I need to make a cinderella cake for my niece next week. I bought the cinderella barbie doll. My question is how do you get the doll into the wondermold after you bake the cake. I plan on leaving her dress on her and wrapping her in saran wrap. Would I just cut a hole in in the middle of the cake and then shove her in it? I plan on covering the cake with modeling chocolate. Do you think this will taste good and be alright for a bunch of kids? And how many will it serve? TIA
Kim
When I did a cinderella cake for a friends granddaughter, she bought the Cinderella Barbie. I took the dress of so I wouldn't have to cut a big hole in the cake. I gave the dress to the grandma to hold on to. I did wrap the body in saran wrap so the icing wouldn't ruin the doll. I had to bake a round layer to put under the wondermold cake so that it would be high enough to suit the doll. I cut the hole at an angle so the hips would just fit into the cake without wriggle room. Good luck & post pics.
I slipped the barbie into a paper towel roll that was wrapped and placed that in the cake (i used a paper towel roll to "cut" the hole first). I took the clothes off of the barbie too so she wouldn't take up too much room. I also had to use a cake beneath the wonder mold to make the cake tall enough.
Debbie
did you have to put dowels in the bottom cake? I have never done a stacked cake before.
I didn't use any dowels in mine. It was just a single layer round (2")under the wondermold. I just used buttercream between.
Debbie
Another suggestion is to take the head off the Barbie you bought and put it onto the Wilton doll pick. You can always put it back on the doll after the cake is cut.
THAT IS WHAT I JUST DID LAST WEEKEND. THE BARBIE'S CLOTHES I HAD DIDN'T COME OFF, SO I HAD NO WAY TO USE ALL OF HER. SHE HAD 8 GIRLS AND OVER HALF THE CAKE LEFT! WONDERMOLD ONLY, NO LAYER UNDERNEATH. HTH
Another suggestion is to take the head off the Barbie you bought and put it onto the Wilton doll pick. You can always put it back on the doll after the cake is cut.
Unless they are making Barbie different these days .... about 15 years ago a neighborhood brat pulled the head off my daughter's Barbie and I could NOT get the head back on the doll. She had a BIG ball at the top of her neck!
As to your question about using modeling chocolate to cover the cake ... I don't know anything about it; but I think you should frost it in buttercream THEN put the chocolate on top of that. I know that's what is done with fondant.
Another suggestion is to take the head off the Barbie you bought and put it onto the Wilton doll pick. You can always put it back on the doll after the cake is cut.
Unless they are making Barbie different these days .... about 15 years ago a neighborhood brat pulled the head off my daughter's Barbie and I could NOT get the head back on the doll. She had a BIG ball at the top of her neck!
I'm making this very cake next month for my DD. So after reading this I snuck (is that a word?) into her room to test it out on her Cinderella Barbie...it worked! The ball isn't a ball anymore...some swivel neck thing with two little plastic bars to hold the head on. It slipped right onto the Wilton doll pick and right back on to Barbie. Yay!
Only problem is that I feel like I've been really cruel!
BTW ChrisJ...GREAT idea!
Awwe. I wish they made barbies like that 20 years ago. I had 4 older brothers... Does that tell you anything? lol
Make a small cake to put under the wondermold cake. I didn't think about that when I did my daughters barbie cake and I had to chop her legs off with hedge clippers to get her to fit in the cake.
Not my finest moment.
ha ha. That's worse than what my brothers did to mine. lol I bet that was hard to explain. hee hee
No more ball thingies - more like a christmas ornament hanger thing. Also, if you need more servings, just add another round layer to the bottom of the wondermold cake - it will make for a really nice full skirt.
Haven't tried modeling chocolate yet. I would venture to say that it is similar to fondant, though.
Mkolmar - I am still laughing picturing someone taking hedge clippers to a doll, and the surprise when the doll comes out footless!!! Sooo funny!!! 
Chocolate Clay is very tasty, and kids like sweet things. So I would say yes, it will go over well with the kids. But I would still put a base frosting down(buttercream) incase someone doesn't, and it will also help keep the choc clay in place! Good Luck with your cake, Jen
Oh no, the doll didn't come out footless. I got so tired of not chopping off enough and having to go back I just hacked at barbies theighs. Those rubber legs are not easy to cut off either--hence the hedge clippers!
My daughter asked what happened to Barbie when she managed to catch a glimpse of her getting pulled as quickly as possible out of the cake and then hid. I still have the Barbie too just in case my other DD decides she wants a cake like this. That way I won't have to sacrifice more Barbies!
Man, IF only I would have realized what someone posted earlier about their head not having that wierd ball thing there anymore! Poor Barbie would still have legs 
I won't have to sacrifice more Barbies!
A lot more expensive than a $2.99 Wilton Doll pick!
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