An expression of love to my little princess daughter.

Here's my latest work of mommy "art". It’s a castle cake with Disney princesses for my daughter. This was my first attempt at castle cake making. I made this cake with love and she loved it! In her exact words, "Mom this is the best birthday ever." Ahhh how sweet. Not bad for a first attempt. I would love to take a Wilton cake-decorating class sometime at Michael's Craft Store. Some day!

Here's the details: The bottom layer is just your normal 9x13 size pan and the top is a round cake pan. The remaining batter was used to make 9 cupcakes. The towers are cupcakes and ice cream cones placed on top of the 9X13 cake.

To make frosting easier I froze the cakes and cupcakes overnight and then took them out of the freeze right before frosting. I used store bought frosting (2 tubs of white) and added food coloring to make it pink. The decorations are a Hershey bar for the front door, Smarties, Skittles, brown cake decorating gel (store bought) used on the windows, and I piped pink frosting around the perimeter and tops of cones in the last photo. I placed all the Disney Princesses figurines around the castle at the party.

This Disney princess castle cake took about an hour and a half to frost and decorate after pulling it out of the freezer. The party was a few hours later and it was completely thawed and not cold. The cake was very moist and yummy for store bought cake mixes.

"Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children."-- Charles R. Swindoll

Speaking of memory banks, My mom made me a Barbie dress cake (you know the ones baked in a glass bowl) when I was a girl. I remember how special I felt blowing out the candles. I hope my daughter remembers this one made with love from her mommy.