Castle Turrets/towers? Or Cylindrical Shape That Stands Up?
Decorating By czyadgrl Updated 18 Apr 2007 , 11:01pm by lapazlady
I've got a request for a castle cake, in buttercream.
I'm going to need to pipe buttercream "stones" onto the turrets/towers to match the rest of the cake.
Here's my question: what should I use for the towers? I don't want to use ice cream cones as I don't want to see the contours, just want it straight.
Can I mold fondant around something round early, let it harden, then pipe buttercream on top of the fondant? Will the buttercream soften the fondant?
Or what else could I use to get that shape?
TIA
You could cut cake rounds in the diameter you want and stack them with a dowel running through.
You could make them out of rice krispie treats.
If you don't care if it's edible or not, you could cover a cardboard tube of the right height (such as a cut down pringles can) in plastic wrap or parchment paper and then pipe on it.
have you seen this? http://cgi.ebay.com/Romantic-Castle-Cake-Set-Wilton-32-piece-set_W0QQitemZ120107974834QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
It's Wilton's new "castle" kit - I don't know I'm not always a fan of plastic on cakes but it seems like a pretty good kit...
I bought a book after I did the astle cake in my photos that has a method I am going to use. The first time I used rice cripies rolled to the right shap with dowels. But this time I am going to cover PVC pipe with plastic wrap and wrap gumpaste around it. LEt it dry then remove from PVC pipe.
I think these will work better for two reasons...not likely to be bumpy and they will be mush lighter. Plus you can attach tehm to the cake board with royal and they will be sure to stay put.
Julia
hi,
i made 2 castles a while ago.for the turretts i used the center cardboard from paper towels wrapped them in plastic wrap then rolled some fondant around them, left them to dry then stood them up on the board ,with the cardboard and wrap still inside for strength,pressed some fondant around the bottom so they wouldn't fall over,then i put cones on top...after that i piped buttercream vines all over them. never had any problems with them
I use a washed out bean tin and bake the cake in them to make a cylinder cake. Then make cardboard cones to go on top.
I attach the towers to the cake using larger dowels throung both. never had any probs. May cakes are in my photos.
hope this helps.
I hate putting anything on a cake that can't be eatten, so the last castle I made I used cans, I emptied a few veggies, ran the cans in the dishwasher and greased and baked as normal. There is a picture in photos if you like.
Thanks y'all!
I don't know why I didn't think of Rice Krispie Treats. I'm going to do that.
Another related question then: I need to do a sort of archway/entrance by the castle door, so I can pipe flowers around and up it. I wanted it to stand away from the main cake a bit. Could I do that in fondant and let it dry - will it stay dry and standing if I pipe buttercream flowers on it?
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