Description
This enchanting Cinderella Cake features a towering skirt made of tender white cake layers draped in a sea of sky-blue buttercream rosettes. It is a nostalgic, show-stopping centerpiece that brings the magic of a classic fairy tale straight to your dessert table.
Ingredients
- 3 boxes white cake mix
- 3 3/4 cups water
- 9 large eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- Double batch vanilla buttercream frosting
- Sky blue gel food coloring
- 1 fashion doll
- Plastic wrap
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and grease two 8-inch round cake pans lined with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix one box of cake mix with 1 1/4 cups water, 3 eggs, and 1/3 cup vegetable oil for 2 minutes until smooth.
- Bake the layers for 29-34 minutes, then cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to waxed paper.
- Repeat the mixing and baking process for the remaining two boxes of cake mix until you have a total of six layers.
- Once fully cooled, use a serrated knife to level the tops of each cake layer for even stacking.
- Tint your vanilla buttercream with sky blue gel food coloring until you reach a vibrant princess-blue shade.
- Stack five or six layers with frosting between each, wrap the doll in plastic wrap to the waist, and press her into the center of the stack.
- Chill the assembled cake for 30 minutes, then use a serrated knife to carve the stack into a tapered bell-shaped skirt.
- Apply a thin crumb coat of blue frosting over the entire skirt and refrigerate for another 30 minutes to set.
- Using a piping bag fitted with a star tip, pipe rows of blue rosettes starting from the bottom of the skirt and working your way up to the doll’s waist.
Notes
To ensure the most stable structure for carving, consider baking the cake layers a day in advance and chilling them overnight. If the frosting becomes too soft while piping the rosettes, simply place the piping bag in the refrigerator for five minutes to firm up the buttercream for better definition.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American