My daughter wanted a cake that looked like a real sand castle. I used two round cake pans and one 1/2 sheet cake pan. I formed the second and third tiers from the sheet cake. The icing is buttercream and the sand effect was created by crushing graham crackers and vanilla wafers. For the towers, … Read more

I have twins and we always try to pick a theme they can both be happy with. This year was a Tye-Dye beach theme since we had our first beach vacation earlier in the summer. Because they are twins I like to give them each their own cake, hence two castles connected together. Also gave … Read more

this Sand Castle Birthday Cake serves 40. This fun in the sun choice tasted like s’mores because of the chocolate cake, marshmallow cream and graham cracker sand. You will need: Various sized circular pans (I used ones I already had to create a design) Box of graham crackers Sugar cones Three chocolate cake mixes One … Read more

I pulled my ideas for this Sandcastle Cake from other cakes from this site. I baked a 9X13 chocolate cake. Thought if there were crumbs, would be dirt! I also baked a loaf pan with about half of a second chocolate cake mix (made cupcakes to freeze with other half). Let the cakes cool. I … Read more

The Mommy-to-be loves the beach and she loves chocolate so I made a milk chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and added mini-chocolate chips. I used one box of cake mix divided by a round pan, an oval pan and two mini-round pans to create levels of the sand castle (I used dowels between layers to … Read more

I made this Sand Castle cake for a wedding reception. It is a three layer cake and I just cut out the steps and doors. The icing is buttercream with brown sugar on top of it.