Doll Party Cake

2 packages (18.5 oz, each) cake mix, any flavor (plus all ingredients needed for mix)
4 cups prepared frosting
Doll pick cake decoration, 7 inches*
Ribbons, lace, tulle, straight pins and craft flowers

For cake, preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour Pampered Chef’s Classic Batter Bowl. Prepare one cake mix according to package directions. Pour batter into bowl. Bake 1 hour, 10 min (or 1 hr 15 min) or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Remove to cooling rack. Cool 15 min. Loosen cake and gently turn out onto cooling rack. Cool 3 hours. Repeat with remaining cake mix to make a second cake.

To assemble cake, trim off rounded bottoms of cake to level. Slice off 2 inches from large end of one cake and arrange on serving platter to serve as bottom of doll’s skirt. (Wrap and freeze unused top portion of first cake for later use).

Frost sides and top of cake on platter; top with second cake. Frost second cake. Wrap top of doll with ribbon or lace, secure in back with pins. Insert doll into cake. Decorate skirt as desired. Refrigerate cake until ready to serve. To serve, remove doll and cut into slices with serrated knife.

Yield: 16 servings.

*[Doll picks (the top half of a doll on a stick) can be purchased at craft stores or stores that carry cake decorating supplies.]