I wanted to make a beautiful cake for my daughter’s second birthday. I had looked at a lot of castle cake ideas, and most were pretty small scale or pre-fab. This was my first attempt at a themed cake. I learned a lot, and if I were to do it again, I am sure it … Read more
I really enjoyed making this Disney princess castle cake for my daughter’s fifth birthday. It was my first attempt and it was so easy to do! I used four boxed cakes (total). I baked two 10″x10″ pans and sandwiched them, two 6″ circles and four cupcakes. I used another box to make the “grass” cupcakes. … Read more
My daughter decided she wanted a castle cake for her fourth birthday. Who was I to say no? I’ve always bought birthday cakes but after doing some research and finding a castle cake idea (many on this site!) I decided to make it myself. Two nights before the party I dipped nine cake cones and … Read more
I browsed the Web for castle cakes and then drew my own. I baked the two bottom layers then used Styrofoam for the rest. The sides are tubes from wrapping paper and the tips are Styrofoam. I iced the whole cake and used icing tips for the sides. The doors came from my daughter’s real … Read more
I made this dragon and castle cake for my daughter’s 10th birthday. I had started the tradition of making my kid’s birthday cakes because my Mom used to do the same. My daughter has been into dragons and wanted another dragon cake. However, I like to do different cakes so I recommended a castle cake … Read more
This princess castle cake was my most creative cake ever, as I moved to my home country for holidays. I was sure I didn’t want to give this special cake to anyone to help me do since it was my Baby girl’s first birthday. I told her I will do the cake no matter what. … Read more
Last year my son wanted to have a ninja birthday party. I couldn’t find a ninja cake that I really liked and could make myself. I only bake once a year for his birthday and my designs need to be fairly simple to make. I love using real butter cream frosting, and marshmallow fondant & … Read more
I made this princess castle birthday cake for our 3 year old Allison’s birthday party. It consists of a 6 inch double layer fudge marble cake filled with chocolate fudge butter cream filling and a 10 inch fudge marble cake filled with chocolate fudge filling and then iced with purple butter cream frosting. I purchased the … Read more
This cool Cinderella Castle cake was done for my daughter’s theater group to enjoy after there opening night in which they did Cinderella. It is made with chocolate and cream with fondant for decorations except for the ice cream cones. Cobblestones were fiddly but gave it some character. Flowers were added around various spots for gardens. Lollipops were used at the … Read more
My son was talking a lot about something strange, as most four year old’s do, a dinosaur eating a unicorn. While my son (4) and daughter (6) were visiting my sister, they shocked them during prayer time, “..and I want to see a unicorn.”, my daughter says. Then it was my son’s turn. “I want … Read more
This year we decided to have our daughter’s birthday at a “party place”- a new venture for us- which I agreed to on the condition that I still got to make her cake. So a few months before her birthday I asked her what she wanted. She said “a rainbow castle cake”. OK I spent a … Read more
It was my daughter’s 3rd birthday on 1st December so I thought I’d make her a cake. She’s been obsessed with princesses for the past few months so I didn’t really have a choice. I looked at other cakes online for a few days and tried to steal the best ideas for my daughter’s enchanted … Read more