Magical Castle Cake

A Whimsical Castle Cake Anyone Can Make

Abracadabra! Create a mystical, magical castle cake, complete with turrets, windows, a door and even a moat, perfect as an enchanting showpiece at celebrations of all sorts.

The versatility of this cake is endless. Whether it´s a haunted castle for Halloween, a princess castle or medieval castle for a child´s birthday party all you need is some imagination and a selection of candies.

With the Romantic Castle Cake Set, much of the work of "building" intricate castle parts has been done for you. Start by baking and icing a two-layer cake. Then add the turrets, windows and doors as you like. You can make the castle simple or more complex as you wish. There are plenty of options with all the parts provided in the kit.

Then comes the fun part – decorating! Using a variety of colorful gummy candies or your own favorites, accent the castle with goodies. Add a line of gummy bear soldiers defending the castle from the roof and a moat full of multi-hued fish.

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Makes: Cake serves 20.


instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray two 10-inch round cake pans with vegetable pan spray.

Prepare cake mix following package instructions using water, oil and eggs. Pour into prepared pan; bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely.

Tape together 3 cake circles; wrap in fanci-foil. Stack cake layers on prepared cake circles, using icing between layers. Tint remaining icing yellow. Spatula ice cake with yellow icing.

Using icing, attach tower peaks or, if desired, ice cream cones to castle turret towers. Attach turret towers to side of cake with icing. Press castle windows, roof peak and door into icing. Tint piping gel blue; spread around cake on cake circle. Decorate cake with candy, as desired, using icing if necessary.