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Are you excited to dive into the world of holiday baking and decorating? Camp Cake is here, and we're offering early bird pricing for a limited time. This year's theme is all about fondant and creating stunning cakes that will make your friends and family green with envy. As one of our counselors, I'll be guiding you through the process of creating a show-stopping cake, and I'm thrilled to offer my exclusive holiday baking hat ebook absolutely free when you sign up for Camp Cake.

**Getting Started with Fondant**

We're starting off by working with fondant, a pliable sugar dough that can be molded and shaped into various forms. For this project, we'll be using the lightest shade of Aqua to create a beautiful gown. I roll out the fondant to an eighth of an inch thick and make sure it's big enough to drape over the entire cake. The exact color I used is available in the description below for those who want to replicate the look.

**Smoothing and Folding the Fondant**

The first thing I do with fondant is try to smooth out any air that remains between the fondant and the cake, and smooth away all of the folds in the fondant. However, this time around, I'm not doing that – I want to accentuate the folds in the fondant because it will make it look more like fabric. Working very gently, I pull the fondant away from the dress and create some more folds, making sure not to tear the fondant. The result is a beautiful, flowing gown that's perfect for our Barbie doll.

**Softening the Edges**

Once I've trimmed the edges of the fondant, I use a sharp pairing knife in a wavy pattern to give it natural flow around the dress. To soften the edges even further, I smooth them out with my fingertips and pinch them between my fingertip and my thumb to make them look thinner. If there are any cracks at the top of the skirt, I fill them in with some fondant paste made from Aqua fondant and water.

**Chilling and Preparing for Painting**

With the skirt complete, I pop the cake into the fridge to chill and prepare it for painting. This is where things get a little nervous – I've never actually painted an ombre before! But I'm confident in my skills, and with a bit of clear food-grade alcohol diluted with food coloring, I'm ready to create a stunning effect.

**Painting the Ombre Effect**

I begin by painting a darker line around the perimeter of the bottom of the gown using the same brush and clear food-grade alcohol. To create a lighter shade of that color, I dilute the paint again and apply it upwards, blending the colors together to create a seamless ombre effect. Once this layer is dry, I mix some Pearl luster with light blue Pearl luster and clear food-grade alcohol to make well-pearly paint.

**Adding Final Touches**

I use my pearl paint to add a touch of elegance to the gown, brushing it from top to bottom to create a beautiful, shimmering effect. Once this layer is dry, I go back and paint some more Pearl just at the top of her gown to perfect the ombre. With the gown complete, it's time to dress up our Barbie doll – I make her a gumpaste top and then wrap her legs in plastic wrap to make it food-safe.

