gorgeous! I’m always just so impressed when I see your work.
I like the mats. I was wondering how you made impressions like that.
I wish I had a cake like that when I turned one, but noooo my parent’s wouldn’t buy me one.
Melody, the cookies are adorable! Thanks too for the step-by-step cake decoration.
I know that one day we will not be able to get to you – because you will become very famous and you will not have the time to take care of us – the “little” ones.. I wish you all the best! You do a fantastic job!
the cake IS beautiful! i’m going to need to get those impression mats… how cool are they! what gadget do you use for the pearls? is it one of those do-it-all gun thingies? i know technical, right?
Gorgeous! I can always tell how much love goes into each one of your creations — they are so special!
heck yes! I love your idea
Absolutely gorgeous!
Thanks Everyone!
JapanGirl- I really don’t ship too much right now. Sometimes I ship my sugar cookies, but that is it! Wish there was a better method!
Ashley Ray – I think the pearl maker is the 1/4″ one, but I use all sizes…just depends on the design of the cake
Kris – Thanks so much for the sweet comment! Glad you tried the other cake out!
Gretchen – I share almost all my recipes and techniques, but the sugar cookie recipe is one thing that I can’t give out since it is a huge part of my business…it is a lot like the Martha Stewart one though, so I would definitely recommend trying hers!
Linda – When transporting cakes I usually use a offset spatula to help lift and place the cake. For fondant cakes you can use your hands more since the frosting won’t be messed up and with buttercream cakes I refrigerate them first to set the icing and then use a knife to run along the base of the tier to release the frosting and then place it on the tier with the offset spatula. Hope that helps!
Kathia – If you click the link for the impression mats in the post then on their websites it should say the exact size of the mat. As for the cupcake boxes I get them from http://www.brpboxshop.com
Doreen – The whole cake was red velvet with cream cheese frosting…yummy!
Dana – I have a link to the pearl maker on the post, so just click on it and it will lead you to the site. It is actually a mold, not a clay gun.
so so beautiful!!
Thanks, Melody, for answering my inquiry about lifting the cake into position.
Your response was very helpful.
I’ve seen so many pictures of cake stacking, with before and after images as each tier is placed, but never an image showing how the tier was moved.
Thank you for sharing!
I always love coming to your site and am amazed and impressed with your work. Thanks for sharing with us how to do some of the beautiful work. It is fantastic! I love the cake, cookies and everything.
Amazing work! You make it look so effortless!
Thank you sooo much for the decorating step by steps.
It really helps me to see that! I am just getting into selling cakes.
Melod, the cake is beatiful. I am new to cake decorating. Your blog is so helpful. Thanks for sharing.
So so pretty! The colors are just dreamy!
OMG~ The cake, the cookies ~ it is all so gorgeous! Love it, love it, love it. It gives me great ideas for my little girls birthday party that is coming up. Daisy~