has anyone made a barbie cake?

[drako]

I want to make a barbie cake for DDs birthday. She is into princesses so I want to make it a princess. I have a pampered chef batter bowl and found a recipe on Allrecipes. Should I do a test run? We aren't big dessert eaters so if I don't have to do test run, I would rather not so it doesn't go to waste. But I hate to do it without trying it first and have trouble for the actual party. Any BTDT and advice?

[katydid1971]

The hard part is the frosting. If you have good frosting skills I think you are OK if not I would start by just making up a batch of frosting and practicing the little starts on a sheet of parchment paper.