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This cake is very simple to make but looks very effective, good for old and young alike. This one was for a 40th birthday! Start with a round cake; use a recipe that is quite firm so can be easily shaped. The cake needs to be quite thick so either use a fruit cake tin … Read more
I made this castle birthday cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday. She had a princess party theme and decided on a castle cake. To make the cake board I melted green molding wafers and spread that out over the appropriate areas and then covered that with green sugar. The path was done the same way … Read more
I actually got the idea of this princess castle cake off the internet from Birthday Express, but just the idea for the shape, the rest came from us. I wanted plenty of cake for the party so I prepared one normal box of cake mix and baked it in a well greased 9×13 size pan. … Read more
I compiled this cake castle from several different cake plans I found on the internet. I took two rectangular cakes, then a medium round cake, and a small round cake, and stacked them like that. Then I added cupcakes to the four corners and the center. This is when it got fun. I iced the … Read more
I offered to make a cake for my neighbor. If only I knew what I was getting myself into! As soon as she said “princess party” I started looking for castle birthday cakes. I wanted to incorporate the princess’ as much as I could so I started with a very simple castle cake. I used … Read more
My daughter asked for two cakes this year for her fifth birthday (one for her party with her friends and another for the family party). For her friend’s party she wanted a Princess castle cake, which I knew would be a challenge. I made several round chocolate cakes with icing in the center and stacked … Read more
I made this Disney castle cake for my neighbor’s daughter Harley. It is made with four cake mixes, regular ice cream cones and sugar ice cream cones. The towers are made by placing two regular cones end to end and then the sugar cone placed on top, upside down. I cut out fairy tale princesses … Read more
I am not a great decorator but when my grandson wanted a castle cake for his seventh birthday I had to get inventive. The cake is made of three 9 X 13 stacked layers made from one of my castle cake recipes. The additional walls are cut from cardboard (clean of course) that is iced … Read more
I made this castle birthday cake for my seven year old’s princess party. I used one of the castle cake recipes that I found on this site and made four cakes of varying sizes. I frosted the bottom layer then added the middle tier which I had already frosted on a round cardboard piece. I … Read more
The idea for this Castle cake came from doing another castle cake just the week prior. I decided to have a little more fun with it and the kids really love to help. I used a 15x11x2 pan for the bottom layer of the castle. This pan works best with 2 boxes of cake mix. … Read more
I wanted to make a beautiful cake for my daughter’s second birthday. I had looked at a lot of castle cake ideas, and most were pretty small scale or pre-fab. This was my first attempt at a themed cake. I learned a lot, and if I were to do it again, I am sure it … Read more
I really enjoyed making this Disney princess castle cake for my daughter’s fifth birthday. It was my first attempt and it was so easy to do! I used four boxed cakes (total). I baked two 10″x10″ pans and sandwiched them, two 6″ circles and four cupcakes. I used another box to make the “grass” cupcakes. … Read more