I recently went through all of my pictures and came across my daughter’s 5th birthday cake. And I remembered that I actually never posted this cake on my website. It was probably forgotten for a reason: I was not too happy with how it turned out, but everybody else at the party loved it. Most important, my daughter was happy about her ballerina cake.
Finished Ballerina Cake
After almost a year and several fondant cakes later I would like to share this cake with you, because it shows a learning process. It is such a great example of how much you can learn in cake decorating to make your cakes look beautiful.
This ballerina cake was my first fondant cake ever. I just watched some brief video online to have an idea of how to work with fondant, but I clearly had no clue. I also made the Marshmallow fondant myself which was a challenge the first time around. This process got a lot easier after making many batches of fondant and getting used to the sticky consistency. You just figure out tricks while you are working with it.
The cake itself is a four layer cake with two layers of vanilla and two layers of chocolate cake. In between is simple buttercream icing.
Vanilla and Chocolate Cake Layers with Vanilla Buttercream
After stacking all the cake layers I cut a wavy pattern into the top layer to make the tutu look more natural and give it some movement. I then inserted the ballerina Barbie, dirt iced and iced the cake.
Iced Cake with Barbie
I was happy how it tasted, but the fondant decorations certainly needed improvement. While covering the cake, the fondant ripped apart and I struggled to cover up the tears. In the picture that becomes very obvious. Now I am also aware that the fondant was way too dry.
Ballerina Cake covered in Fondant
I am happy that I took the Wilton classes, which taught me how to work with fondant properly. During the past year I made several fondant cakes and I am proud of the improvement.
I know that the following birthday cake for my older daughter, whatever theme she will chose this time, will be much more professional and neat looking than the last.
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