The Creative Cake Maker: How to Decorate a Princess Birthday Cake

This "Princess" birthday cake is a fun cake-decorating project that doesn't take much more than cake mix, some store bought icing and a tiara from the dollar store.

I knew my cake decorating skills had reached some sort of family success when my best friend, a very picky woman, told me all she wanted for her birthday from me this year was a "Princess Cake". I had to oblige. This one turned out looking like a Playmobil/anime figure.

I received a Betty Crocker Bake 'N Fill dome cake mold the previous Christmas and had been trying to figure out what I could make with it that was a little bit unusual. I didn't fill this one with pudding or cream. I made the layer cake option.

Ingredients:

Cake mix (whatever flavor you prefer), baked. See the directions for the Betty Crocker Bake N' Fill pan. If you need assistance in baking and cooling your cake, please refer to these video tutorials on "How To Bake A Cake".

How To Bake A Cake (Part 1): Preparing Your Baking Pans
How To Bake A Cake (Part 2): Mixing & Baking Your Cake
How To Bake A Cake (Part 3): Testing, Removing and Cooling Your Cake

3 containers of vanilla/white icing - one container colored the desired skin tone, one container colored the desired hair color, and the remaining container will be made into an assortment of colors for the eyes, lips, and any message you may want to write on the cake. Leave about 2 tablespoons of icing white.

Gel coloring or liquid food coloring - The gel coloring is more concentrated so you get a deeper hue without using all the coloring. For lighter shades, the regular liquid food coloring is fine

Tools:

Betty Crocker Bake N' Fill Pan with dome pan

Flat spatula

Sandwich sized zipper sealed bags

Scissors

Tiara (you can usually find one at your local dollar store - it makes a nice "present" for the birthday girl after the cake is gone)

Large plate, cake stand, or cake board for displaying your finished cake