My daughter was turning one and I have a sister who makes cakes on a semi-professional basis. I wasn’t trying to compete with her but being an artist, I did feel I had to hold my own at least. We love all things fairy and magical so we knew my daughter’s theme right away. We … Read more

For this Homemade Haunted Castle Cake, I used the Wilton Performance Pans™ Square Pan Set and Wilton Romantic Castle Cake Set. I took some of the pieces of the Castle set and covered them with fondant (Wilton Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant 24 oz. Pkg), mixed with Black food coloring, once again, by Wilton. After making … Read more

Having attempted to paint a flat cake (see Heffalump cake) the year before, I chose to make a 3D cake for Alice’s 3rd birthday and she had insisted on a pink Castle Cake Idea. I used a square banana cake for the main castle and Swiss rolls for the towers. The shade of pink wasn’t … Read more

I have been doing cakes for years now, but find doing 3D a bit of a task. I was requested to try doing a Castle Birthday Cake for someone, and was happy with the result. All done in buttercream and the doors and windows worked in gum paste. Used marshmallows for pathway, and ice cream … Read more

My grandson Warren is a truck fan, especially construction big rigs. So I designed a Construction Castle cake using the Wilton castle pieces I have on hand. I made two 9×13 layers for the base. I didn’t want to have to buy a long loaf pan, so I purchased a family sized pound cake for … Read more

My granddaughter wanted a Disney princess party for her 4th birthday. All the girls were to dress like a princess and the boys like knights. So, I made my first attempt at making a castle cake and princess cakes. I made the castle using a 12×15 sheet pan for the bottom layer,and a double 8″ … Read more

I made this cake for my niece’s fourth birthday. I took some ideas from this and other internet pages and I used some of the decorating techniques that I already knew. The bottom cake is homemade carrot cake and the top is a yellow cake. Frosting and filling are cream cheese mixed with different food … Read more

I made this cake for my niece and nephew,they are twins. I wanted to keep it girlie and manly at the same time. So this is what I came up with the top castle is purple for my niece and the bottom is manly for my nephew. The trees are cupcakes covered in green butter-cream … Read more

This homemade castle knight birthday cake was for two boy’s birthdays. I didn’t need a huge amount of cake so for the center I used a box for the 1st layer covered with fondant topped with a square and for the towers I used 2 empty containers of icing covered in buttercream & then fondant … Read more

I made this Disney Princess Castle Cake for a friend whose little girl loves Princesses. I used the yellow cake recipe from the Betty Crocker cookbook and added almond extract to make it even more delicious. Since I don’t have square pans, I baked rounds and trimmed them. The top tier is not square, and … Read more

I made this Castle Cake Idea for my daughter Jamie’s 5th birthday party. It’s a Cinderella castle cake. I used two round sponge cakes on top of each other for the base. I used empty toilet rolls joined together with tape for the sides and iced on top of them. Ice cream cones where used … Read more

I made this 1st Birthday Castle Cake for my daughter’s 1st birthday. It was my first attempt at a birthday cake. The main cake was a 8 inch sponge filled with buttercream and raspberry jam. I covered it with buttercream and then with pink fondant. For the towers I used two shop bought Swiss rolls, … Read more