This was our first attempt at a homemade birthday cake. We used box cake mixes, funfetti flavor & it was very moist. The frosting on the Castle cake is made out of marshmallow fondant tinted grey, black & yellow. The fondant is what took the longest to prepare, but I think if we make another … Read more
We got our ideas from this website and howdini. You definitely need to make the towers ahead of time (at least 2 days) which was made with ice cream cake cones stem to stem, wrapped in white fondant. The fondant needed time to harden. This was my first time using fondant and it was not … Read more
This cake is made entirely out of ice cream. For the molds I used two different ones and they are just your normal sand castles buckets that you would buy to go to the beach. I started the cake about a week in advance and would fill the molds with slightly thawed ice cream and … Read more
My granddaughter Joslyn was turning 4 and she wanted a castle cake and my daughter wanted a Candyland themed cake. So I put both the themes together and this Candyland Castle Cake is what I came up with. I used boxed cake and regular icing. For the towers I used regular ice cream cones. And … Read more
My daughter wanted a Birthday Princess Castle Cake for her birthday. I was torn between whether to do an actual princess or a castle. After looking through this site, I decided a castle would be more “Wow!”….It took some time to get this done and I used tips from a few of the submissions here, … Read more
This Candyland Castle Cake was made as a last minute addition to find at the end of the road in a life size Candy Land Game. As I am sure you are all aware, at the end of Candyland, you find King Candy and his candy castle. It was very simple to make: 2 8×8 … Read more
I learnt how to make this Castle Cake on a course that I went on. It took hours to complete, but I think it was worth the effort! The main castle and turrets are all edible, and some of the turrets were cooked in baked bean cans and the other were muffins stacked on top … Read more
I made this Hogwarts Cake Design for my twin nephews 7th birthday. Hogwarts in all its glory atop a rocky ridge with Harry, Ron & Hermione walking up the dirt path leading to the school. The 1st cake layer is sculpted and frosted with the grass tip. The 2nd cake layer is frosted with gray … Read more
If I were to make this again I would save myself some time and use store bought tub icing. We used 3-box mixes total; the base is made of two 9×13 sheet cakes layered with butter cream icing. The top is made of two 6 in. rounds layered on top. We split the batter used … Read more
The cake used 4 cake mixes: the bottom layer was baked in an 18×12 roaster pan (cut into a 12×12 piece). The second layer was two 8″ pans and the top was two 6″ pans. I decorated the sides with spice drops and used two different kinds of cones for the towers. The top of … Read more
I laid ready-rolled white icing on the top of it and smoothed down the corners using my fingers dipped in warm water. I repeated the same process for the smaller square but this time I used a chocolate sponge. I placed the small square on top of the later one. I then decorated the castle … Read more
