I made this Ariel Castle Cake for both of my daughters to share for their 4th and 2nd birthday. We celebrated them at the same time since they are only 8 days apart. I got several great ideas for this cake from this website, and used a combination of them, plus my own ideas for decorating the cake.
I started baking the cakes two days before the party, and stuck them in the freezer until the day of the party when I put it all together. I used two 10 inch rounds for the bottom, and two 6 inch rounds for the top. I made the pillars and turrets the day before the party as well, and kept them in the refrigerator until the day of the party. I made the pillars out of two regular ice cream cones coated in vanilla almond bark and sprinkled with yellow sprinkles. I used toothpicks to hold those together. I made the turrets out of sugar cones coated in vanilla almond bark and covered in blue and pink sprinkles.
To decorate the cake, I bought butter cream frosting from a local grocery store bakery and used food coloring to make it blue/green. I also used one of the Wilton cans of frosting that comes with 4 different tips for decorating. I used my daughter?s Ariel toys on the cake, as well as mints, gummy octopuses, Swedish fish, and a couple of big swirly suckers. I let both of my daughters help put all the toys and candy on the cake.
I used the Wilton can of yellow frosting to hold the pillars and turrets together. I also used that to write Happy Birthday, and I used it to write the girls’ names on the cookie sheet. Then I stuck little button candies into the frosting to spell their names.
Everyone loved the cake! I got a TON of compliments on it! I was also very pleased with the way it turned out! Thanks to this site for giving me lots of great ideas!! It was a lot of fun!
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I made this cake for my kids birthday. She looooved it! Thank you for sharing!
I’m so glad your daughter liked it! It has been my girls’ favorite one I’ve made them so far!
I love this cake! My soon to be 3 year old little girl is a Ariel nut, and I have been searching for a place around Omaha that would make a eye popping cake like this one. To bad you didn’t make cakes for a living, you would have a loyal customer. Simply amazing!!!!
Thanks Valerie! I have actually been thinking about making cakes for people other than my family. If you live in Omaha and are interested in me making one of these for your daughter’s birthday you can check out my facebook page and contact me through there. It’s http://www.facebook.com/jenscrazycakes. Thanks for the comment!!