Knight’s Castle Birthday Cake
This tutorial was uploaded as part of the Renshaw ‘Battle of the Bakes’ competition.
My little boy’s 4th birthday cake. He wanted a castle, a knight and a dragon and that’s what he got. It was super simple using the hints and tips.
Recipe by Polly Swinney.
Uploaded by Polly swinney
Time to make
Skill Level
Intermediate
Serves
40 people
Decorating ingredients
- 2 kg Renshaw White Ready to Roll Icing
- 500 g White chocolate
- 500 g Renshaw Modelling Paste
- 500 g Rice Krispies
Renshaw products used
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Instructions
Step 1
To create the towers either side of the 2-tier cake, I figured it would be difficult to do this with cake so I came up with the idea of taking a Pringles tube and lining it with grease proof paper.
Step 2
I then melted the white chocolate and added the Rice Krispies, mixing them together. I pushed the Rice Krispie mixture into the Pringles tube and put it into the fridge to set.
Step 3
Once it was hard I covered it in buttercream and covered it with Renshaw Ready to Roll Icing that had been coloured grey. I used a brick pattern to press into the icing.
Step 4
To create the battlements along the top of the towers and the tiers of the cakes I used the renshaw modelling paste and it is stiffer and dries quicker so holds its shape better for standing up without support. I rolled out the modelling paste which had been coloured a darker grey and cut strips about 2cm wide (the length depending on how long you would need to go around your tower etc) I then used a square cutter to cut out sections making sure not to cut to far down the strip only about 1 cm.
