Coolest Castle Cake

My cousin was turning 35 and we were having a birthday bash for her. We’ve always called her our princess and I wanted something very special for her big day. I bought the Wilton Castle cake set and made the version of the castle cake that is featured on the box. I made the layers a little bigger than suggested because I didn’t want the expense of purchasing new pans.

I made the bottom tier 12 inches and the top tier 8 inches, each tier was about 5 inches high. I frosted each tier with white butter cream icing and used lavender, leaf green and white for the flowers and leaves. I also used lavender sparkly sugar crystals on windows, door and turrets.

The trickiest part of the cake is getting the turrets to stay firmly in place. The directions say to use plastic dowels secured with white candy melts as supports but it was very difficult. The next time I make this cake I am going to use non-toxic gummy adhesive (for scrapbooking) to attach the dowels.

I was able to transport the cake in the car with only one minor boo-boo, next time I will use frosting to secure the pointy tops to the turrets. The 2008 Wilton book has a bunch of castle versions and I’m hoping to try the Christmas one next.

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