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<\/a><\/p>\nWhen I started looking at cakes for this princess party I found so many beautiful and some truly over the top cakes that I knew I did not have the time nor the skill for. \u00a0Like this<\/a> and this<\/a>. \u00a0But then I found some castle cakes that looked great and actually do-able for the amateur cake maker. \u00a0Here are the links to the cakes that inspired the cake I wound up making for Betsy. \u00a0This<\/a> and this<\/a>\u00a0for the cake itself and then this<\/a>\u00a0for the towers. \u00a0As you can see I pretty must combined a bunch of great ideas others had to put this together. \u00a0Thank you, internet, pinterest and all of those creative types who share your great ideas with the rest of us!<\/p>\n To make the towers I brushed melted almond bark on to cake cones, I made more than 10 but 10 is all I used. \u00a0After it dried I used a little more of it to stick them together. \u00a0For shorter towers simply use one cone.<\/p>\n I also used the almond bark to coat 5 sugar cones (again, I made more than 5 just in case which was good since I did knock one on to the floor and it shattered) that I then covered in pink sugar.<\/p>\n With the left over almond bark I dipped the ends of both large and small marshmallows and then dipped them in pink and white sugar. \u00a0I did a bunch of these and did not use them all.<\/p>\n I also piped what I thought might be windows or doors out of some of the almond bark and sprinkled them with pink sugar. \u00a0I did not have a set decorating plan, as you can tell. \u00a0I only ended up using one of them.<\/p>\n Using 2 boxes of cake mix I baked up a 9×13 cake, an 8-inch square cake and 2 round 4-inch cakes. \u00a0Cake mix for the win!<\/p>\n I whipped up a batch of this frosting<\/a>. \u00a0It was just enough to frost everything.<\/p>\n I bought a cake board at a local cake shop in Sugar Land that I just found out existed thanks to my friend Katie, Cake Craft Shoppe<\/a>. \u00a0I see many more trips there in my future. \u00a0They have decoarting classes, too…<\/p>\n After leveling all of the layers using this handy tool<\/a>, I started layering the cakes and put on a crumb coat. \u00a0First the 9×13.<\/p>\n Then the 8×8.<\/p>\n Then the two rounds.<\/p>\n After chilling it all I put on another coat of frosting. \u00a0Then I started decorating. \u00a0I used plain mini marshmallows, white sugared minis and white sugared large marshmallows. \u00a0When we were shopping one day Betsy saw these pink sprinkles and had to have them. \u00a0They’re bubble gum flavored and taste terrible (unless you’re 3) but I loved the way they looked on the cake.<\/p>\n I pressed the bottoms of the towers into the very top and corners of the 9×13 cake. \u00a0I left off the top sugar cones since I had to store this overnight and my fridge would not accommodate the height.<\/p>\n When it was time to have cake I simply placed the sugar cones on top and walked very carefully to bring the cake to Betsy. \u00a0She loved it, as you can probably tell.<\/p>\n At some point after the candles were blown out someone (I think it might have been me?) knocked one of the cones off. \u00a0So, if you want a more sturdy ice cream cone tower then I suggest sticking them together with some icing.<\/p>\n Here’s a list of what you need to make the cake.<\/p>\n And just in case you cared, here are some more photos of the birthday girl and the fam.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Happy birthday, Betsy! \u00a0We love you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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