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Princess Castle Cake
by Andrea Evans
(Swansea West Glam, Wales UK)
I made a 10" square cake and an 8" round cake, pink fondant icing embossed with pebble and brick design. Turrets were made from 3 ice cream cones glued with tylo glue. Covered with fondant. Added rice paper cut out princesses. Bought a tiara made from plastic used as the center of the cake.
Royal icing and butter cream used for the vines and flowers. Made cut out flowers and butterflies from rolled out fondant icing. All attached with edible glue. I have made 3 of these cake, and they will light up any little girl's face.
Fairy Tale Castle Cake
by Christy Stark
(CA, United States)
No windy days, secure all the pieces very well, have fun and get creative.
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Windmill Cake
by Julie M
(Rochester, NY, USA)
This cake was for a Dutch grandma's birthday. The windmill was made out of several 6" round layers stacked together and then sculpted for more of a tapered windmill shape. Then the windmill was stacked on top of a ½ sheet designed to look like a grassy field with a brown sugar sand pathway and a blue icing stream. The windmill blades could actually pivot, with care!
There was even a little fat red icing bird sitting on top of the windmill. On the side of the sheet cake was the birthday inscription in English and Dutch!
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Natalie's Amazing Castle Cake
by Mindie Fish
(West Liberty, OH)
I bought the Wilton "romantic castle set" because my then 2 year old daughter saw it in the store and fell in love. I had to admit it looked cool so I bought it. I had never made a decorated cake before (and definitely NOT of this magnitude but I thought lets give it a go!!) The only issue I faced was that it wasn't going to be big enough, so I came up with the idea of only using part of the castle set and setting it up as a story book idea.
I used a large 2 layered sheet cake and then used my tiered rounds (there were two layers to each tier). I knew from my research that the flowers were the hardest part. I had never piped before so I set out watching videos on YouTube of how to even start.
I went to the store, bought a beginner set, and started working. Then something AMAZING happened, they were easy to make and they set up in only one day and were like a dried candy (I used buttercream to pipe them, and the tubed color icing you buy in the store... same results from both).
The day before the party I started baking. I admit I used boxed cake mixes, it made my life more simple on a daunting, and what I was sure would be a scary adventure of this castle cake. From all my research about making cakes I learned terms like "cake leveler" and I put it to use... the entire time I was baking cakes ( I used 9 cake mixes!!!) I was also making all my icing... to say my kitchen was a hot mess is an understatement. After I let each cake cool, I began the stacking, doweling, cake boarding event. I had a heck of the time with the wooden dowels. I couldn't get them to cut so I ended up out of pure desperation using plastic disposable straws that I just cut. Surprisingly enough, they worked fabulously.
Now after I got the sheet cake done, I attempted to move it... BIG mistake.. that thing was so heavy and I hadn't even put the castle on it yet... I actually had to use a 2-inch thick piece of plywood to carry it. I leveled, iced, dowelled, and stacked the castle cake and put it on a cake board and then also on a piece of plywood to transport it to the church where we were having her party. Once we got it to the church I began decorating. I wanted to make it look like a moat on the back of the castle with a flowered yard up the front and a cobblestone walkway. The moat, and yard I used icing (all buttercream) and my pre-made flowers... but for the cobblestoned walk, I used ground-up Oreos and chocolate chips.
I used icing to level out the different towers and to smooth the chocolate I just wet my spatula and it smoothed right out (the color changes to a lighter color but dries the same, I promise). I definitely recommend trying this cake out. I had so much fun doing it and actually found a hobby that I am in love with, with even a few of my own trade secrets that I shared with you. I hope it helps and happy baking!!!
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