Castles in the Air Cake

Build her a dream scene that includes Castles in the Air. Our Romantic Castle Cake Set provides the architectural details that make this cookie, candy and color flow project so unique.

Source: Website Exclusive
Pattern: Clouds, Castle and Castle Door Patterns

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Makes: Each cookie serves 1.


instructions

**Note: Brown and Red-Red were combined for brown shown.

One day in advance, make cookies, candy letters, turret towers and turret peaks. Roll out cookie dough and cut clouds, castle, girl, 4 medium funny flowers and 6 large funny flowers. Bake and cool.

Use tip 3 and full-strength color flow icing to outline clouds, flowers and castle; let dry. When completely dry use tip 3 and thinned down color flow icing to fill in cookies.

Pipe tip 5 full-strength icing dots on flower centers.

To decorate girl, outline and pipe in legs with tip 5 and full-strength color flow icing; let dry.

Use full strength color flow icing and tip 3 to pipe in eyes, nose and mouth.

Pipe in tip 5 hair. Overpipe arms with tip 5.

Pipe tip 3 flowers with tip 349 leaves. Pipe tip 3 crown and shoes; let dry completely.

Mold message in Alphabet Candy Molds with pink-tinted candy. Refrigerate to set; unmold.

Position 3 large, 2 medium and 2 small turret peaks on cooling grid placed over cookie sheet. Cover turret peaks with thinned down violet color flow icing; let dry.

Trace castle door pattern on castle cookie with toothpick. Use tip 5 and full-strength color flow icing to outline and fill in door; let dry.

Pipe tip 5 cobblestones around door with full-strength color flow. Pipe tip 5 windows on turret towers. Attach turret peaks and turret towers with full-strength color flow.

Cover craft block base with foil; secure with straight pins. Attach lollipop sticks to cookies with melted candy. Attach girl with castle door with icing. Attach 2 sticks to back of castle with melted candy.Let set.

For largest cloud, cut 3 lollipop sticks to 3 in. lengths and tape to 11 3/4 in. lollipop stick leaving 2 in. extended. Attach to back of cookie with melted candy; let set.

Insert cookie castle into base. Attach large center turret tower to top base with full strength icing. Push all other turret towers 1 in. deep into base.

Trim sticks on flowers to staggered lengths and insert into base. Insert clouds. Position curling ribbon.

Attach candy message to base with melted candy.