DIY a couple of lovely Autumn cakes!

An Orange Spice, Pound Cake topped
with red berries.

        On the left, is our doll's orange spice pound cake. I recycled a vintage JELLO, mold to make the body of this cake. The oldest molds are made of metal and not so easy to unmold contents from so, I felt no guilt when using the tin for a doll cake ultimately. I sanded the outside of it's surface lightly and then painted it a warm, spicy brown color that looks very close to the real thing. 

       In order to mimic vanilla icing, I layered several coats of white puffy paint wherever I thought most aesthetically pleasing. While the puffy paint had not yet dried, I pushed some tiny artificial, red berries into the faux icing. 

       To make a nice sized plate for the cake use a recycled tin bottom from a can or you could use a plastic lid if these are easier for you to come by. Cover whichever recycled item you have with tacky white craft glue and decorative paper. 

       I glued my spice cake directly on top of the platter and then pasted additional red berries around the faux Autumnal cake for display in our large dollhouse during the Fall season. A cake like this also makes a lovely Thanksgiving dessert display. 

       Our second Autumn themed cake is two tiered, with white vanilla icing and fondant shaped fall colored leaves. Each leaf is painted in brilliant reddish-orange colors. The top edges are accented with Styrofoam beads. 

       This cakes two tears are two bottle caps stacked on top of each other, held in place with tacky craft glue. 

       Layer on Mod Podge to seal both desserts so that these will remain cleaner and stronger longer.

This classic, two tier, vanilla cake is decorated
with tumbling fall leaves.

See how other doll crafters make Fall cakes:

• Autumn cakes by Always Dolls
• Froggy makes miniature bundt cakes for her doll displays