Snow Topped Castle Cake / Princess Castle Cake
This one is from archives and will complete almost one year. I baked this for my little niece for whom I had baked the barbie cake earlier. She turned 6 last year which meant parents lost interest of taking efforts in a big way. The best way to please her was make a cute cake that will please her without having the need to invite many people.
Since I am doing birthday theme, it is imperative to post this now, before its time to bake another castle for her....
I will only share instructions on how to go about making the castle and though I do not have the step by step (unfortunately) I will try my best to explain.
I made the castle with mostly the cake and white chocolate ganache. I completely avoided fondant or sugar paste considering it was doable without it.
I used velvet cake because it is less crumbly and holds its shape well. It tends to become dry with time so sprinkle with ample juice or sugar syrup. (reduce it in cake if required)
Cake
2 red velvet cakes recipe (baked in 8 inch round and 12x6 inch)
3 cups of chocolate ganache (500 gms white chocolate, 1 cup milk cream heated and mixed together)
1 cup sugar syrup/ apple juice / orange juice
2 chocolate filled cones
2 bourbon coffee biscuits (or any square shaped perforated brand)
Jujubes in fruit shape
green glitter castor sugar
star sprinklers
Method
1) Bake the cakes and keep them ready, completely cooled down
2) Place the round cake on the base you plan to serve the cake
3) Use round mould to cut small round shaped cakes to make the towers from one of the rectangular cake
4) Cut the remaining cake in 2 sections so that it becomes the rooms in the castle. The top floor should be smaller than the base
5) Now sprinkle juice or syrup on the pieces of cakes. Assemble to castle
6) Prepare the chocolate ganache. Pour it from the top most section to slowly drizzle down on the base. Use a spatula to spread it and cover the corners that are visible and unreachable
7) While the chocolate is still warm, place the bourbon biscuits as the doors, cones on the towers and jujubes as per your liking. I used fruit shaped jujubes to make the castle's garden.
8) Sprinkle the green castor sugar to make the pathway
Your princess' castle is ready....
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Since I am doing birthday theme, it is imperative to post this now, before its time to bake another castle for her....
I will only share instructions on how to go about making the castle and though I do not have the step by step (unfortunately) I will try my best to explain.
I made the castle with mostly the cake and white chocolate ganache. I completely avoided fondant or sugar paste considering it was doable without it.
I used velvet cake because it is less crumbly and holds its shape well. It tends to become dry with time so sprinkle with ample juice or sugar syrup. (reduce it in cake if required)
Cake
2 red velvet cakes recipe (baked in 8 inch round and 12x6 inch)
3 cups of chocolate ganache (500 gms white chocolate, 1 cup milk cream heated and mixed together)
1 cup sugar syrup/ apple juice / orange juice
2 chocolate filled cones
2 bourbon coffee biscuits (or any square shaped perforated brand)
Jujubes in fruit shape
green glitter castor sugar
star sprinklers
Method
1) Bake the cakes and keep them ready, completely cooled down
2) Place the round cake on the base you plan to serve the cake
3) Use round mould to cut small round shaped cakes to make the towers from one of the rectangular cake
4) Cut the remaining cake in 2 sections so that it becomes the rooms in the castle. The top floor should be smaller than the base
5) Now sprinkle juice or syrup on the pieces of cakes. Assemble to castle
6) Prepare the chocolate ganache. Pour it from the top most section to slowly drizzle down on the base. Use a spatula to spread it and cover the corners that are visible and unreachable
7) While the chocolate is still warm, place the bourbon biscuits as the doors, cones on the towers and jujubes as per your liking. I used fruit shaped jujubes to make the castle's garden.
8) Sprinkle the green castor sugar to make the pathway
Your princess' castle is ready....
Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing
BM#27
Comments
Kalyani
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Sowmya
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Kudos to your patience Pradnya, that was a nice gift to your niece.