Here is the Princess Doll Cake I made recently for my daughter's birthday. Of course when I went to make it, I couldn't find the aluminum rod that goes down into the middle of the cake bowl. I looked and looked, getting pretty agitated, blaming the kids for taking absolutely every small item in the entire house and hiding it in completely unforeseeable places. Finally I gave up and decided to make my own with aluminum foil. It was the only thing I could think of. They're both aluminum, right? It would have to do! It worked well enough. And of course, as I was baking the cake, I found the real aluminum rod in my baking cupboard where I had put it to keep it safe from the kids....sorry, kids! Love you!
