This homemade castle knight birthday cake was for two boy’s birthdays. I didn’t need a huge amount of cake so for the center I used a box for the 1st layer covered with fondant topped with a square and for the towers I used 2 empty containers of icing covered in buttercream & then fondant … Read more
I made this Disney Princess Castle Cake for a friend whose little girl loves Princesses. I used the yellow cake recipe from the Betty Crocker cookbook and added almond extract to make it even more delicious. Since I don’t have square pans, I baked rounds and trimmed them. The top tier is not square, and … Read more
I made this Castle Cake Idea for my daughter Jamie’s 5th birthday party. It’s a Cinderella castle cake. I used two round sponge cakes on top of each other for the base. I used empty toilet rolls joined together with tape for the sides and iced on top of them. Ice cream cones where used … Read more
I made this 1st Birthday Castle Cake for my daughter’s 1st birthday. It was my first attempt at a birthday cake. The main cake was a 8 inch sponge filled with buttercream and raspberry jam. I covered it with buttercream and then with pink fondant. For the towers I used two shop bought Swiss rolls, … Read more
I made this Knight castle cake for my son’s 4th birthday. He wanted a knight cake, so I decided to attempt a castle. I wanted to submit my picture because I came across a lot of princess castles, but not as many ideas for knight (or boy-like) ones! I used a 6 in round for … Read more
I made this Hogwarts birthday cake for my sister’s 16th birthday. The whole thing is edible, no cardboard or foam. The base is made of 6 rectangular cakes and the castle and Hagrid’s hut are carved from another 2, the lake is made from blue caramel, the towers are cake with fondant towers and the … Read more
Well, as you can see, it is the most beautiful Princess cake I have ever seen! My mother, Laurie, made the cake from scratch, it was a marble cake (vanilla/chocolate) and she mixed her own icing together and created the different colors. She used edible silver balls and edible glitter on the cake. For the … Read more
Some castle cakes are colorful, but I wanted mine to look like a real castle and so I tinted the buttercream frosting gray. Make sure you tint ALL the frosting at once so you dont have a hard time matching the color. I then placed the whole 9×13 inch cake on the cake tray and … Read more
My daughter Summer was trying to decide what to do for her 8th birthday party. She was extremely indecisive so I took the initiative and started planning for a princess party. I didnt want it to be a Disney party or have any particular theme. I just wanted her to feel like a princess. I … Read more
The tower roofs are sugar cones iced with buttercream and then rolled heavily in hot pink glitter (Wilton). The windows and door are just black and brown buttercream. The green ivy on the sides should have been done with a smaller tip and it would have looked a little better. The flowers are just piped … Read more
The middle or main part of the castle cake is made of two square pieces of cake, with a round, and then a soup can cake. The Cinderella pieces are store-bought in the toy section. It was a little set for about $4. My daughter played with these after the party. I used sugar cones … Read more
I used 4 boxes of cake mix and made about 4 quarts of homemade frosting. The bottom of the cake is a 12 inch 1 layer square pan. The second layer is a 2 layer 8 inch round cake. The 3rd layer is a 2 layer 4 inch round cake. The pillars are paper towel … Read more