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This Aussie mum’s 5-MINUTE princess castle birthday cake hack has stopped Australia!

ANYONE can do it! - by Amy Sinclair
  • 20 Mar 2019

We love a good baking hack at New Idea Food - and this one is a corker!

Created by Aussie mum Olivia White - who runs the fabulous House of White parenting and lifestyle blog - it takes only five minutes to create, using cheap and cheerful supermarket ingredients to boot. 

This Aussie mum’s 5-MINUTE princess castle birthday cake hack has stopped Australia!

Olivia says she created the ‘Princess Castle Cake’ for her daughter Teddy’s birthday, admitting that she loves pulling together hacks using Woolies store-bought cakes.

‘I’ve never been a good baker, but I absolutely love eating cake and getting creative!!’ Olivia writes. 

This year, Teddy was having a Sugar Rush party (from the movie Wreck-It Ralph) and I wanted to make something that resembled Vanellope’s, Princess Castle.

‘A quick google of Princess Castle cakes and oh my gosh, there were some EPIC results that looked way out of my budget and skill level. But after hours of scrolling, I did get a few ideas on how I could simply put something easy and affordable together with just a few supplies from Woolies.

‘I used the Woolworths Marble Block Cake, as it already had pink frosting on top, and the Woolworths Red Velvet Cake both from the bakery section. There are heaps of other colours and flavours in both these style cakes to suit your need/tastes.’

Olivia says she then frosted the cakes using Betty Crocker Strawberry Frosting before the fun job of decorating began!

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‘Once it was all frosted nice, I popped the Essentials Ice Cream Cone Cups around the sides to start the towers,’ she says. ‘I also cut one cone halfway up the base to use as the middle tower.

‘Then I used some of the leftover frosting and pipped it into the top of the cones to act as a glue for the waffle cones. You could also melt some white chocolate to do the same thing.

‘I then popped the Woolworths Select Mini Waffle Ice Cream Cones on top of each ice cream cup to make the rest of the towers.

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If only she knew the true fate of her first cake 🤣🎂 Hacked two @woolworths_au cakes, slapped the Red Velvet Cake and Marble Block Cake together 🎂 put together with a few trimmings 😍 to a princess cake fit for my little princess 👸 It only cost me around $20 (even with a spare cake and extra icing needed) 💃🏼 How did I do mamas? If you wanna see the original cake and learn it's fate, I've popped it in my highlights for a giggle 🤪 I know this isn't anything to write home about but I'm no talent at cake making, so this is good for me 🤣 Plus my baby girl loved it 😍 so that's all that matters!!! Thank you everyone who wished a happy birthday 🥳 We love you all so much 😘

‘From here, it’s really just a free for all on how you’d like to decorate. I used Sshmallows White Mini Marshmallows and Dr Oetker Rose Icing Decorations. But you could do whatever you liked really, and I had some awesome screenshots of other peoples hacks after seeing ours with Disney Princesses and sprinkled towers etc…’

Olivia says the whole cake took five minutes to put together - and was clearly a big success with little Teddy! We couldn’t love it more!

For all the ingredients and detailed instructions, head here for all the amazing details.

PLUS: HOW TO MAKE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE'S BIRTHDAY CAKE - WATCH IT HERE!

Amy Sinclair
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Amy Sinclair is a contibutor for New Idea Food.

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