Disney Princess Castle Cake

Here is a pic of a cake I made for my niece’s birthday party this past weekend. It was very easy as most of it was a plastic kit (for the turrets). It was a vanilla cake with an almond butter cream frosting.

I also have been experimenting and I have finally been able to make a vegan version of fondant! Woohoo! This is a huge success because for so long now I have felt that I could not use fondant because it is made with gelatin and I want to avoid any animal ingredients. By using agar powder instead of gelatin I am able to get the same effect.  I tweaked the recipe a bit and I made a batch of vegan fondant from this excellent recipe from Epicurious.com. I made my niece a smaller cake using the vegan fondant. I don’t like how amateur my cake looks but considering it is the second time I have worked with fondant and I don’t really know what I am doing I guess it is okay. I am going to take a fondant/gum paste course next month and I cannot wait to learn!