My Beach House

by Jordana
(Acton California)

My beach house cake was put together by my six year old daughter Aundrea. It was made with no bake cake and that was put into sand castle molds from walmart then it was covered and remolded with brown sugar. She added organic sugar cane for more interest, candy shells were made with chocolate and gummy fish were scattered. The shovel was made out of fondant. She didn't place because the judges thought it was too hard for her to make. Its not! The cake was auctioned off for $7 and was made for about $10.

Another way to make sand for a beach house cake is to use ground up graham crackers. You can mix this together with brown sugar and raw sugar. The raw sugar gives a glistening effect that resembles sand.

If you want to add edible shells, you can mold shells from white chocolate. Add a little sparkle to your molded chocolate shells by first placing a light coating of pearl luster dust in them. You can make the shells look more realistic by marblizing the chocolate and then pouring it into the molds. Only use a small amount of the color you are adding, whether it be milk chocolate or a colored chocolate. This way, the marble effect will come out better.

Please feel free to add any other tips you have for my beach house cake.