This is the first castle cake that I have ever made and really the first big cake I have ever done without my mother’s help. So I baked one, (I think it was a 10 inch) for the bottom and 2 (8 inch) square cakes. I off set the top three to give it a … Read more
This was a dragon cake for a 15yr old boy. Hand carved and covered in fondant. The eyes are M&Ms. The wings, scull, bones and blood are all made of candy melts. The scroll says: do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons……for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! No wimpy cake here!
This castle birthday cake was from the heart. It’s for a little girl whose parents waited a long time for her. They spent years trying to have a baby and nothing seemed to work. They ended up having to get a surrogate and the surrogate almost died after birth. It was a long and difficult … Read more
My granddaughter asked me to make her a Unicorn birthday cake for her 6th birthday. I surfed the internet for some ideas and ended up with parts of several cakes. I sculpted the unicorn from Rice Krispies, but it looked more like a cow than a unicorn, so I was praying that once I covered … Read more
Here I go, I have the most wonderful grandchildren and children. I never knew I had this talent until my daughter in-law wanted a castle cake for my granddaughter. I said I can make this so I sent my Katie a message on Facebook, said I was doing a lot of YouTube looking on web … Read more
My first step was to make a 12 in and a 8 in round 3 in deep cakes. Let them cool on cooling racks and once they where cooled I split each cake and filled with butter cream frosting then crumb coated and covered each with white fondant. I then stacked the 8 in on … Read more
My kids’ birthdays are just 12 days apart, so when we have a birthday party, it’s always a joint party. This year the kids chose the dragon, Smaug, for their joint cake. I baked three graduated rounds of lemon coconut cake. I stacked two of the rounds for the mound of gold and jewels, and … Read more
This castle cake is a design that I came up for my daughter’s frozen themed birthday party. For this cake I purchased the Wilton castle kit, rock candy and frozen figurines to place on the cake. The bottom layer is a made from a double layer hexagon shaped cake and the 2nd tier is 3 … Read more
This cool golden birthday dragon cake was probably my best effort, ever, to date. I wanted to make a golden cake for my daughter’s golden birthday. I had already made one golden cake for my OTHER daughter, and I wasn’t entirely happy with it. So I kept thinking, what can I do besides just…gold? Then … Read more
This castle cake was for a 4 year old little girl whose favorite color is pink and believes she is a princess. I made a 12×12 square cake, a 10″ round cake and a 6″ round cake. I made the icing using powdered sugar, 1 stick of butter, 1 tsp of vanilla and milk to make creamy. … Read more
The towers of the princess castle cake are made from emply paper towel cardboard, covered in fondant. The top is made using an ice cream cone covered in fondant and using an impression mat for the cobblestone look. They were glued together using melted candy melts. I made the cake using 2 11 x 13 … Read more
I made this cake for a little girl’s first birthday party. It is easy to make as long as you have the proper tools. You must have an icing spatula, a lazy Susan rotating board, and an icing tip. I also used cold water and ran my wet fingers over the cake to smooth it … Read more