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Barbie
Wilton Cake Pan

Description: Here's a sturdy, aluminum, party cake pan from Wilton - Fun not just for adults, but for kids who want to help! It takes a regular-sized, 2 layer, box cake mix, any brand or flavor you like. When it's cooled, you can decorate it with colored buttercream frosting you make yourself, using piping bags and decorating tips by Wilton, which are usually available at department stores and chain craft stores like Hobby Lobby and Michaels. With ordinary care, you can use this pan for generations.

I've been making Wilton party cakes for over 30 years and with cake decorating, practice makes perfect. But it's not hard at all to make a good-looking cake the first time you try! And kids really enjoy helping! This particular pan is never used and comes with detailed baking and decorating instructions in English, French, and Spanish and in addition, it includes a reusable plastic Barbie face to put on the cake so that's one detail that'll always be perfect.

My tips?:

  • This pan doesn't have to be used just to make a Barbie head! Shaped the way it is, you can decorate it like a bell, or a bunch of flowers, or a hundred other things. You should be having fun and if you try something and it doesn't work out the first time, you still get a delicious cake to eat!

  • Before baking, grease the pan with shortening and then coat the shortening with flour. Let the baked cake cool completely and it usually comes out without breaking. If it does break, glue the pieces together with frosting and nobody will be the wiser.

  • The newly-baked cake will always have loose crumbs, so professional bakers smear on a coating of thin frosting they call a "crumb coat" and let it dry before proceeding. It glues all the crumbs down so they won't interfere with your decorating. This Barbie cake requires no shaping or cutting, other than leveling (if desired) but for cakes that do, I sometimes freeze the cake first.

  • Wilton makes special cardboard boards to place your cake on while decorating, but I just cut a piece of cardboard to the shape I want and cover it with tinfoil. That way, if you bring this cake to a party you don't have to bring anything home.

  • Wilton makes reusable plastic piping bags, and sheets of parchment paper that you can roll into a bag for one-time use. If you're going to have a lot of colors, the parchment paper is the way to go. I sometimes use a plastic bag with the corner cut out when I just have a little detail to finish up.

  • Speaking of colors, the liquid food coloring you get at the grocery store is fine (as is the vanilla or almond extract you'll use to make the frosting) but if you're going to make a lot of cakes, you're better off using the paste-type food coloring made by Wilton. Better variety of colors and easier to use.

  • Finally, buttercream frosting is simple to make and tastes great! But if you want chocolate frosting, use the ready-made type, like Duncan Hines or Pillsbury. They're like eating candy bars! You won't regret it.

  • Have fun and let the kids help with the decorating - And take pictures!

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  • Size: About 11" wide by 12" high.

  • Manufacturer: Wilton # 2105-6065, UPC# 070896860651, Made in China.

  • Condition: New and complete.  

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