Is this not the most fun cake you've ever seen?!
Yes, I made this cake for my daughter's 5th birthday. I threw her a fairy birthday party and this was the fairy princess castle cake! I scored on this kit, finding it at a second-hand store for $12.
While it looked daunting, I forged ahead and went for it, so to speak. Disclaimer: I had never baked birthday cakes before really, at least nothing as elaborate as this!
But I figured there's a first time for everything and if I was going to give my daughter a memorable birthday, I wanted it to come from me not a store.
Yes, I made this cake for my daughter's 5th birthday. I threw her a fairy birthday party and this was the fairy princess castle cake! I scored on this kit, finding it at a second-hand store for $12.
While it looked daunting, I forged ahead and went for it, so to speak. Disclaimer: I had never baked birthday cakes before really, at least nothing as elaborate as this!
But I figured there's a first time for everything and if I was going to give my daughter a memorable birthday, I wanted it to come from me not a store.
If you've never done a stacked layer cake before, it takes some pre-planning. I put my bottom cake on a much-wider cake plate I created out of two cardboard circles wrapped in aluminum foil. Proper measurements are key. I layered and frosted the cake and inserted wooden dowel rods which I cut to size, to support the upper tier.
Two layer cakes finished and ready for stacking.
That wasn't so bad! But it sure doesn't look nearly as perfect as experienced cake bakers make it look! Sigh...
I've decorated the turrets with purple, green, and pink royal icing. The recipe comes with the kit, which is nice. Time to insert them into the cake.
This was the tricky part, but thanks to bakers who've done this cake before me and posted tips on line, I was able to avoid costly errors.
My husband drilled holes in the bottoms of the turrets so that I could insert long wooden dowel rods and plunge them into the cake, making them sturdier.
Construction just about complete! I piped on the greenery and pink flowers because I have no patience to make a couple hundred gum paste flowers and leaves. And remember, I'm a beginner! I'm about in over my head here, so I cut myself some slack and piped on the floral and green trim.
The plastic cones from the kit I coated with pink icing and cake sprinkles. They took some practice handling while frosting but I got it done and added them to the turrets for the finishing touch. This cake took me five and a half hours to do from start to finish. Would I do it again? ABSOLUTELY!
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