Daenerys Targaryen Doll Cake - Cake

Method

• Bake two 16 oz cake recipes in a Wiltons doll cake pan.
• Remove the cakes from the pan and slice the cake into three equal layers.
• Stack the cakes with buttercream in between each layer.
• Crumb coat the entire cake.
• Smooth out icing with an offset spatula.
• Cut a hole into the top layer of cake big enough to fit a Barbie doll's legs.
• Cover the doll cake in a 14in circle of white fondant.
• Enhance the folds at the bottom of the cake.
• Place your doll in the middle of the cake.
• Cover the waste of the doll with pink fondant.
• Blend the fondant around the doll's waist into the rest of the cake.
• Cover the left side of the cake with a panel of blue fondant leaving the front of the cake exposed at a 45-degree angle.
• Add folds to the bottom of the cake.
• Use a sculpting tool to add texture to the blue panel.
• Use a small fondant roller to add large indentations to the exposed white fondant.
• Roll out more white fondant.
• Cut out a petal shape with a fondant petal cutter.
• Place the petal onto an impression mold to add texture.
• Repeat this process to create 35 - 40 petals.
• Add the petals to the exposed white fondant at a 45-degree angle.
• Starting at the bottom of the dress, layer the petal and work your way to the waist of the doll.
• Wrap the dolls arms in rectangles of blue fondant.
• Create a coat by wrapping and overlapping two rectangles of fondant around the doll's chest.
• Cutout and add texture to a small triangle of fondant.
• Place the triangle on top of the doll's shoulder to create a shoulder pad.
• With a mustard colored fondant cutout a long triangle.
• Divide the triangle into 5 separate pieces.
• Add a border to each piece.
• Paint gold luster dust onto each piece.
• Overlap the triangle onto the edge of the blue fondant.
• Add a smaller triangle of gold fondant to create a shoulder pad for the other shoulder.
• Using royal icing and a Wilton round tip to pipe out two borders to give the dress detail.
• Add detail to the top of the dress using a piping bag and a round tip.
• Paint gold luster dust on the the petals on the side of the dress.