How to Make a Sand Castle Cake
Take a long, serrated knife and trim any bubbles or uneven spots on the tops of the cakes., Take the square cake and measure a 5 1⁄2 inch (14.0 cm) and a 3 1⁄2 inch (8.9 cm) circle., Use the 8-inch round cake as your bottom layer and frost it., Use...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Take a long
Flatten and even out the tops as much as possible to get a more presentable surface. , Carefully cut it out and dust any crumbs off., Then take the 5 1⁄2 inch (14.0 cm) circle and place it at one of the edges of the 8 inch (20.3 cm) and frost it.
Carefully place the 3 1⁄2 inch (8.9 cm) circle on top of the 5 1⁄2 inch (14.0 cm) circle at its edge and frost this layer.
It should form something like a staircase instead of regular cake layers., You can either place them in a sandwich bag and smash them, roll them with a rolling pin, or blend them with a food processor to make crumbs., The wafer crumbs will resemble the "sand" of your castle., Place them around the cake, for example a few around the bottom layer and one at the very top., Use a dab of frosting around the edges of each of them and place them upside down (pointy-side up) on each ice cream cup., Divide the rest of the graham cracker sticks in half and place them around the rims of the layers.
Use the rest of the wafer crumbs (or break some leftover graham cracker sticks into crumbs) around the outside of the cake for the final touch., Get round candy to use as rocks, goldfish crackers to use around the cake, etc., -
Step 2: serrated knife and trim any bubbles or uneven spots on the tops of the cakes.
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Step 3: Take the square cake and measure a 5 1⁄2 inch (14.0 cm) and a 3 1⁄2 inch (8.9 cm) circle.
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Step 4: Use the 8-inch round cake as your bottom layer and frost it.
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Step 5: Use your own technique of crumbling the wafers.
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Step 6: Cover the frosting with the wafer crumbs and press it into the frosting.
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Step 7: Take each ice cream cup and spread a little bit of frosting on the bottom of them.
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Step 8: Shorten 2 of the 6 sugar cones by trimming off about 1 1⁄2 inches (3.8 cm) of the top part.
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Step 9: Place 2 whole graham cracker sticks into the middle cake layer as the doors.
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Step 10: Add your own goodies and candies to the castle for a castle "touch".
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Step 11: Finished.
Detailed Guide
Flatten and even out the tops as much as possible to get a more presentable surface. , Carefully cut it out and dust any crumbs off., Then take the 5 1⁄2 inch (14.0 cm) circle and place it at one of the edges of the 8 inch (20.3 cm) and frost it.
Carefully place the 3 1⁄2 inch (8.9 cm) circle on top of the 5 1⁄2 inch (14.0 cm) circle at its edge and frost this layer.
It should form something like a staircase instead of regular cake layers., You can either place them in a sandwich bag and smash them, roll them with a rolling pin, or blend them with a food processor to make crumbs., The wafer crumbs will resemble the "sand" of your castle., Place them around the cake, for example a few around the bottom layer and one at the very top., Use a dab of frosting around the edges of each of them and place them upside down (pointy-side up) on each ice cream cup., Divide the rest of the graham cracker sticks in half and place them around the rims of the layers.
Use the rest of the wafer crumbs (or break some leftover graham cracker sticks into crumbs) around the outside of the cake for the final touch., Get round candy to use as rocks, goldfish crackers to use around the cake, etc.,
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