Hey May Arts Ribbon lovers! Todays post was kind of an accident how it all came together. My niece asked for a Barbie cake with cherries on it. When I went to make the bowl type dress I couldn’t find the pan so in a pinch I decided to use a loaf pan. After a brainstorming session I thought Barbie having a bath would work just fine. It actually worked well because the ‘water’ in the tub is the cherry filling she loves.  For a caterer icing and I don’t get along all that well so the addition of May Arts Ribbon really brought this cake from blah to ta-dah!

I used purple grosgrain dots to hold her hair up out of the water and crush to keep things appropriate.

To give the base of the cake a little sparkle I wrapped the cake with a strand of pink string beads and a bath mat to dry her cherry dipped toes from wired braided ribbon. The Happy Birthday sign is wrapped in blue grosgrain and with a cute blue bakers twine bow.

The bath poof is made from pink wired pom poms and a small piece of paper cord.

This cake was a super easy to create and is a great DIY project for the beginner baker.  Plus, it will save you about $30 from a traditional supermarket Barbie cake!

Blog post by: Virginia Fynes

May Arts Ribbon Used:

• 437  String Beads

• BW 1″ Wired Braid

• 412 Baker’s Twine

• 420 Paper Cord

• DD 5/8″ Grosgrain Polka Dots

• PM 3/8″ Wired Pom Poms

PR 1.5″ Textured Lines

Other Supplies Used:

• Loaf Pan, Cake-baking supplies, Icing
• Barbie (no clothes)
• Drinking straw cut to resemble faucets
• Stampin’ Up birthday stamp