Celebrating the new year with a castle cake.
January is cake time in our family. My youngest has a birthday and we have fun making elaborate cakes. For his 4th birthday he asked for a castle cake with a princess coming out of it. Thought you'd like to see the 7-tower castle cake we made as a result.
We built the towers with cake and upside down ice cream cones. The doors and windows were made of fruit roll-ups snipped into shape with scissors. The moat was blue paper with a pretzel drawbridge.
Beware - making this cake takes lots of cake batter. The main castle base was built with two square cakes stacked on top of each other. Then I baked another rectangular cake and cut it into smaller pieces, plus made a few cupcakes for smaller tower pieces. I ended up baking extra cake along the way to finish all the towers.
And this January? He's asked for a pirate ship cake.
What cool cakes have you ever seen or created? Any tips for making a pirate ship?
Holy Toledo - that's FANTASTIC!
Ahoy Matey, I'm looking forward to photos of the pirate ship!
May 2014 be filled with simple, slow moments that nourish your soul.
Thank you, Laurie. I'll let you know what the pirate ship looks like. Maybe we could use tootsie rolls for cannons.
You're one cool mom, Heather! If my mom had made a cake for me like that when I was four, I might have keeled over from excitement right then and there.
No tips for a pirate ship other than don't try to make tall masts or yardarms from cake.(duh) I'd use colored straws or thin wooden dowels.
Happy New Year.
Chris
I was thinking of pretzel rods for the masts and bowsprit and maybe yards as well. Still debating about the sails...
Funny that I read this post today, because I just got cleaning out some old picture albums and found a picture of a hamburger shaped cake that I made for my brother's birthday when I was taking a Wilton cake decorating course. I made two 8" round yellow cakes for the buns, then frosted them. I made a 8" chocolate for the "burger" and edged the top of that with some red and green for the "lettuce" and "ketchup". It looked pretty good!
Love the idea of the hamburger cake! What fun. Bet your brother loved it.
Great cake! When my princess-obsessed daughter turns 4 in September, I'll have to pull it out. Then again, maybe I can wow her with a minimized version when her sister turns 1 in February. 🙂
Could you use wontons for sails? Maybe brushed with butter and sprinkled with sugar?
Have fun with your birthday castles! Ooh - and thanks for the sail idea. Never would have thought of that.
Could you please send me the recipe for the cake?
That would be great!