A Princess Cake for a Princess

So, my good friend's little girl was having her third birthday and I was asked to make the cake. Of course I was delighted. I was told it was going to be Cinderella themed. With that in mind I did a little sleuthing and found websites galore on women around this nation creating the cutest princess cakes I have ever seen. Unfortunately, due to helping a friend work a booth at our local artisan's fair all weekend I knew it would be a late Saturday night ;) I still was excited.
I prepped the doll on Friday, I purchased one of the Dritz Cake dolls and dressed here hair in a Cindrella chiffon tied with a blue ribbon, pierced her ears with blue gems, created a blue corset and black choker, and ofcourse blue gloves made from winding pearl cotton embroidery thread around her arms. It worked out fantastically.
Next was the baking and creating the cake. I saw from blogs that women didn't by the overpriced doll skirt cake pan and instead used pyrex or stainless steel bowls. I decided to do the same. I first made two 9" cakes, and then the bowl like cake for the top. I layered them with the baby girls favorite fruit, strawberries, and a fresh strawberry mousse I created. I then used my favorite icing, the light and airy italian meringue buttercream to cover the layers. Then using the sky blue Wilton cake dye I went about coloring the buttercream. Onto frosting the skirt and voila finished product. Please note it was 3am when I finished so I was a bit blurry eyed ;)
I wanted to let you know soon I will be showing my other fun crafts soon. Lately, I have shown my cake expereinces but soon soon I will start posting on my fun embroidery projects I have been obsessed with lately :)
Thanks for reading!