And I mean gargantuan!
This is a 2.1-meter (almost seven feet) tall Barbie Chocolate Mud Cake. It was fashioned by French pastry chef Jean-Michel Raynaud to celebrate the famous doll’s 50th birthday last March 9, 2009. It was displayed on the First Fleet Steps at the Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia. Stories on Yahoo and Telegraph HERE and HERE. (WHAT is her hair made of?!?)
Can you imagine how many hours this Amazonian feat took? The pounds of sugar, the bags of flour? And I imagine that, unless you’re Hannibal Lecter, the eating of the whole thing would be quite disturbing!
This piece of somewhat odd culinary news reminds me of a cake I’ve always wanted to make—a Barbie cake, but on a smaller scale—like this:
I love how borderline kitchsy it is! There’s a ready-made mold for the skirt part that resembles a bowl, like the ones HERE. You bake batter in it, invert it and stick the Barbie on top before decorating. I’ve also seen versions were several graduating layers of cake are filled with frosting and stacked, then shaped like a dome to take the shape of Barbie’s poofy skirt. I want to make one with fondant!
HERE are some helpful links on how to make your own Barbie cake:
The last one has this hilarious warning: Do NOT bake the cake with the Barbie in it! (Seriously?!?) 
Dream Glow Barbie was my favorite growing up, with Magic Moves Barbie as a close second. Dream Glow had this poofy pink gossamer dress that had glow-in-the-dark stars, and a pink parasol that did the same.
Unfortunately, my Dream Glow met her untimely end by being mangled into an unidentifiable rubbery mess in our German Shepherd’s mouth. I found her with her head chewed off and one of her feet hanging off the rest of her body under my parents’ dresser. I bawled for days! I want to try and hunt one down on eBay. In the meantime, I hunted down this TV commercial from the ’80s of my favorite Barbie and found that I can still sing along to it!
And by the way, Barbie’s 50 years old. That officially makes her a cougar. Haha! 
Now to find a little girl who wouldn’t mind an experimental Barbie cake for her birthday!
March 11th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
I loved Peaches ‘n Cream barbie.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3432/3244464727_3c7195bbd8.jpg
Oh man, I want to post something Barbie!!!
My grandma baked my sister and myself Barbie cakes. She did it twice! Once was similar to the pic above, with her dress as part of the cake. The other time the Barbies were just sitting pretty on the cake. Oooh memories.
That giant cake Barbie is disturbing. *L*
March 11th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
That is one ginormous Barbie cake!! I find it kinda creepy hehe.
I’ve been thinking of making one of those small Barbie cakes, too. I think it would be fun to dress her up with frosting and sprinkles and whatnot, giving her a different look everytime
March 12th, 2009 at 12:43 am
That’s huge! Here in UAE, they discourage the parents from buying barbie dolls for their kids for some morality issues. They have an Arabic version of Barbie and Ken instead.
March 12th, 2009 at 1:35 am
“Now to find a little girl who wouldn’t mind an experimental Barbie cake for her birthday!”
You know, Thérèse will be turning a year old later this year and I am sure she would love it if her Tita J baked a nice cake for her…
March 12th, 2009 at 2:38 am
Hi Nang J,
Yup I remember that Dream Glow barbie and now that we are older I can now confess that I used to secretly envy you for having her and for having a vast collection of barbie dolls. I remember looking at that doll longingly and wishing that her dress could be transformed into a bigger version which I could then wear
March 12th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Toni
Maybe that’s why you like peaches so much!
- Peaches N’ Cream was a beauty, but I never had her.
Mimi
- It IS kinda creepy, no? You totally have the chops to make a Barbie cake!
Wits
- How interesting (about Barbie & Ken in UAE). I wonder how they look like!
Junby
- Ang layo niyo! Ano besh. Hehe. I’d like to try, but you guys are so far away and I’ll have to bake and decorate in the familiar war zone that is my kitchen. But, we’ll see!
Tschack
- Practically all those Barbies were chewed into oblivion by Gringo, king of German Shepherds. You on the other hand, took way better care of your toys, and I’m still pining for a Fisher Price dollhouse like the one you had!
March 17th, 2009 at 1:00 am
loved barbie too! my fave was peaches and cream. she was just sooo pretty! my sis gave ‘my first barbie’ a mohawk. wahahaha!
March 20th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
You know, I can do this pose…