Hi,
My daughter will be ten soon, and predictably... it's a Hogwarts party. She wants the Hogwarts castle in 3D as her cake.... specifically "Not a flat one, Mama!"
That I can cope with, but I am planning to set out the cake on 48 inch square table. The cake would be 18-20 inches square at the base. (devil's food cake with chocolate fudge icing, covered with butter-cream)
I would like to include, some elements of the Hogwarts grounds on the rest of the table ...eg: the Whomping willow, the forbidden forest, the quidditch pitch. My daughter is a stickler for detail and so am I.
Please help!
Any ideas on how to make the trees stand tall and straight?
Thanks in advance,
Karen
BTW I am so happy I joined this board!
Wow! That's ambitious! Are you planning to do a cake for each? Here is a Hogwart's castle cake i found... http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.securecakestore.com/acatalog/Hogwartcastle.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.securecakestore.com/acatalog/Hogwart_Castle.html&h=443&w=330&sz=32&tbnid=PzCTT2I2u0IJ:&tbnh=124&tbnw=92&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhogwart%2Bcake%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
Beachcakes
Thanks for the link ... I just took a look.
My plan is to do a big castle cake, (multiple pans, which I will shape and mould). That, I can do.
I thought I could make the whomping willow using one of my larger Wilton pillars, covered with marzipan(coloured and textured to look like bark), foliage of stiff buttercream. I still haven't figured out how to make the branches. Maybe florists wire covered with the same marzipan.
The Quidditch pitch, would be basically, a cake board, covered with colored dessicated coconut, and the markings iced in, with the goal posts at either end.
The forest, probably similar to the whomping willow, but much darker, smaller, and less detail. Maybe I will put Aragog lurking inside!
Besides the cake I have a huge party to organise ... I will be making hats, capes and wands for 30 children, making all the "wizard" food at home, and of course playing games with 30 ten year old wizards!
I will probably end up with a migraine!
But, I have lots of help, and I plan early.
Karen
Earlenescakes.com has a beautiful castle cake. I beleive that you can also order the instructions for this cake. Very realistic looking. The only other thing I can do for you is pray. Its sounds like you have your work cut out for you. Good Luck.
http://www.earlenescakes.com/Castles.htmt
Good Luck karennayak! My daughters are so into that series, that i'm thinking of making my oldest(she'll be 17 in November) the castle. I can't wait to see the finished product.
Thanks all for taking the time to reply.
Godsgrace:
I couldn't view the castle cake on Earlenescakes.com
Can you send me the link again please?
And ... Thanks for praying. That helps me so much too.
Rexy
Thanks for the picture ... After looking at it, I realised
that I can place my castle on my round Wilton wedding
cake stand (covered with fondant) That will give it
some height off the table.
Barbara-Ann
I promise to post pictures. The party is on the 8th
of October.
BTW My name is Karen Anne!
Thanks again,
Karen
Looking forward to seeing this cake!!
I have several Harry Potter fans at home, whom I am sure will want this theme also.
Be sure to write out the instructions as I would like to be the first to request them.
There's a new castle shaped pan out if you wanted to mold the cake instead of carving it.
http://cakefun.blogspot.com/2005/08/new-sandcastle-bundt-pan.html
http://www.earlenescakes.com/Castles.htm
If this link doesn't work again just go to earlenescakes.com and click on wedding cakes then click on castles.. Good Luck
Karen -- I can't wait to see this cake. GOOD LUCK!!!
Please don't forget to post!
Godsgrace,
Thanks!
This time Iwas able to see the castle cake. It is really beautiful. Definitely gave me some ideas.
Lisa,
Thanks for the information on the new pan. I should have explained earlier, I live in India, and no cake decorating items are available to me here. Occasionally, I make a trip to Singapore (or convince my husband to shop for me in London) where I can buy the smaller decorating items....
So.... I have to make do with basic shapes, and carve them to what I need!
So far, I have done 18 themed birthday parties for my girls, all of them with theme cakes, some of them in 3D.
And Yes, I promise to post pictures. I just started work on the hats and cloaks yesterday.
Thanks for all your help,
Karen
Hi Cheryl,
Thanks for the link you sent me. I replied in this thread, as the other was an inadvertent double post and has a single reply. I hope that is OK.
All the castle cakes seem to have card-board rolls for the towers. I am a little bit reluctant to do that, but I guess I have no choice, short of making 4 swiss rolls.
Any ideas for making the towers edible?
Thanks in advance,
Karen
Karen,
I've made torettets out of rice krispie treats and I'm sure you could do the towers also. Maybe use an empty Pringles can cut length wise. Fill and press. Don't worry about working quickly with the rice krispies, just pop them in the micro for a few seconds to soften them up. Works like a breeze!
Susan
Hi,
I'm just beginning to get things together for the cake now. The birthday party is on Sunday.
Someone suggested using Pringle boxes a bases for the towers. I took that a little further and bought PVC piping in different diameters. As Hogwarts is not a symmetrical castle, I thought this might work.
My question is, How do I get the buttercream to adhere firmly to the PVC piping? Or should I use fondant instead?
If anyone has any ideas, I will be very grateful for any help. I don't want me icing to slide off the cake halfway through the party!
Thanks in advance,
Karen
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