What method(s) are best for anchoring castle turrets or keeping them from sinking into the cake? I have tried royal icing, extra fondant, dowels - but these don't work very well when the cake has to travel several miles. Thanks your help!!

I don't know the answer, but I'm in the process of making a castle cake for my daughter's birthday party this weekend. I'm only baking right now so I'd be interested in hearing the answer as well. Here's a bump in hopes someone else will have an answer for you.

I just stuck mine right into the cake. I had no problems. But I didn't have to transport it.

I think it depends on what you make the turrets out of. I think some use cake, some use rice crispies treats. I used gum paste/fondant combination around paper towel rolls, so the turrets weren't very heavy and I used royal icing around the bottom and attached to the sides of the next cake layer and they were very solid, actually very hard to pull off. (Picture in my photos)