Castle Cake

 Every Fairy tale has a happy ending.......and her birthday will too when she sees this spectacular castle cake.Covered with bright candy trims and ice cream cone turrets,it,s a royal treat fit for a princess.What better way to let ma little girl know she rules.......:)

Yellow Butter Cake recipe...

3 cups (300 grams) sifted cake flour

3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup (170 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 1/3 cups (265 grams) granulated whitesugar

6 large egg yolks (110 grams)

1 cup (240 ml) milk (full fat or reduced fat)

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Butter and flour (or spray with a non stick vegetable/flour spray) two 9 x 2 inch (23 x 5 cm) cake pans. In a bowl sift or whisk the flour with the baking powder, and salt. In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter until soft and creamy (about 1-2 minutes). Gradually add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy (about 3-5 minutes). Add egg yolks, in two batches, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the vanilla extract and beat until combined. With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture (in three additions), and milk (in two additions), beginning and ending with the flour.   Evenly divide the batter between the prepared pans, smoothing the tops with an offset spatula or back of a spoon. Bake 22 to 28 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake just comes out clean and the cake springs back when pressed lightly in center.   Place the cakes on a wire rack to cool, in their pans, for about 10 minutes. Then invert the cakes onto a greased rack. To prevent cracks, reinvert cakes so that tops are right side up. Cool completely before frosting.

CHECKLIST

. Pan 10 * 2 in round
. Tip 22
. Color rose &pink
. Whipping cream lcing
. Also cake board;;  numeral candle; disposable decorating  bags; candy coated dutch chocolate mints; 5 cake ice cream cones; 5 sugar ice cream cones
. Make 7 cups rose icing &2 cup pink icing( i wilton colors)


1  Bake and cool 2 layer round cake use spatula to ice cake smooth in rose icing

2  Cut base off 4 cake cones fill uncut cake cone with icing for stability..Position sugar cones on top of cake cones and attach by piping stars where they join, using tip 129 and rose icing

3  Position cones on top of cake pipe stars at base of cones using tip 22 and Pink icing

4  Mark door area with a tooth pick 3 1/4 in wide mark 5 window areas 3 in apart measuring 2 1/2 in wide  2 in deep from top of cake.Pipe stars to outline and fill in using tip 22 and rose icing.Pipe star top and bottom borders..

5 Attach chocolate mint candies to tops of cones and along borders using tip 22 and dots of pink icing..Position candle..