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Wilton Castle Cake-Anyone ever put it together?

post #1 of 10
7/5/12 at 8:12am
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I have an order for this cake, it looks super easy but I got to reading reviews about it and people are saying it has taken them 8 hours to assemble and it is very difficult. This kinda worries me, lol.

The cake is for Saturday morning, delivery to location is about a 45 minutes car ride.

I planned on decorating all of the columns and turetts tonight with royal icing and sanding sugar.

Should I wait to assemble all of the cloumns onto the cake at the venue?

Has anyone made this cake, can you give me any tips?
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post #2 of 10
7/5/12 at 8:45am
Looks ARE deceiving on this one! I actually gave this set away because of how difficult it is to use. My recommendations- decorate on site. I tried all of the tips I saw online- royal icing, melted chocolate, building up icing on the sides of the towers where it meets the cake, etc- nothing worked. Of all of the columns I had on the cake, only 1 did not fall off at some point in time. Its really a design flaw on wiltons part. There is nothing to secure the towers to the cake. Good luck!
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post #3 of 10
7/5/12 at 9:16am
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Do you think if I drill small holes into the columns and use a skewer to connect the column to the cake, that would work?

I'm sitting here looking at pics and I really do not want to work on a cake that looks this simple for 8 hours, lol.

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Originally Posted by hope22023

Looks ARE deceiving on this one! I actually gave this set away because of how difficult it is to use. My recommendations- decorate on site. I tried all of the tips I saw online- royal icing, melted chocolate, building up icing on the sides of the towers where it meets the cake, etc- nothing worked. Of all of the columns I had on the cake, only 1 did not fall off at some point in time. Its really a design flaw on wiltons part. There is nothing to secure the towers to the cake. Good luck!
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post #4 of 10
7/5/12 at 9:17am
I have made this cake several times. I drill a hole through the bottoms of the pillars and use dowel - then slide the pillar over them, they wont go anywhere. I deliver mine assembled, and have never run into any issues.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=267093296659528&set=a.304795166222674.63447.199991496703042&type=3&theater
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post #5 of 10
7/5/12 at 9:19am
it does NOT take 8 hours to assemble, its a pretty simple cake in my opinion.
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post #6 of 10
7/5/12 at 9:21am
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Awesome...I just looked at your facebook picture. The green icing on the cake, is that royal or buttercream? Also, what tip did you use for the green icing?

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I have made this cake several times. I drill a hole through the bottoms of the pillars and use dowel - then slide the pillar over them, they wont go anywhere. I deliver mine assembled, and have never run into any issues.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=267093296659528&set=a.304795166222674.63447.199991496703042&type=3&theater
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post #7 of 10
7/5/12 at 9:24am
I think I used the #66 leaf tip, it's buttercream, infact I think I cut corners and bought wilton green icing so I didn't have to fuss with mixing it, I made all the flowers and decorate the cones a week ahead of time. It was a matter of icing the cake, stacking, and assembly - 3 hours tops.
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post #8 of 10
7/5/12 at 9:35am
On another note regarding the castle cake, has anoyone who has decorated it covered the towers in fondant? I am wondering the best way to apply the fondant to stick to teh white plastic.

Thanks!
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post #9 of 10
7/5/12 at 9:41am
I have, but it wont let me attach the picture and I don't know how to turn it into a link
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post #10 of 10
7/5/12 at 12:59pm
I also drill holes to put the dowels in the bottom of the turrets. For the turrets that sit directly on the cake board, I glue 2 short poly dowels to the sides of the turret and insert that into the cake.

To attach fondant to the turret, just use some piping glue or skim coat with corn syrup.

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