Do you think this cake would be hard to make?

[TheYearOfTheCat]

My DD is going to be 4 this weekend.

She says she really wants a Cinderella cake. I can't stand the commercial Disney ones, so I have had the following idea:
[comments / tips/ suggestions welcome]

Buy a rectangular sponge. Carve out a shoe shape. Cover with white ready roll royal icing (?). Dot some edible pearls (or something similar) around the opening of the shoe, and possibly on the toe.

Popping on a cake board. Maybe put a Cinderella doll sitting beside the shoe (or maybe sitting on top of the shoe?)

I am not particularly skilled, but happy to give anything a try. I plan to to a dry run before the party.

What do you think?

These are mini ones but is this the kind of thing you are thinking?

Oh Skramble - these are PERFECT!

How did you find them?

I never thought of putting the slipper on top of a cake / cushion. Do you think they carved the slippers out of cake? I wonder what sort of icing that is?

Those are cup cakes, and I have no idea how to put it all together sorry.

Sounds lovely!

Another option would be a princess cake a la Nigella. Make a fairly deep round sponge cake, and wodge a Barbie doll into the cake up to her waist, so that the cake forms her big princess skirt. Make a little sugar paste bodice (think she suggests apricot jam to glue it on) and decorate skirt to your heart's content with jelly diamonds and pearls and smarties and....you get the idea!

I can't remember if she uses a special tin for the skirt, but I imagine you could possibly use an ovenproof pudding basin, or use a normal cake tin and do a bit of trimming to make the correct shape!

I think I'd be inclined to do her one of these princess cakes with the doll.
They have a mould for the dress here as well as doll picks....but I think the pyrex bowl idea in the first recipe would look great once decorated Cinderella dress.

Just an idea

Or what about a pillow cake with something like this on it

Barbie cake thread - check out iMum's pictures!

Or a very simple cake with these round the edge.

The barbie doll cakes look fab, but my DD was a bit traumatised watching the scary bit in Five Children and It a few weeks ago - when the horrid cousin put the doll in caustic soda, burning off her legs - I can just imagine the petrified screams of my DD at her party at seeing either a pick doll or a dismembered barbie, and the large bill for psychonalysis once she reaches adulthood.

I really like the suggestions of the shoes on a pillow - I may give these a try.

I will let you know how I get on.

I would find a pretend glass slipper or the like to save you modeling a shoe, unless you are a dab hand at that sort of thing that is

Or how about a princess castle - use plain square cakes for base and swiss rolls for towers, cover the lot in pink butter icing, decorate with pink wafer biscuits cut up for the batlements; purchase cinders and her pals from disney store to stand in front!

Great idea Clary . . . .

I like it.

OK - tomorrow I am going to visit the cake shop and tescos for accessories & ingredients. I will try out both a slipper on a cushion and a castle.

It is DH's 40th tomorrow - so his cake is going to be the product of my experiments!

LOL at dh possibly having a failed fairy castle for his 40th .

forgot ice cream cones on top of towers for turrets

A couple of pictures to inspire: pink one

flowers round the door

Thanks for the inspiration - I visited our local cake supplies shop yesterday & stocked up.

I spent part of this morning carving a shoe out of cake - it was looking pretty fantastic, and I had left it in pride of place on the counter . . . . to answer the phone . . . .

cue horror moment . . . .

I came back into the kitchen to find my 2 year old DS, standing on a chair, surrounded by a mound of crumbs.

Tomorrow, I am going to try out the castle plan.

LOL @ yr DS yearofthecat.. Shoe sounds great!

Have spent evening creating a swimming pool for DS1 tomorrow; actually pretty easy and Playmobil figures inc rubber ring add final touch!

Good luck with the castle.

Swimming pool sounds great!

Well I've done it - but I don't know how to add pictures to my profile.

I baked Nigella's Victoria sponge, but it ended up a bit flat and eggy. So in a panic I bought a few Victoria sponge's fro m M&S, and stacked them 1 1/2 high. Me & DD spent fun-filled hours last night icing and decorating.

Although I say it myself, it looks fantastic (bling and OTT, but fantastic ). Thanks for the tip about the ice-cream cones for turrets.

I will try to get DH to load the photos on.

I think you should make one of The Cake Kit Company princess cakes. Have a look at this cool on-line party website - The Party Times which has a whole theme dedicated to having a princess party. The kits are amazing and look really professional! Check the site out www.partypieces.co.uk/thepartytimes/?p=1858