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Snow White Cake
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Snow White Doll Cake

This Snow White Doll Cake is the ultimate dessert for a Snow White Birthday Party. The skirt of Snow White's dress and the tree stump are made of chocolate cake and the cake the is decorated with edible moss and fondant flowers, mushrooms, and butterflies.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Dry Time 2 days
Total Time 2 days 3 hours 30 minutes
Servings 18
Author Meghan

Equipment

  • 1 Snow White doll
  • 1 Wilton Wonder Doll Cake Pan or a large oven-safe bowl
  • 2 9-inch round cake pans
  • 2 cake pan strips
  • 1 rectangular cardboard cake board 19x13-inches
  • 1 Small round piping tip like #7
  • woodland figures, optional
  • 1 small butterfly cookie cutter
  • 1 food dedicated paint palette
  • 1 food-safe paintbrush
  • Disposable piping bag
  • 1 large star tip like 2D or 1M

Ingredients

For the Fondant Decorations:

  • white fondant or gum paste
  • red, blue, and brown food coloring gel
  • 1 star sprinkle

For the Edible Moss:

  • store bought shortbread cookies
  • green food coloring gel

For the Cakes:

  • non-stick baking spray such as Pam for Baking
  • 2 batches Two Layer Chocolate Cake see note

For the Dark Chocolate Ganache Frosting:

  • 12 ounces 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate recommended: Ghirardelli
  • 2 cups heavy cream see note

For Cake Assembly:

  • 1 batch Easy Chocolate Buttercream see note
  • 3 batches Easy Vanilla Buttercream see note
  • yellow food coloring gel

Instructions

Make the Fondant Decorations:

  • Color some fondant with red food coloring gel.
  • To make the flowers, roll white and red fondant, separately, into thin layers with a small fondant rolling pin, using powdered sugar to prevent the fondant from sticking to the surface. Use a small flower cutter to cut out the flower shapes.
  • Shape the flowers using a gum paste tool to add some texture to the petals.
  • Use a small round piping tip, like a #7, to cut out round centers for the flowers. Attach these to the center of the flower using a small amount of water, buttercream, or royal icing.
    white fondant flowers on a white rack
  • To shape the mushrooms, start by molding the fondant in the shape of the rounded mushroom cap, either white or red, then add a piece for the stem.
  • For the red capped mushrooms, place white dots of fondant on top. The white mushrooms will be painted after dried.
    fondant mushrooms and a small round piping tip on a baking sheet
  • Allow the mushrooms to dry uncovered for several days at room temperature. After they are mostly dry, brush the surface of the white mushrooms with a little bit of brown food coloring gel using a food-safe paintbrush to represent dirt.
    white fondant mushrooms on a baking sheet
  • To make the butterflies, roll out white fondant and cut it with a small butterfly cutter.
  • Slightly fold the butterflies into V shapes and place them on the fondant drying rack to maintain the shape. Allow them to dry for several days until hard. Make a gold luster dust and Everclear or vodka suspension and paint the surface of the butterflies with liquid gold.
    gold painted fondant butterflies on a painters palette
  • Roll out a piece of red fondant and use a sharp knife to cut out a number corresponding to the child's age that will later be placed on the cake board. This is optional.
    a red fondant 5 on top of an edible moss covered board

Make the Edible Moss:

  • Place the shortbread cookies in a food processor and pulse until all of the pieces have turned to crumbs.
    a bag of store bought shortbread cookies
  • Transfer the crumbs to a medium bowl.
    shortbread crumbs in a metal bowl
  • Add a small amount of green food coloring and stir until all of the crumbs are the same color. Add a little more food gel if needed to achieve a moss-like color.
    shortbread crumbs tinted with green food coloring to look like moss
  • The edible moss can be made in advance and stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.

