How can I make the towers for a castle cake? I have been looking all over for foam cylinders(to cover in fondant) but I cannot find them....Where can I buy them or how can I make them? Ice cream cones just won't work, not the desired look and not tall enough....thanks!

I used the cardboard tubes from the paper towel rolls. Then I inserted a ice cream cone at the top for the turret. Cover it all with fondant and it works like a charm!

Thanks...how long in advance did you cover the tubes? Were they stable?

I think I did them about a week ahead of time - but fondant takes forever to dry here. Stability was an issue because they're not really attached to the cake. I can't remember what exactly I did to secure them. I think a hunk of fondant in the bottom and royal icing. But if you need to transport it anywhere, I wouldn't assemble until you got there.

you can also use mini rolls or swiss rolls, cover in fondant. you get extra cake that way. i secured with icing and toothpicks.
i also use cardboard tubes - kitchen roll, wrapping paper, folder up card for the turrets. secured with icing - a lot of people use chocolate too.
you can also buy the wilton castle kit, but it can be problematic, and costs money too!
xx

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I use rice krispie treats... pack them in to a pvc pipe, push it out & let it set up some, then cover them in fondant. I like to keep everything edible & the kids go crazy over them.

Hello, Hellohappycakes,
I used ice cream cones, both types, dipped in white candy coating. I used the wafer type cones-2 of them- stuck end to end for the towers. I used the wafffle-type cone shaped cones for the turrets. (There's a picture in my photos if you want to see how they looked.)
I stuck them to the cake board and the corner of the cake with royal icing. BTW, I carved a little off the edge of the corners so the towers would fit up against the cake.

Thanks!!! I really liked the rice krispie idea......do they come out smooth when you fondant them? BTW, Poohsmomma your castle is awesome.

Thanks!!! I really liked the rice krispie idea......do they come out smooth when you fondant them? BTW, Poohsmomma your castle is awesome.

Thanks

They are fairly smooth, maybe depends on how tightly you pack them in. I usually use an impression mat on the fondant & if the towers aren't completely smooth it doesn't matter so much. I've got several castle cakes on my website you can see. www.withicingontop.com

editted to add: I use the FMM mat, set #2. And the pictures are in the kids' cakes, a wedding cake & a baby shower cake.

All turrets but the very small ones done around the actual baked cakes. I baked them in cans from green peas and tomato sauce. BC them and fondant all over. Tops were fondant+tylose for extra strength and were allowed to dry for couple of days.

Here is the cake I was talking about

What about covering the cardboard that is in the middle of a paper towel with fondant? The round circular thing.

Great ideas everyone thanks so much!!

Another suggestion- I used plastic soda bottles- cut off the top and bottom, and slit up the side. Then, roll it into the width you want- wrap with masking tape to hold, and stuff with rice krispie treats. Let harden and remove the bottle tubes..
The beauty of it is that you can make different width turrets by rolling the tubes wider or narrower.... Cheap, easy and reusable !

WOW...such a cute cake..Are the stairs edible? is that a piece of cake cut like that and put on the side of the round cake?

I have used pvc pipe also and it is reusuable.

on the mad hatter castle cake in my pics, I used wilton seperator columns, on the other castle cakei made the pillars out of pastillage (or gumpaste) and allowed it to dry for 4 or 5 days. If you need a pastillage recipe, PM me... hope this helps

I saw on Youtube a tutorial for making the pastillage towers. They are great because you can cut out windows etc. The person then covered them in fondant when she covered her cake. I think the search I used was for Castle Cakes.

I have also heard of someone using chocolate crackles but I'm not really sure how they did it.

I saw on Youtube a tutorial for making the pastillage towers. They are great because you can cut out windows etc. The person then covered them in fondant when she covered her cake. I think the search I used was for Castle Cakes.

I have also heard of someone using chocolate crackles but I'm not really sure how they did it.

I used a pringles can and put rice crispy treats inside, Grease it well and they will slide right out.

I went to Loews and looked pvc piping and thought, wowo this is going to be hard to get out, uhhh!! But the pringles container is a great idea, I think I might even have a can around, thanks!!!!

Hi I used pringles chips cans (the ardboard ones) which worked great.

Hi I used pringles chips cans (the ardboard ones) which worked great.

Brookerene,
Nice caste cake, what cobblestone mat did you use? I am guessing that I will need to buy one....your's looked great!
Thanks!

Michael's has the styrofoam cylinders you can use. HTH

michaels only sells cones or cylinder discs that we very $$$, I think that it would take 10 discs to create the size tower that is being requested. I think that i will experiment with the pringles can.........