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Sandcastle cake, mix and match shapes. (recipe)
From:
Sunset
| Date:
January 1, 1984
| COPYRIGHT 1984 Sunset Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Icing gives most cakes their fanciness, but baking containers are what turn this fine-textured pound cake into a castle. You put the cake together much the way you would a sandcastle, mixing and matching shaped created by baking the batter in different-size food cans.
Putting together a castle cake is a project that invites participation; even the smallest helper can be responsible for some chore, such as assembling a paper cone to make a castle turret, or dusting on the ...
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