Bake the Cakes:

  • Spray a Princess Doll Cake Pan with non-stick baking spray.
    a Doll Dress Cake Pan with a rod in the center
  • Pour the batter for a two layer chocolate cake into the pan and bake according to package directions.
    chocolate cake batter in a Princess dress cake pan
  • Cool the cake in the pan for 20 minutes.
    a baked cake in a Princess dress cake pan
  • Invert the pan onto a cooling rack to remove the cake. Cool to room temperature.
    a unmolded domed cake on a cooling rack
  • Add cake baking strips to two 9-inch cake pans and spray them with nonstick baking spray.
    prepared round cake pans
  • Divide the batter for a two layer chocolate cake evenly between the pans.
    two round cake pans filled with chocolate cake batter
  • Bake the cakes according to recipe instructions. Cool them in the pans for 10 to 20 minutes.
    baked chocolate cakes in round cake pans cooling on a rack
  • Invert the cakes onto cooling racks and cool to room temperature.
    two round chocolate cakes on cooling racks
  • If not assembling the cooled cakes immediately, wrap them several times tightly in plastic wrap. Place the round cake in a gallon sized freezer bag. Use the other layer cake for another project or freeze. Store the domed cake and one round layer at room temperature for up to 2 days.

Make the Ganache Frosting:

  • Break the chocolate into pieces and process in a food processor until very fine.
    12 ounces 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate
  • Heat the cream to a boil and, with the processor motor running, pour it through the feed tube in a steady stream. Process a few seconds until smooth.
    2 cups heavy cream
    ganache in the bowl of a food processor
  • Transfer to a bowl and cool completely. It may take several hours to reach frosting consistency.
    ganache frosting in a metal bowl

Assemble the Cake:

  • Spread a layer of Easy Chocolate Buttercream or ganache frosting across the entire surface of the rectangular cake board.
  • Placed the 9-inch round cake in the upper left corner of the cake board and cover it with the ganache, then add some of the Chocolate Buttercream on the top that will be covered by the dress cake. Spread a little of the buttercream onto the sides of the round cake to give a little color variation for the stump.
    a cardboard cake board covered in Easy Chocolate Buttercream
  • Drag the tines of a fork across the surface of the stump to look like wood, making a knot in a few spots if desired.
  • Add mound of ganache on the right side toward the back to represent a little offshoot from the stump.
  • Place the domed cake centered on top of the stump.
    a dome of cake on top of a ganache covered single round cake layer
  • Cover the domed cake with a crumb coat of Easy Vanilla Buttercream.
  • Wrap Snow White's legs tightly in plastic wrap to protect them from the cake. Carefully slide her legs into the center hole of the cake until just below her waist hits the cake.
  • To make the bodice of the dress, tint some fondant two shades of blue with blue food gel.
  • Roll the darker blue fondant into a rectangle shape and cut the top front into a slight V shape for the neckline. Carefully press the fondant together in back. Add the lighter blue fondant sleeves, then cut out small red shapes to decorate the sleeves.
    up lose of Snow White's fondant bodice of her dress
  • For her white collar, roll out white fondant and cut a rounded half circle shape. Use a sharp knife to remove little sections until it fits around the back of Snow White's neck and looks like it attaches to the bodice of the dress.
  • Place a single star sprinkle in the middle of the bodice neckline to represent the medallion often seen on Disney Princess dresses.
  • Tint some Easy Vanilla Buttercream light yellow. Transfer the buttercream to a disposable buttercream fitted with a large star tip, like a 2D or 1M. Pipe large rosettes over the surface of the dress in an offset pattern.
  • Sprinkle the entire cake board with the edible moss, adding a little bit to the sides of the stump.
  • Place the fondant flowers and mushrooms around the stump. Place the gold butterflies on the stump and on the skirt of Snow White's dress.
    fondant mushrooms on the stump of a Snow White doll cake
  • Use small woodland figurines to decorate the cake board, if desired.
    a little table with a bird figurine on top
  • Place the red number of the child's age on the cake board, if using.

Notes

If you are using less than 53% cacao dark chocolate, reduce the amount of heavy cream to 1⅔ cups.
Two Layer Chocolate Cake recipe HERE
Easy Chocolate Buttercream recipe HERE
Easy Vanilla Buttercream recipe HERE
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