This is the last and final installment of the Disney Princess Castle Cake! This has turned out to be one of my more favorite cakes. I love all things that sparkle or taste delicious and this cake is both!
Disney Princess Castle Cake with Gum Paste Princesses
The cake tiers themselves are two 6in and 10in rounds. It was a butter pound cake with my new Strawberry Coconut Cream Cheese frosting and a custard filling! I covered the stacked and filled cakes with a thin layer of fondant and formed the cobblestone exterior by hand. I didn’t want any plastic on the cake itself, so I used the plastic door and windows that came with the Wilton’s Romantic Castle Cake Set as a fondant mold. I then adhered the pieces to the cake with a brush stroke of water.
Gum Paste Cinderella in front of molded door
Once the cake was covered and the windows attached, I dry dusted the cake with a silk white luster dust to give it a fairytale sparkle. I placed three large plastic hollow dowels, in a triangular shape, in the bottom tier to hold the weight of the top tier. The top 6in tier was placed on a 6in cake board before I crumb coated and covered it in fondant. Place the board directly over the dowels. This cake was stacked a little off center to give it a more realistic look. Once the cakes were stacked I covered the towers in a thin layer of powder blue fondant.
Cutting the fondant to cover the towers
I carefully wrapped each piece around the plastic tower and smoothed the seam with a dab of Crisco. I then dry brushed the towers with the same white silk luster dust I used for the cake. When ever dry dusting a cake, be sure and use a large food only make-up brush. I like to use a blush brush and brush in round strokes for a smooth and even coverage!
Wrapping the tower in fondant
It was my intention to cover the whole turret in fondant. However, I do have five children and time wasn’t on my side. I used a power blue royal icing to trace around the windows on the turrets and the door on the cake. I also gave all three hundred pink flowers yellow and white royal icing center and glued them on to the turrets and cake.
Castle Towers, Windows and the Back of My Gum Paste Belle
I then used royal icing to adhere the tops of the towers to the turrets themselves and also place the turrets on the cake. Due to a poor design plan the turrets have solid bottoms, leaving them much less sturdy than desirable. So my husband happily drilled a 1/4 in hole in the bottom of each turret. My husband is happy anytime he has an excuse to pull out his tools! This enabled me to place a 1/4 in wooden dowel rod in each turret and secure it into the cake. We cut each dowel rod in half leaving us with 3in inside the turret and 3in inside the cake itself. These I also secured with royal icing.
Gum Paste Belle and Sleeping Beauty adorn their Castle
Once assembled, I doused the castle with a nice layer of edible pixie dust and then since it was 4am, I crashed. This was again, another nice reminder of why I only make cakes for special occasions!
Thanks to both family and friends the party was a huge success and we were able to celebrate another God given year with our princesses!
Princess Kathryn-Grace admiring her candy princesses!
Princess Julia, taking in her birthday celebration!
Disney Princess Castle Cake: Day 1
Disney Princess Castle Cake: Day 2
Danielle Kyle
This is cutest! Thanks for posting, make us people who are very far, very near! Nice result!
Wow, these turned out so pretty!
I’ll have to wait till I have a baby girl to get into… LOL!
Thank you both! It really is a special thing for me to make our children’s cakes because my mom made them for me. And it was always the most special memory I have of our birthdays! In my memory they were the most beautiful and delicious things I had ever seen. One of my favorites was a Victorian Hat Cake and during the party each of the little girls was able to decorate their own fancy hat to take home!
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Wonderful job on your cake. Thank you for such details on explaining your techniques and the step by step instructions on ALL your projects. I enjoy all your recipes, cakes, and the love you put into your work. Your two (real) Little Princess make all of this hard work a blessing. Thank you for sharing it all.