Princess Castle Cake using Wilton romantic castle set (Ronnie R in NJ - 4th birthday cake)

[Talindra1976]

wonderful job..!! lucky Ronnie! :) xx

[debicrawford]

Wow, you're so talented. Wish I could make cakes like yours! x

[roxykyrenia]

how r u going 2 eat it??!!

[odalizn]

BELLO 

[ashleetoo]

job well done! Congratulations

[samwri1984]

SUPER!! What are the towers made from?

[mrajotte]

The towers are plastic, they came in the Wilton Kit. The turrets are also plastic, and I covered them with pink fondant, and then edible glitter.

[awesomenessrockz11]

looks hard

[mrajotte]

Alicia -- I sent you a message with my email addy. Can't wait to see yours!!!!

[alicia113]

Do you have an email address? I want to send you a pic of mine. Thanks for all your info. To anyone else making this cake and taking it to a party for example. I found the towers were not sturdy so I got my husband to drill into the bottom of the towers and then put dowells all the way through to hold the towers up

[krysta44000]

tres beau ! bravo !

[xIL0NKA]

wow awesome :) that's beautifull!

[MandyMariah]

great job!

[sarfrazfamily]

very nice and lovely

[mrajotte]

You'll end up with a "rose" on each end, so pinch it in the middle. You may need to use a toothpick to pull the petals apart just a bit. You'll need to play around with the thickness and size of each circle. It is a bit of a pain! ----  I still have about 100 left over from my daughters cake, they are hard as rock and a few months old, but let me know if you want them! I'm happy to send them to you! =]

[mrajotte]

When they dried, I painted them with edible glitter. It gave them a nice tough,

[mrajotte]

Thanks! I;m sure your will turn out great -- remember to have fun doing it! =] The roses are called "Duffy roses." You can look up videos on YouTube that will show you how to make them - there are a million ways to do it, I used gum paste (I bought it at Micheal's in the cake aisle -- it's cheaper than fondant and a bit sturdier. You make three small circles of gum paste (I used the cap of a Tylenol bottle to cut them out). Overlap the circles just a bit, and then roll them together.

[alicia113]

This cake is amazing. I just bought this kit to make this cake for my daughters 3rd birthday. How did you get the turrets to stand up? Did you just cover the pink top pieces in fondent? Thanks for any info you can give me.

[mrajotte]

Enjoy making it!! It was heck to do, but so much fun!! And take pictures along the way so you can see the process. That was fun! ----- For the turrets, I just put a tiny bit of frosting along the bottom edge of each one and used that to "glue" them down. I covered them with fondant and edible glitter. Another tip -- do NOT move the cake once it is done! The darn thing will fall apart ... sigh.

[alicia113]

Thanks so much for that. Did you cover the whole tower (the long bits) in fondant? I can't believe how good it looks. Do you do other cakes professionally or was this the 1st?

[mrajotte]

Nope -- I left the towers as they were. I figured since the cake was white, I could get away with leaving the towers uncovered. But they really wouldn't be hard to cover.  The fondant was much easier to work with than I thought it would be! This was my first time doing anything other than a 9 x 13 flat cake! =]

[gingery95]

Beautiful! Very creative! One question: how'd u make the towers? What's it made of?

[mrajotte]

The towers are part of the Wilton Romantic Castle Cake Kit. They are plastic, and I coated the turrets with fondant and edible glitter. Same with the windows and doors. Its a great kit!

[fretraer]

I can't see clearly. Did you use a leaf tip for the borders?

[mrajotte]

Yes -- I used the large leaf tip. It was much easier to use than I thought it would be, as long as I kept the icing cold.

[fairytalecakes]

you did a great job!

[mrajotte]

Thanks!  That means a lot coming from a pro like you!!

[jacintamrsdarcy]

Very cute! This is what I want to make for my niece...It really took that long!? Thanks for the warning!

[tashryha4]

nice