The Castle Cake

This past weekend was Calee's 2nd birthday. Megan and I got this cool castle cake set for Christmas so we thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to make a castle cake. It has been awhile since I have had the time to make a cake so this was a lot of fun....and A LOT of work. This cake took us about 9 hours to make. So this was basically our Saturday activity...and I loved it! This one was so much fun to make and with the exception of a few problems, the construction of the cake went smoothly. What do you think?We brought the cake out to my grandmas house on Sunday to celebrate. WOW...that was one interesting 30 minute ride. It went a little something like this......

Megan: "that tier is tilting the wrong way...THAT TIER IS TILTING ASHLEY!!!"
Ashley: "DON'T put your hand there! You'll ruin the flowers!!!"
Megan: "My arm is getting tired. Can you hold this tier for a little bit?"
Both: "AHHHHH! Dave!! Try NOT to hit the pot holes ok???"
Ashley: "OK, now MY arm is getting tired."

Yeah....it was a stressful drive. Thankfully for us, Dave was able to drive while we held the cake like it was a ticking time bomb. Unfortunately for him, he had to listen to us scream practically the whole way there. (love you babe!) Surprisingly, we only had a minor fatality on the way there that was easily fixed.

The cake was a success. And was delicious...red velvet cake, with homemade custard filling with raspberry. YUM!