**The Final Result**

Barbie is now ready to be dressed in her beautiful gown, which perfectly complements her stunning bodice. To ensure the fondant flows beautifully with the bodice, I use a wet paint brush to blend out the seams. And that's it – our Barbie doll is looking like a million bucks in this gorgeous holiday outfit. Thanks for joining me on this creative journey, and don't forget to subscribe to the Camp Cake channel for more fun and festive baking tutorials!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwelcome back to how to cake it I'm Yolanda and today we are getting into the holiday spirit because Holiday Barbie is in the kitchen apparently she likes cake as much as I do thanks to Mattel for supporting and collaborating with me on this video I'm going to recreate the 2016 Holiday Barbie gown out of buttery vanilla cake Italian mering buttercream and fondant I dyed 8 lbs of my vanilla cake different shades of Aqua to create an ombre effect once my cakes are removed from their pans I level them and remove the caramelization from the bottom of each layer if you'd like to see how I divided my batter and exactly how I dyed it head tohake it.com now it's time to simple syrup all of my cakes with the help of s squeeze if you still don't know what simple syrup is and how it works there's a link below to a tutorial video and you can pick up Sir squee's costume at had toa.com now that all of the simple syrup has soaked into my cakes I'm going to use a circle cutter to cut out the center of all five cakes I used a ruler surprise to find the exact center of each one of my cakes time to fill and stack all of my cakes with a timmering buttercream I used a small offset spatula and I tried to avoid getting buttercream on the inside of all the circles I cut from the center as you're stacking your cakes you want to make sure that all of the circles line up when you look down to form one tunnel what am I talking about one secret chamber Oran insert secret chamber music yes I chilled my cake until the buttercream firmed up and now it's time to start carving a gown somebody should have told me to dress up Joselyn I begin carving my cake into an a-line shape making sure to remove all the caramelization from the sides of all my Cakes as I go you want to make sure that the cake at the top will fit her waist nicely get me my hat to cake it gown it's in the Gown closet we have a gown closet yeah it's right next to the t-shirt and apron closet there's nothing in it right now obviously now you can see the Ombre effect of the cakes being revealed I kept the lightest shade of Aqua at the top and the darkest at the bottom she is beautiful inside and out Barbie's gown flows and has movement so I want my cake to look the same I use my large serrated knife to Make Some Cuts what is this vertically yes all the way around making sure not to make them perfect and the same size I know I know I didn't use a ruler I just went with the flow get it the Gown has flow until we perfect our hatak gown line you can pick up this Santa's little baker apron at hat.com and it also comes in a kid size yay yay Jon will be perfect for you it's time to crumb coat and chill so I first start by applying a thin layer of my Italian mering buttercream with my small offset spatula I usually have a bit of a faster Tempo when I do the crumb coat and chill dance but I just want to keep the dress intact so I just waltzed her just swayed with her over to the fridge if you want to do the crumb coat and chill dance with me live in real time you can sign up for Camp cake it's now open for registration at had.com Camp cake is on December 10th and it's a live stream holiday baking camp I'm going to be your counselor early bird pricing only lasts for a couple more days so head to hat.com when you sign up for Camp cake you get my holiday baking hats ebook absolutely free I will be there okay so you know what here's what I'm proposing you and I are going to have a crumb Co chill dance sa oh and everyone at cam cake can participate show us your m moves it's time for fondant and I started by dying my fondant the lightest shade of Aqua I roll my fondant out to an eighth of an inch thick and make sure that it is big enough to drape over the entire cake for the exact color I used there is a link in the description below this fondant has now become the fabric of her gown usually the first thing I do is try and smooth out any air that remains between the fondant and the cake and smooth away all of the folds in the fondant but this time I'm not doing that I want to accentuate the folds in the fondant because it will make it look more like fabric working very gently I pull the fondant away from the dress and create some more folds making sure not to tear the fondant this fondant now has lots of movement I use a sharp pairing knife in kind of like a wavy pattern working all the way around on the dress to give it natural flow now I want to soften the edges of the fondant that I just trimmed and I do this by smoothing it with my fingertip as well as pinching it between my fingertip and my thumb just to make it look thinner If you experience any cracking at the top of her skirt you can make yourself a little bit of fondant paste with your Aqua fondant and some water and just fill those cracks in before painting once I'm happy with her skirt I put the cake in the fridge to chill and prepare to paint this lovely gown I'm a little nervous because I've never actually painted an ombre I used the same food coloring that I used to dye my cakes and my fondant and diluted it with a bit of clear food grade alcohol I begin by painting a darker line around the perimeter of the bottom of the Gown perimeter I use circumference a lot on this show I don't think I've used perimeter I don't think so I need to make a cake where I can say isos let's do it now to create a lighter shade of that color I did the same brush just into clear food grade alcohol and begin to brush that dark line of color up on the dress you want to just keep doing this keep blending your color upward so that it's going from darkest to lightest I'm going to let this layer of paint dry and in the meantime I'm going to mix some Pearl luster some light blue pearl luster and some clear food grade alcohol to make well pearly paint I used the same light blue luster to make my snow cake in my holiday baking hex ebook you can buy my ebook there's a link in the description below but don't forget you get it absolutely free when you sign up for Camp cake going to apply my pearl paint to the Gown brushing from top to bottom this time I let this pearl paint dry and then I went back and painted some more Pearl just just at the top of her gown I just really wanted to perfect the Ombre making sure the gown was darker at the bottom and lighter at the top to prepare Barbie for her gown I made her a little gumpaste top and then I wrapped her legs in plastic wrap to make it food safe Barbie is ready to be dressed please step into your gown Barbie let me help you gently place your Barbie into the cake make sure not to get cake on her toes she doesn't like that once she's in her gown you can use your fingertips to gently smooth the fondant up towards her waist this dress has to be the perfect fit one of the best things about this Barbie is that she comes with the most beautiful detailed bodice I'm now going to place her bodice back on her now I want to make sure that her bodice and the fondant really flow together so I'm just going to use a wet paint brush and blend out the seams not only is Barbie dressed up in this beautiful gown she comes in the most beautiful snow globe Packaging I come in an apron in a kitchen with a ponytail thank you for watching how to cake it please subscribe to this Channel and thanks again to Mattel for supporting