Before you spend bundles of money on a custom cake for child, check out this super easy way to make a castle birthday cake. Trust me, if I can do it, you can do it. Plus, it’s a fraction of the price. So, check it out!

As I was saying, I’m not a baker. Cakes are definitely not my specialty. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised when I was able to pull of this adorable castle birthday cake. My daughter loved it and it only cost me like 15 bucks. Here’s how you can make one as well.

Gather your castle birthday cake ingredients

There’s not much you’ll need to buy to make this delicious and magical cake for your child’s birthday. Everything all together cost me about $15. Pretty inexpensive, right? Here’s what you’ll need:

• Five sugar cones
• Vanilla or strawberry wafers
• Cherry sours
• White decorating gel
• Pink sprinkles
• Two containers of strawberry frosting
• Two box mixes of strawberry or chocolate cake mix
• Twisted marshmallow poles (optional)

Step #1: Cook your cakes

The thing I like about this cake recipe is that you don’t need any special pans to make it. All you need is a 9×12 cake pan to make a square cake. If you want to make a round cake, just cook them in a round cake pan. So, make both cakes according to the directions on the box. I cooked both of mine in the oven in the non-stick pans at the same time. Make sure you put a piece of parchment paper down in each pan so the cake can be pulled out easily after they are cool. Once the cakes are cooked completely, pull them gently out of the pan, wrap them up and freeze them for at least two hours (overnight if possible).

Step #2: Assemble your castle cake

Once the cooked birthday cakes have hardened enough in the freeze, now it’s time to assemble. The cakes are way easier to work with and frost when they are frozen. Cut both cakes in half and stack three of the four halves on top of each other on a cake stand. Trim the sides with a knife until all of the sides are even.

Cut the remaining half of the second cake in half and then stack those two smaller cake pieces on top of each other on the top of the cake. Simple, right?

Step #3: Frost and decorate your cake

Believe it or not, there’s just on last step. This is the fun part. You need to frost and decorate your castle birthday cake. I just used a regular butter knife and frosted all around the cake. It doesn’t have to be perfect. And this is where freezing your cake beforehand will be very helpful.

Then, you’ll want to frost each of the sugar ice cream cones with the strawberry frosting and then roll them in a sprinkles. Place a frosted sugar cone on the corners of the cake and then one on the very top.

Place the three windows and two doors on the front of the cake and outline them with the decorating gel. Finally, add cherry sours along the edges of the top and bottom sections. You can also added some colorful twisted marshmallow poles along the base of the cake for added color and deliciousness. If you get really ambitious, you could make a draw bridge too.

Voila! You’re done. Wasn’t that super easy? And it didn’t take a lot of time either. Even though my castle birthday cake wasn’t perfect, it was perfect for my two-year-old little girl. She loved it. In fact, she loved it so much that she tore the left overs all apart the next time after her party. Oh well, at least I got a picture.

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My son requested a sea turtle birthday cake for his fifth birthday. It was surprisingly super easy (compared to some of my other kids’ requests). Here’s everything you need to know to make your own today.

So, don’t sweat. This whole cake only took me about and hour and a half. Even the most novice of cake decorators (like myself) can do it.

Gather sea turtle birthday cake supplies

Here’s everything you’ll need to make your awesome sea turtle birthday cake:

• Blue, brown and black food coloring
• Decorating kit (I love the PrepWorks brand)
• One cake mix
• Butter cream frosting (this is my favorite recipe)
• Cutting board and foil

Start baking!

The reason why this cake is so easy is because you only have to bake one cake. I baked half of my cake in an oven-safe bowl and the only half in an 8″x6″ Pyrex pan. Once it’s cooked, you’ll need to shape the head, arms and feet using the cake from the Pyrex. The cake from the bowl will be the shell.

Frost like crazy

Pull out your creativity on this one. I used brown frosting for the shell and green frosting for the body. The sky is the limit.

You can try a variation of colors. I just stuck with the traditional ones. Your child will flip for this cute cake.

What cute ideas do you have for your next birthday cake? Leave your comments below.

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Go all out or go home. That’s what I say every birthday. And my three-year-old’s birthday party was no exception. I decided to make him an epic 18-inch tall birthday cake and it didn’t disappoint.

So, this tall birthday cake is a bit of work. But you don’t have to do it all in one day and the smile on your child’s face will make it all worth it. Here’s my step-by-step cake-making process.

Build your tall birthday cake base

If you want to make this entire cake out of, well, cake, go for it. But I realized pretty quick, that half of this cake needed to be fake. So, you can just buy a round styrofoam cylinder cake online and skip this step completely. Or you can build it out of cardboard with a 9-inch base that is 10 inches in diameter.

After you build your base out of cardboard, all you need to do is wrap it. The wrapping paper helps disguise any spots that you might have missed with frosting. So, try to use the same color wrapping paper as the frosting that you are going to use.

Once you are done wrapping, hot glue the write piece to the red cardboard piece. This will prevent any unsightly accidents.

Start cookin’ your cake

You can make your tall birthday cake from scratch, but my three-year-old would never be able to tell the difference. Instead, I cooked five cakes from store-bought cake mixes in a 10″ springform pan.

Once each cake is cooled, place them on top of each other with a piece of parchment paper in between each one. Cover with grocery bags and place in the freezer until you are ready to start frosting your cake.

Make your rice krispy treat cake

I could have technically made 10 cakes instead of five. But I thought that the rice krispy cake would hold together better and provide a more sturdy base. I tripled a regular batch rice krispy treats and formed it onto the springform pan. Then I put it in the freezer.

Decorate your cake

The sky is the limit on this one. Use your creative juices. Place the rice krispy treat and then the cakes on top of the base. For me, this cake took six containers of store-bought vanilla frosting.

Spread five of the containers of frosting all over the cake and smooth it out with an icing smoother or a plastic cutting board.

Next, take the last container of frosting and melt it for about 45-60 seconds in the microwave. Then dye it whatever color you would like with food coloring. Dump it directly on top of the cake and gently push the frosting off the sides to create drizzles on the side. Or just watch this video on how to makes drizzles on your cake.

Add some sprinkles and birthday candles to the top and voila! It’s done and it’s aaamazing!!

I am so happy with the way this cake turned out. Plus, you should have seen my three-year-old when he saw it for the first time. He was so excited!

What other fun birthday cakes have you made? Leave your comments below.

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