Australian Women’s Weekly Dolly Varden Cake

1.Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease dolly varden pan well.

2.Make cake according to directions on packet; pour mixture into pan. Bake about 1 hour. Stand cake in pan 5 minutes before turning onto wire rack to cool completely.

3.Make butter cream: Place butter in a small bowl of electric mixer; beat until butter is as white as possible, gradually add about half the icing sugar, beating constantly. Add milk gradually, then gradually beat in the remaining icing sugar; mixture should be smooth and easy to spread with spatula.

4.Spread butter cream all over cake. Gently push doll down into cake to waist level.

5.Halve marshmallows; press marshmallows, cut-side down, alternating pink and white, all over ‘skirt’, starting from the bottom. Wind ribbon around doll’s body to represent bodice, tie at the back in a large bow. Position flower at waist.