This picture compliments of the bride.
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large square cakes that make up the castle are (3) 12 inch square cakes
with (1) 2-layer 6" square cake on the top. The 4 BASE cakes are 12" one-layer,
covered with marbled green fondant. TIP: To marble, just don't mix in the
coloring so well. The cake served approxametely 500 guests.
The 'steeples' are ice cream cones.
The flags are gumpaste
The daisies, irises and roses are gumpaste
The carriage and horses are 3D made of color flow made
from a pattern I found in the ACD magazine a year or so ago.
The balconies are made of umpaste with lace pieces for
the 'railings'
The couple shown are Cinderella and Prince Charming figurines
Tubes from gift wrap were covered with fondant for the
towers.
The 'banner' above the door is gumpaste. I first wrote
their names on with royal icing, then painted them with a solution of our
GOLD highlighter dust and lemon extract.
The drop down door over the mote is color flow, made
ahead of time. Trim with a sharp knife if too large. I didn't use a pattern.
Sugar cubes outlined the top of the castle.
Flowers: Pipe #2 vines and add our flower sprinkles.
BRICK: The fondant covering the cake was indented as 'brick'
- This is how I did that: A few days before I made the cake I made the
brick pattern. First, I found a brick pattern on my computer. I re-sized
it by inserting the picture in WORD, then printed several copies. I taped
these together in one big sheet (the size of a 1/2 sheet doily). I placed
the pattern underneath the half sheet doily. I piped a brick pattern using
tip #2 and PIPING GEL. It takes 3-4 days to dry. When I got the fondant
rolled out, placed on the cake, I pressed the piping gel pattern against
the icing and rubbed in a circular motion to indent it for the brick. This
may be time consuming, but brisks should be INdented, not protruding as
you so often see on cakes because it is drawn on. This pattern was useful
for a few months. It finally did dry out too much and cracked off the doily,
but it served a wonderful purpose for very little cost!
Bake three 2-layer
You must have good support! The cake takes several hours to decorate, so it is best to do it in your shop. I used the Wilton white tubes for dowels. I placed each cake on 2 cardboards which I taped together and covered with heavy duty foil. Plastic wrap was placed on each iced cake, doweled and the next tier added.
TIP: Nicholas Lodge has a good iris cutter, and so does
Earlene Moore if you wish to buy a set. Earlene can be reached at pwdsugar@door.net
This picture shows the carriage to drive them to fairy
land, the gumpaste flowers and the 'marbled' fondant I used to cover the
4 base cakes.
Here are the patterns and directions for the carriage. These are from an old ACD magazine >www.cakemag.com
NOTE: The mold shown in the pictures is not available. I looked into it and he wanted several hundred dollars for it. I do not know where to get it at all anymore.
ICING RECIPE (for carriage) HERE
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Directions
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