and collaborating with me on this video check out barbie.com or click the link below let me know in the comments which 2016 Holiday Barbie is your favorite now if you'll excuse me I've got to get back to designing the how to cake it gown line see you lat laterwelcome back to how to cake it I'm Yolanda and today we are getting into the holiday spirit because Holiday Barbie is in the kitchen apparently she likes cake as much as I do thanks to Mattel for supporting and collaborating with me on this video I'm going to recreate the 2016 Holiday Barbie gown out of buttery vanilla cake Italian mering buttercream and fondant I dyed 8 lbs of my vanilla cake different shades of Aqua to create an ombre effect once my cakes are removed from their pans I level them and remove the caramelization from the bottom of each layer if you'd like to see how I divided my batter and exactly how I dyed it head tohake it.com now it's time to simple syrup all of my cakes with the help of s squeeze if you still don't know what simple syrup is and how it works there's a link below to a tutorial video and you can pick up Sir squee's costume at had toa.com now that all of the simple syrup has soaked into my cakes I'm going to use a circle cutter to cut out the center of all five cakes I used a ruler surprise to find the exact center of each one of my cakes time to fill and stack all of my cakes with a timmering buttercream I used a small offset spatula and I tried to avoid getting buttercream on the inside of all the circles I cut from the center as you're stacking your cakes you want to make sure that all of the circles line up when you look down to form one tunnel what am I talking about one secret chamber Oran insert secret chamber music yes I chilled my cake until the buttercream firmed up and now it's time to start carving a gown somebody should have told me to dress up Joselyn I begin carving my cake into an a-line shape making sure to remove all the caramelization from the sides of all my Cakes as I go you want to make sure that the cake at the top will fit her waist nicely get me my hat to cake it gown it's in the Gown closet we have a gown closet yeah it's right next to the t-shirt and apron closet there's nothing in it right now obviously now you can see the Ombre effect of the cakes being revealed I kept the lightest shade of Aqua at the top and the darkest at the bottom she is beautiful inside and out Barbie's gown flows and has movement so I want my cake to look the same I use my large serrated knife to Make Some Cuts what is this vertically yes all the way around making sure not to make them perfect and the same size I know I know I didn't use a ruler I just went with the flow get it the Gown has flow until we perfect our hatak gown line you can pick up this Santa's little baker apron at hat.com and it also comes in a kid size yay yay Jon will be perfect for you it's time to crumb coat and chill so I first start by applying a thin layer of my Italian mering buttercream with my small offset spatula I usually have a bit of a faster Tempo when I do the crumb coat and chill dance but I just want to keep the dress intact so I just waltzed her just swayed with her over to the fridge if you want to do the crumb coat and chill dance with me live in real time you can sign up for Camp cake it's now open for registration at had.com Camp cake is on December 10th and it's a live stream holiday baking camp I'm going to be your counselor early bird pricing only lasts for a couple more days so head to hat.com when you sign up for Camp cake you get my holiday baking hats ebook absolutely free I will be there okay so you know what here's what I'm proposing you and I are going to have a crumb Co chill dance sa oh and everyone at cam cake can participate show us your m moves it's time for fondant and I started by dying my fondant the lightest shade of Aqua I roll my fondant out to an eighth of an inch thick and make sure that it is big enough to drape over the entire cake for the exact color I used there is a link in the description below this fondant has now become the fabric of her gown usually the first thing I do is try and smooth out any air that remains between the fondant and the cake and smooth away all of the folds in the fondant but this time I'm not doing that I want to accentuate the folds in the fondant because it will make it look more like fabric working very gently I pull the fondant away from the dress and create some more folds making sure not to tear the fondant this fondant now has lots of movement I use a sharp pairing knife in kind of like a wavy pattern working all the way around on the dress to give it natural flow now I want to soften the edges of the fondant that I just trimmed and I do this by smoothing it with my fingertip as well as pinching it between my fingertip and my thumb just to make it look thinner If you experience any cracking at the top of her skirt you can make yourself a little bit of fondant paste with your Aqua fondant and some water and just fill those cracks in before painting once I'm happy with her skirt I put the cake in the fridge to chill and prepare to paint this lovely gown I'm a little nervous because I've never actually painted an ombre I used the same food coloring that I used to dye my cakes and my fondant and diluted it with a bit of clear food grade alcohol I begin by painting a darker line around the perimeter of the bottom of the Gown perimeter I use circumference a lot on this show I don't think I've used perimeter I don't think so I need to make a cake where I can say isos let's do it now to create a lighter shade of that color I did the same brush just into clear food grade alcohol and begin to brush that dark line of color up on the dress you want to just keep doing this keep blending your color upward so that it's going from darkest to lightest I'm going to let this layer of paint dry and in the meantime I'm going to mix some Pearl luster some light blue pearl luster and some clear food grade alcohol to make well pearly paint I used the same light blue luster to make my snow cake in my holiday baking hex ebook you can buy my ebook there's a link in the description below but don't forget you get it absolutely free when you sign up for Camp cake going to apply my pearl paint to the Gown brushing from top to bottom this time I let this pearl paint dry and then I went back and painted some more Pearl just just at the top of her gown I just really wanted to perfect the Ombre making sure the gown was darker at the bottom and lighter at the top to prepare Barbie for her gown I made her a little gumpaste top and then I wrapped her legs in plastic wrap to make it food safe Barbie is ready to be dressed please step into your gown Barbie let me help you gently place your Barbie into the cake make sure not to get cake on her toes she doesn't like that once she's in her gown you can use your fingertips to gently smooth the fondant up towards her waist this dress has to be the perfect fit one of the best things about this Barbie is that she comes with the most beautiful detailed bodice I'm now going to place her bodice back on her now I want to make sure that her bodice and the fondant really flow together so I'm just going to use a wet paint brush and blend out the seams not only is Barbie dressed up in this beautiful gown she comes in the most beautiful snow globe Packaging I come in an apron in a kitchen with a ponytail thank you for watching how to cake it please subscribe to this Channel and thanks again to Mattel for supporting and collaborating with me on this video check out barbie.com or click the link below let me know in the comments which 2016 Holiday Barbie is your favorite now if you'll excuse me I've got to get back to designing the how to cake it gown line see you lat later\n"