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barbie standing guitar cake

Published: October 24, 2012 | Updated: November 12, 2019 | By Ashlee

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I was tickled when my friend Holly asked if I could make a cake for her daughters Barbie – The Princess & The Popstar Birthday Party!  When she asked if I could do a guitar cake I was even MORE excited!!!  How totally awesome!!!  You know me, I can’t just make a guitar cake… I have to make a STANDING guitar cake!

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I enlarged a guitar shape in photoshop and used it to draw an electric guitar shape in 3/4 in thick wood.  Then I cut it out with my jig saw!  My kids love the Barbie movies so I quickly bought the new one for “research” to get the shape of the guitar just like the one in the movie.

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once I cut it out I created shelves of more wood as well as built out the neck of guitar and covered it all with aluminum foil (we don’t want our cake/food touching raw wood!!!)  Then I added rice krispy treats to the bottom, cause it’s light weight, and “glued” it in place with ganache, royal icing works too.

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Then I started stacking the cake to the shape, also using Ganache to “glue” it together.  You can choose to stack it the way I did, from the back, or upright, from the shelves.  It took two oval cakes to get the right height, I barely had to carve any off the top!!!  It was perfect!

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To create the standing I screwed some metal corner brackets to the base (I used my jig saw and cut a star) and to the guitar shape.  THEN I bent it back to the angle I thought would work best (and not fall over).

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I covered the body of the guitar in purple, then sprayed it with a pearl sheen to glitter-fy it!  then added the fondant to the neck!  Time to add all the details!!!

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I dried fondant ovals to some covered wire and stuck them out the back for the string tighter’s.  To hold the string I screwed some, well, screws right through the fondant into the wood.

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on the other end I tied the string to some straight pins and shoved them right into the cake!

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I covered the screws with fondant and I left some of the string hanging out, to look more real.  I used upholstery string for the thickness.

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And covered the other end with more fondant!

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A close up of the details…

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And the full guitar!  I am still SOOO in love with how it turned out!!!  Eeeek!  I’d love love LOVE to create a realistic looking guitar, painting the fondant to look like real wood…  anyone NEED one?

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  1. Sarah

    October 25, 2012 at 8:10 am

    Well, if you need an excuse to make a cake, my birthday is in two weeks…

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    • Ashlee

      October 28, 2012 at 2:25 pm

      I’d love to make you a cake sometime~! I’m booked for the next few months sadly, maybe next year!

  2. Holly @ Paisley Petal Events

    October 27, 2012 at 10:09 am

    Ashlee, I can’t thank you enough for making this AMAZINGLY FABULOUS cake, seriously!! You are sooo talented sweet friend! xoxo Holly

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    • Ashlee

      October 28, 2012 at 2:45 pm

      you are so so SO welcome, it was such a pleasure and a total blast to create and do!

  3. Jessica @ Mom 4 Real

    October 29, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    Really cute…my little girl would love it!

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    • Ashlee

      November 23, 2012 at 5:25 pm

      thanks! I love how fun it turned out!

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