Coolest 1st Birthday Castle Cake

Homemade 1st Birthday Castle Cake

My baby girls first b-day was approaching. I wanted it to be celebrated with something different. We, I and my Husband planned it almost 3 months ago and finally decided the cake will be our own. Many best friends told us not to go for that, because it is a headache, but my husband told … Read more

Coolest Cinderella Castle Birthday Cake Design

Homemade Cinderella Castle Birthday Cake Design

My daughter always loves Cinderella and princess castle so I made a Cinderella Castle Birthday Cake Design for her 5th birthday. I didn’t want to buy more pans so I used whatever pans I had to bake the cake. I baked a square cake for the bottom part and a round cake for the upper … Read more

Coolest Enchanted Castle Birthday Cake

Coolest Enchanted Castle Birthday Cake

We did a princess theme for my daughter Kate’s 4th birthday party. I found a recipe for an enchanted castle cake in one of Debbie Brown’s recipe books. I baked 3 cakes; 1 round 20cm, 1 round 15cm and a square 18cm. I trimmed the crust of the cakes and sliced the tops flat. I … Read more

Coolest Castle Birthday Cake

Homemade Castle Birthday Cake

This Castle birthday cake was for a young lady who loves Scotland and all of it’s history. She graduated grade 12 and it seemed fitting to do a castle cake. The cake topper was styro foam and covered with rock stamped fondant. The towers were paper towel rolls covered with rock stamped fondant. I made … Read more

Coolest Harry Potter Gingerbread Hogwarts Cake

Homemade  Harry Potter Gingerbread Hogwarts Cake

This Harry Potter Gingerbread Hogwarts Cake has lots of fiddly bits but fun to make! Gave it away for my school Christmas Fete which had a Hogwarts theme. The most tricky bit was cooking the gingerbread into tubes for the towers!

Coolest Homemade Castle Cake Ideas 2

There will be several large chunks of cake left over and they should be placed around the bottom of the first round cake. With buttercream icing you will “glue” all the layers and chunks together. Now you should color rolled fondant a light gray. Remove a small amount of the fondant and make a long … Read more

Coolest Homemade Castle Cakes 7

I baked an 11×11 inches butter cake and a 9 inch round chocolate cake. I saved some batter and made 1 cupcake. Anissa wanted pink butter cream icing with strawberry jam. On a large cake board I crumb coated the square cake and round cake on a circle cake board. I then used drinking straws … Read more

Coolest Homemade Cake Castle Ideas 1

For this Disneyland cake castle, make 1 large cake for base, and 1 small cake for upper level. Then frost entire cake white. You will need Disney edible toppings, regular ice cream cones, sugar ice cream cones (for the castle stems) one choc. Graham cookie (for the draw bridge), color sprinkles, toothpicks (for flags), black … Read more

Coolest Homemade Castle Cake Ideas 6

For the cones, I got the idea off the internet. I used regular ice cream cones and rolled them in melted white chocolate, then sprinkled lavender sugar crystals over that and added a squirt of frosting on top. The sugar crystals were found at a craft store that carries cake supplies. It was a fun, … Read more

Coolest Homemade Castle Cake Photos and Tips 11

I wanted to have somewhere on the cake to say Happy 4th Birthday, so I made a little sign and covered with contact paper and put 2 princess stickers on it. I also printed a picture of my daughter out and covered with contact paper to put on the castle cake. It was her Halloween … Read more

Coolest Homemade Castle Birthday Cake Ideas 4

I decorated the castle birthday cake by drawing windows and doors on each layer of the castle using blue and purple icing. I covered the “seams” and edges with white #16 stars. I then frosted four cake cones white and placed them on the four corners of the square cake. I sealed all the seams … Read more