I used a giant cupcake cake-pan and used the top part on half of the bottom part to get the shape of the dress. I frosted with butter cream and then colored a dark purple ball of fondant and rolled it out in a long strip. then I cut about 2" wide and ruffled around the bottom of the cake. Then I stuck my finger in each little ruffle and made it look like it was flipping upward. Then i colored another purple fondant ball but added extra red to start fading to pink. rolled it out, cut 2" wide and ruffled it just above the dark purple fondant. I worked the ruffles before going on to the next color and so on. The lightest pink top layer of ruffles completely covers the cake and frosting. ( I still do not have the barbie top in the cake yet to keep the look of her waist and hips!!)

***Once you close up the top of the cake (the dress from the waist down) add the barbie. (if you add her too soon, you lose her waist line and her hips-which is what makes a barbie a barbie- right?)

Then i rolled out a little bit of fondant for the top half of the dress and cut a sorta long stretched out heart shape but flat on the bottom instead of pointy and wrapped it around her. i trimmed the back as needed for it to fit her. and added a little strip of fondant for a ribbon around her waist (to hide the crease between the top and bottom of the dress. and then added a bow. then i made a crown.

I usually spray butter flavored pam on fondant after i am done and then go over it with a paint brush to avoid it looking speckled. I was out of pam so i melted a thin slice of unsalted butter and I painted on pearl spray too!!