Baking

10 castle cakes the kids will love

These gorgeous castle cakes are easy-to-decorate and perfect for a birthday party. And yes, we've snuck a couple of sand castle cakes in there - they were too cute to leave out!

Whether you’re planning an upcoming birthday party and looking for cake-inspiration or want a walk down memory lane, we hope you find this collection of castle-themed cakes fun and useful.

A fan of The Weekly’s Children’s Birthday Cake Book? Read how it all came about in this piece from one of its founding editors Pamela Clark.

Or take a walk down memory lane and peruse the cakes from this classic book.

01

Pink lollypop castle cake

A grand pink ice-cream cone cake with turrets and a drawbridge.

02

Green cake

Adorned with colourful butter cream, lollipops and an abundance of lollies, Princess Phoebe’s castle cake will have the kids in awe.

03

Oreo cake

A birthday is the highlight of a child’s year, and what better way to celebrate than with this royal castle cake!

04

Welcome to Candy Land

This gorgeous no-bake castle cake is quite simple to pull together as it uses store-bought cakes and icing. Don’t forget the lollies to decorate!

05

Classic Birthday Cake book

The candy castle cake is covered in fluffy frosting and decorated. It’s from our classic Children’s Birthday Cake Book.

06

Knights cake

If your little one is a lover of sweet breakfasts, then you’re going to want to show them this kingdom-themed waffle castle cake.

07

spooky cake

Conjure up this castle of darkness.

08

Lamington castle

Made with stacked lamingtons, chocolate butter cream and ice-cream wafers, this castle of kings makes delicious use of an Australian favourite.

09

Lolly sand castle cake

This colourful lolly sand castle birthday cake is perfect for little kids who love building sand castles and exploring the beach.

10

sand ice-cream cake

Bring the beach to the birthday party with this “real-life” sand castle ice-cream cake. It’s finished with little sea shells chocolates for the adults!

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