Destine’s Frozen Doll Cake

Before coming home, my daughter Destine has been telling me that she wants a Frozen Birthday theme for her seventh birthday. Her simple request made me think of baking a cake for her. It was not easy though, but that 11-hour preparation was worth the wait. Combining the pressure, patience, perspiration, and most especially prayer made her cake well acknowledged by her visitors and of course her – the birthday celebrant.

In this kind of cake, you’ll need to prepare the (1) cake itself, (2) butter frosting, (3) fondant, and (4) cake design – the doll has to securely stand on the cake and make the frosting her gown. 

 the result of the 11-hour preparation 

Although this does not look so perfect, my daughter appreciated it so much.

What you need:

- mixing bowl

- hand mixer or stand mixer

- spatula

- 1 9 inch round cake pans

- rolling pin

- Frozen Doll

- Cling Fling

I started preparing the cake. But before proceeding make sure to preheat the oven to 350^o F for at least 5 minutes.

- place a round shape wax paper enough to fill in the round cake pan, cut the edges

- grease the wax paper and the side of the cake pan with oil or butter

Cake

- 2 cups all-purpose flour

- 2 cups white sugar

- 2/3 cup Strawberry Syrup

- 2 tsp baking soda

- 1 tsp baking powder

- ½ tsp salt

- 2 raw eggs

- 1 cup fresh milk

- ½ cup cooking oil

Preparing the Cake

- in a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt

- make a hole at the center and add eggs, oil, and fresh milk

- pour in the strawberry syrup

- using either hand or stand mixer, beat at medium speed until texture becomes smooth

- pour the batter into the round cake pan

- let stand for few minutes until bubbles disappear

- bake for 30 – 35 minutes or until the toothpick inserted comes out clean

- let stand to cool for at least 10 minutes

- repeat the process until you were able to prepare two more round cakes

- set aside

Followed by making the frosting; this will be placed in between cakes.

Frosting 

- 1 cup unsalted butter

- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar

- 4 tbsp fresh milk

- 1 ½ tsp vanilla

Preparing the Frosting

- in a clean mixing bowl, cream the cubed butter and add the vanilla extract

- use a hand mixer and mix for 2 minutes on medium speed

- gradually add half of confectioner’s sugar, and 2 tbsp of milk, mix well

- add the remaining confectioner’s sugar, and 2 tbsp of milk, mix well

- set aside

Then, prepare the fondant so it will be fresh before putting on the cake. In this case, I preferred making them than buying one available on the market.

Fondant:

- 450 grams mini marshmallows

- 900 grams confectioners’ sugar

- 1 tbsp water

- Blue food coloring

Preparing the marshmallows

- On a microwave safe bowl, pour in the mini marshmallows and add water

- Place inside the microwave oven and heat for 30 seconds

- Remove and mix with spoon

- Place again the heated marshmallows inside the microwave and heat again for another 30 seconds

- Remove and mix with spoon until everything is melted

Note: in the absence of microwave, place the mini marshmallows in a non-stick pan, heat on low fire for more or less 30 seconds

Preparing the fondant

- Grease your table counter with butter; or place a thick baking plastic sheet greased with butter 

- Pour in half of the confectioner’s sugar on your counter

- Mix the melted marshmallows with the confectioner’s sugar, and knead until both of them are combined well

- While kneading, add a small amount of the blue food color until desired theme color is achieved

Altogether:

Layering the cake

- Get the first round of cake and put as the base

- Spread butter frosting on top of it

- Place the second round of cake on top of the first to make a second layer

- Slowly cut the edges diagonally until the second layer becomes smaller

- Again, spread butter frosting on top of the second layer of cake

- Place the third round of cake on top of the second layer to make the third one

- Just like the second layer, slowly cut the edges diagonally until the third layer becomes smaller

- At this point, get the frozen doll, remove the dress and using a cling fling wrap the body from below the armpit down to the feet, set aside

- Back to the cake, make a hole at the center of the cake starting from the third layer down until the legs of the frozen doll can be covered (do not fix the doll yet, only measure at this point)

- Put frosting on the third layer of the cake, and the sides of the cake

Covering the cake with fondant

- Using a rolling pin, make a 16 inches round fondant by flattening it

- Cover the three layer cake with the fondant

       

- Cut the edges at the base, and design as a gown

- Place the frozen doll on the cake using the hole at the third layer

- Decorate the body of the doll to make a blouse

- Design as preferred

Happy 7th Birthday Destine! 

Destine's cake table 

Note: It took us 11 hour to prepare because of the failed fondant that we initially prepared; and the absence of extra marshmallows. We still needed to wait for the time the grocery stores open so we can buy again :)