BELL
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This cake was made for Tristan to celebrate her successfull roll as Bell in a Beauty and the Beast ballet recital on June 08, 2007.  She is the daughter of my friends and colleagues, Shawna and Ryan Upp.
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DESIGN
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I simply had to research what Bell looked like, since it has been so many years since I was a kid myself.  Then it was just a matter of mimicking the details.
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CAKE
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The cake is made from the famous "Chocolate Blackout Cake" recipe by Margaret Braun.  
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FILLING
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There is no filling
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ICING
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The cake is iced with a thin layer of decorator's buttercream and covered in white chocolate rolled fondant, colored yellow.
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DECORATION
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 The skirt is made from a mold specifically designed for this purpose (from Wilton).  It comes with a doll pick, but it was so ugly and old-fashioned, that I promptly got rid of it when I bought the mold 7 years ago.  I used a real barbi doll instead and simply baked another 8" round cake to fit under the skirt cake so that the doll is proportional with the skirt.  I used an apple corer to make a space for her in the middle of the cake, legs and all.  The details are made with piped buttercream with a few gold dragees here and there.
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