The story about Beauty and the Beast continues to captivate the imagination of little girls. Girls are also fascinated with the fashion possibilities of Barbie Dolls. If you add this fascination with Belle of Beauty and the Beast to their favorite Barbie Doll, the sum would be a Belle birthday cake of course! This birthday cake adds a lot of sparkle and magic to many a young girl's birthday celebration.

It probably comes from the fact that Belle is an example of the proverbial girl-next-door-becomes-princess type of character, a secret fantasy of little girls. She is also like Cinderella, who rose from the kitchen ashes to marry the prince of her fondest dreams. The cake itself is a three-dimensional representation of that dream and that popular story otherwise viewed only on the computer screen. That is the reason why such a cake seems to bring a kind of magic into someone's birthday. What are the ingredients that go into a Belle birthday cake? Many of the items needed to make this cake are simply sweet and fabulous.

The main decoration is of course is a Barbie doll. She would be standing in a regal hoop-skirt gown right in the middle of the cake. Her skirt, however, can be made of edible material like  yellow marshmallow fondant.  If you plan to make your own homemade birthday cake, any kind of cake can serve as her base. For instance, two layers of round chiffon cake, chocolate cake or butter cake can be the base where Belle will stand. Any muffin recipe can also be used as long as a large cake pan is used when baking. The icing for this base is special. Butter cream icing should cover the entire base or stage where Belle will be standing. The rest of the cake can be decorated with baby pink, yellow and baby blue flowers. Many cake decorating tips and cake recipes are available online so making a Belle birthday cake at home should be fun and easy.

There are other versions of this Beauty and the Beast – inspired birthday cake. Some of them have the image of Belle drawn on the surface of the cake instead of a Barbie doll decoration. Other cakes are decorated with a Barbie doll wearing a yellow or blue gown made of real fabric and not of marshmallow fondant. Any version will surely bring excitement and happiness to a little girl during her birthday party.