Many hours in front of the book, Internet, grocery store checkout, and this counter. I won't admit how many hours this cake took, but it was fun and worth it. I didn't take pictures of each step but here are a few.
Frosting the towers... this took SOOOO long, then trying to put fondant on them, now that is where I need a class!
Three of my four batches of fondant. Yes it was too much, but I didn't know what to expect and the 1st batch wasn't my favorite and I was worried how it would turn out. It actually is a lot easier to make than I thought and tastes delicious... just chew gum while you make it or else...
1st cake with fondant on it, I think it went pretty well!
Two cakes as the base it looked so plain, but beautiful. I should have done something simple like just cut some fondant flowers and keep it simple for my 1st cake. Then it would have looked like this...
I made this cake on her birthday just before the party, because I was worried that the Castle cake wasn't enough! Ha, let's just say we have a 1/2 cake on the counter and 1/2 of a cake in the freezer.Here is the actual birthday cake... Drum roll....
Girly, girly, pink and pretty. There is an A (Anna is obsessed with "A for Anna") on the front that is a little hard to see.
The back of the cake. Just don't look to closely or the tower might fall on you. Actually they stayed well, it just didn't look perfect.
She LOVED her cake! Which made it all worth it. Why many hours on a CAKE was worth it:
It was delicious.
The party attenders seemed to enjoy it.
It was fun and exciting to try something new.
Anna asked for some "birthday cake" for breakfast the next day.
Today (two days later) when talking about the cake she yelled, "Princess Castle" and then a minute later said, "nummy!!"
Oh how I love this little two year old! I will post more about her birthday, updates, etc. soon, but wanted to get this uploaded for those who asked for pictures. 