Princess Tiara Cake with an 8 Inch and a 6 Inch Tier

05/04/2016 · Updated on: 17/05/2023

The cake itself has an eight-inch tier on the bottom and a six-inch tier on top. Each tier is about four inches tall with four layers of vanilla cake (colored pink, of course!) and vanilla frosting in each tier.

I coated each tier with a layer of buttercream frosting and covered them with white fondant. Several people have asked me what I use for fondant, so if you're wondering, I typically just buy Wilton rolled fondant (from Walmart or Amazon -- usually cheaper at Walmart) or Satin Ice vanilla fondant from Amazon. For me, it is much easier and quicker than making my own.

Materials

* 6″ round cake – crumb coated
* Additional 1kg (2lb 2oz) Sweet Buttercream tinted with Sugarflair Ruby food color
* Satin Ice fondant tinted grey with Tylose (CMC) added – or gumpaste/ sugarpaste
* Tiara template
* Large tin of fruit 825g (29oz) approximately
* Clay extruder
* Pizza cutter
* Exacto/ craft knife
* Shortening
* Sugar glue
* Small paintbrush
* Parchment/ baking paper
* Tape
* Cake stand or 8″ cake board
* Piping bag
* No. 125 Piping tip
* Spatula
* Turntable

Rachel Terrell

It was a lopsided castle cake for her son's fifth birthday, and the party loved it anyway. That was the start for Rachel Terrell, who now handles the decorated cakes, kids' party cakes and cake pops on Cakes Mania. She lives in Nashville with her husband and two boys, and her piping bags have their own drawer.