Beach And Sand Castle.. Need Input
Decorating By Gingoodies Updated 22 Aug 2006 , 12:15am by SugarFrosted
I am going to be making a beach themed birthday cake for next sunday. I already know that I am making the sand castle shaped bundt cake. I will also be making a filled cake. I am going to decorate the filled cake like the beach and the ocean. I have questions....
1. How should I "marry" the two so they look like they are on the same level. I want the castle to look like it is on the beach with the water encroaching. My filled cakes are usually about 4 inches, or so, high.
2. Should I bring the water down over the sides of the cake. I am thinking the water will actually be at one end.. beach in the middle.. sand castle at the other end.
3. What do you think is the easiest way to get that wave wash effect.. you know how the water crashes on the shore kind of thing 
Or should I just have a "calm sea" 
Thanks for any input you can give 
does then other cake have to be a round or square traditional filled tier?
I ask as, if you did a filled sheet cake instead, you'd have plenty of room to put the castle at one end and do beach/ocean or even plop it dead center and have it look like it was a little island in the middle of the ocean (like the castle in france)
I was trying not to give them TOO MUCH cake.. There will also be cupcakes with chocolate shells on them for the kids. I am hoping to keep the filled cake on the smaller side. My original thought was to use the sheet cake.
I have done several "beach" cakes over the years, and I usually ice half the cake with a golden color for the sand and the other half with white, on top of whitch I "smear" turquoise blue to indicate the foamy water. I use a tip 21 or 22 to swirl up the waves at the edge of the sand and sometimes to make incoming waves. Your Sand castle could go on the other end away from the beach. I just bought a sandcastle bundt pan I want to use in just the way you are going to do it.
Have a look at this "beach" search page from my website (ignore the beachball, it has "beach" in it too apparently 
)
http://sugarfrosted.com/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=beach
On this page the beach is bevelled, and the water is iced/decorated the same as the others:
http://sugarfrosted.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_1743-9x13-TreasureIsland.JPG
I have done several "beach" cakes over the years, and I usually ice half the cake with a golden color for the sand and the other half with white, on top of whitch I "smear" turquoise blue to indicate the foamy water. I use a tip 21 or 22 to swirl up the waves at the edge of the sand and sometimes to make incoming waves. Your Sand castle could go on the other end away from the beach. I just bought a sandcastle bundt pan I want to use in just the way you are going to do it.
Have a look at this "beach" search page from my website (ignore the beachball, it has "beach" in it too apparently
)http://sugarfrosted.com/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=beach
On this page the beach is bevelled, and the water is iced/decorated the same as the others:
http://sugarfrosted.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_1743-9x13-TreasureIsland.JPG
SugarFrosted,
Your cakes are so cool. You really have mastered the art of the ocean on your cakes. Very, very impressive!!!
Carol
SugarFrosted,
Your cakes are so cool. You really have mastered the art of the ocean on your cakes. Very, very impressive!!!
Carol
ckkerber, Thank you so much! You are so nice to say that! 
I made a cake with the castle bundt and put a 4" tier underneath, covered with marbled fondant and sand on the cake board and some fondant sandals. There is a picture on my photos that were made in the process. I finished the cake with some crystalized sugar in clear and some flags in fondant from the turets. I used the wilton print impression to spell Ventura. You may get some ideas of how to adapt.
It is in my photos, a work in progress rather than the final cake. The final cake came in 3rd at the Ventura County Fair this weekend!
I am bumping this up... just to see if I get any new ideas. Thanks
I have no idea if this is even on target, but could you carve a little arc out of the filled cake so that you can slide the bundt cake in and have it be right up against it? Then, the filled cake could be entirely water, with the waves coming up and washing onto the sandcastle? The way I'm envisioning it, half of the bundt pan would be nestled in so you could have white, foamy waves creeping up the bottom of it.
there are a bunch of really great beach themed cakes in the gallery...
there are a bunch of really great beach themed cakes in the gallery...
The cake is done! 
It probably didnt come out exactly as I had pictured it 
but they loved it! Thanks to everyone for the input and support. I posted a pic this morning.
Very cute cake!! Your sand is perfect and all the accessories look just right 
Now relax
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