Hi All,
I've seen so many awesome castle cakes here and wonder what is used to make the turrets? I really like the rounded look over the squared look but what is it? I like the tall turrets.

I read where someone used paper towel rolls but how would you make that tall, rounded shape out of cake so it's edible? If it's made out of cake, how does it stand up? Also, how do you attach the turrets in the standing upright position to the sides of the castle?

Thanks so much!
KimAZ

if u want them edible you can use a round cookie cutter and cut the cake out and stack them ontop eachother and use a dowel rod to hold them together.. i have done that and i also use paper towel rings....

Here are some instructions I thought might help...

http://www.webmall1.com/sweetdreams/castleinfo.htm

I made a castle cake for my daughters 5th birthday last year and I used soup cans as cake moulds.
I washed then out, stripped the paper off the outside, greased and floured the inside and filed them about 1/2 way with batter. I then stacked 2 high and used icing to hold them together. It tasted the same as the rest of the cake and iced perfectly.

Hope that helps,

Mary

While I have not made them, I know of others that have used Pringle Can that they cover with gumpaste/fondant. A helpful hint was to weigh the bottoms of them down by filling them with some beans.

When I made my castle cake, I used Pringles cans covered in marshmallow fondant, then took sugar cones and covered them in marshmallow fondant as well. We did not need any extra cake (the base parts of the cake were huge), so I used the Pringles cans instead of cake. I attached the turrets to the cake with buttercream.