You start out by baking up to five square 8×8 or 9×9 cake squares and letting them cool. You then frost together four of the five squares for the bottom. Cut the last square into four equal squares and then frost those and put those in the middle on top of the first set of … Read more
The cake castle itself is two 12-inch hexagons for the base and two 10-inch for the second tier. The front is a 1 layer hexagon cut to fit face. Towers are paper towel rolls covered in fondant. Sugar ice cream cones for turrets covered in Royal icing using basket weave tip to make shingle appearance. … Read more
As you can see from the picture, my decorations began to slide and “melt” a little in the heat, so I would recommend a thick, low moisture frosting.
This cake was 70% icing 30% cake by the time it was done we had to tape the 4 flags together until we got it to the party so that it would not collapse. But above all it turned out to be very beautiful.
The castle floor was then measured out to make a chess board pattern and lightly marked the top of the cake using an unserrated knife and metal ruler. I then tinted some fondant with black and kneaded only enough for the swirl effect of marble then rolled this into a thin sheet and measured this … Read more
I have been looking all over the net for the perfect castle birthday cake. I found one on this same website and just made some minor adjustments. So thank you for all the ideas. Here are the ingredients: three cake mixes, four tubs of frosting, two bags of pink melting chocolate, and two packages of … Read more
A lot of my ideas for a Disney castle cake came from this site. I baked cake in the ice cream cones and set them bottom to bottom and used a #12 round tip to make the stone. I dipped the sugar cones in a candy coating and rolled them in sprinkles. The castle is … Read more
My stepson wanted this Harry Potter cake for his 11th birthday. I made 2 round cake pans and a mixing bowl to make the 3 layers. I then iced it with Vanilla icing and colored with the blue gray color. I used poster board towers and put them inside the cupcakes and sugar cones on … Read more
I made the Princess Crown Tiered Cake for a little girl’s 4 birthday. I used french vanilla butter cream to frost the cake. I made the crown out of mmf/gumpaste a couple of days before I started the cake so it would have time to dry. I wrapped it around a baby powered milk can … Read more
This Dragon Birthday Cake was for my son’s first birthday, he’s not into much yet, so Mommy got to pick the theme! So, yeah, I used store-bought cake mix and frosting. But I added some vanilla and cinnamon and it tasted great! The dragon and tendrils were made a week before so they could dry. … Read more
My son wanted me to make him a dragon cake for his 12th birthday! I made the dragon red because not only is it his favorite color, but it is said to bring good luck to the person who receives the cake. The 12th Birthday Dragon Cake was made using 2 bundt cakes and another … Read more
