Haunted Castle Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

To begin, Paul shows you how to build the structure used to hold the cake using cake boards and a metal threaded rod.

In this lesson, Paul shows you how to layer and ganache the cakes using wooden dowels to keep the cake firmly in place. Then we move on to the ganaching!

In this lesson, you will learn how to cover the sides of the cake in panels to achieve a nice sharp edge finish.

In this lesson, you will learn how to stack a cake using the dowel technique.

Paul shows you how to make the roof using a cake card, a very simple and effective method. You can make it from cake if you wish but shhh… no one will notice!

Now that the roof has been made, Paul uses sugarpaste panels to cover up the cake card.

In this lesson, Paul covers the polystyrene turrets using sugarpaste to match the rest of the castle.

In this lesson, Paul finishes off the rest of the roof along the edge of the castle using the same technique as before.

In this lesson, Paul shows you how to make the spooky windows for the castle.

In this lesson, Paul simply adds the turrets to the castle using the wooden dowels before showing you how to cover the board and hide the threaded rod.

in this lesson, Paul shows you how to make all the little bits and bobs that help to bring your castle to life.

In this lesson, you will learn how to make the big beautiful moon and how to securely attach it to your cake.

Paul adds a little more detail to the gravestones with dust before adding them to the cake.

In this lesson, Paul shows you how to make the little pumpkin monster and his 2 little green friends.

For finishing touches, Paul carefully places the royal icing trees and adds a few more little touches to bring more character to the cake.

Paul shares some other ideas for you to use on your own Haunted Castle cake.

In this lesson, Paul shares relevant information with regards to pricing and selling your Haunted Castle cake.