Coolest DIY Princess Castle Cake

My princess castle cake was inspired by a balloon I had ordered for my daughter’s 3rd birthday party. She’s very girly and everything must be princess. The balloon was a pink castle with purple towers with vines and roses flowing up the towers. I always try to be creative (but not usually a baker) so I thought I would at least give it a try.

The cake mix its self was store bought vanilla with “confetti” which was just melted sprinkles. I baked six cakes, three were 9 by 13 and 3 were 8 by 8. The bottom was three layers putting a layer of pink colored butter cream frosting in between each layer of cake. Then two layers for the middle and one on the top!

After layering the cakes i cut all edges to get it even on all sides, also to get that hard crust around the edges. After that, I put a crumb coat of frosting on, let it sit in the fridge for a while to harden up then slapped on a second layer of frosting.

The decorating was the fun part. Using cones for the towers, sugar cone coated with frosting then rolled in purple sand sugar. Waffle cookies for the door and adding the candies for extra detail. The vine detail on the cones is what took me the longest.

After 11 hours of baking and decorating I was finally finished and all my hard work paid off when I saw how happy she was when she got her OWN princess castle!