American Baker in Germany

 This cake was a commission. I haven't had a commission in so long that I was really excited to make it. This ended up the most epic cake I have ever made. So excited about it! They wanted a Disney themed cake with lots of different films featured, but they specifically wanted Tarzan and Lion King on it as well as lots of princesses. This was for their daughter's birthday. Even though she couldn't have a party this year, she really wanted a nice cake. I made a list of possible films I could feature on the cake and eventually chose 10: Lion King, Tarzan, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Frozen, Moana, and Rapunzel. I made a few sketches before I began, although I ended up changing my mind later, but this was part of the creative process. I modeled a shoe out of gum paste and covered it with white luster dust so it sparkled a bit. Cinderella's shoe. I also modeled a red apple with a brown stem and a bit out of one side. Sn...

This post is neither supported nor affiliated with the Disney Corporation. It fulfills the requirements to be user generated content.  Being the mother of two girls, we own every possible princess movie ever made. I'm convinced. So, I decided I wanted to make a princess cake. But why stop at one? Let's do four princesses. I decided to make what I would consider the classic princesses: Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Beast. The first thing that I needed to do, was make the toppers and allow them to dry completely before using them. I made an apple and a red bow for Snow White. I made a red rose for Beauty and the Beast.   I made a crown for Sleeping Beauty and a glass slipper for Cinderella. The crown I painted with gold luster dust mixed with alcohol after it had dried completely. The glass slipper, I coated with white sanding sugar.  Then I frosted my six-inch round chocolate cake with cookie butter buttercream. I used my spatula ...