Gum Paste Princess Crown and Cake
A princess crown cake with a gumpaste crown is a perfect cake for a little princess. I created this watercolor effect with petal dust and made this gumpaste tiara without any molds. It was so easy I had to make a video to show you how.

I recently made this cake for a little girls 6th birthday celebration. The mother said she wanted a princess theme cake but not really a princess doll cake. So I decided to make her an edible princess crown and gave it a little whimsical watercolor effect cake in pink and peach.
Which girl doesn’t love pink, pearls, cameo, ruffles, and of course a crown? Needless to say, she loved it !!!
I’ve been wanting to make a few basic videos especially for the beginners out there. I thought this would be a great addition.
The videos do not cover the basics on how to buttercream or ganache the cake and get sharp edges on fondant. I have shared these separately on the blog.
So I made two videos – Gum Paste Princess Crown and Cake
- In the first video which is in the recipe card below, I’ve have shown you now I make a gum paste tiara or princess crown without any molds and
- In this second video, I show you how I created the cake, watercolor effect, cameo, pearls, ruffles, painting, etc.

Step by step instructions
Create the gumpaste crown
- Create the gumpaste crown using a circle cutter and various mini cutters as shown in the video.
- Rest the gumpaste crown/tiara around a tall mug or similar item
- Let the gumpaste crown dry for at least 8 hours
- When dried use melted chocolate to place some pearl dragees
Bake and frost the cake
- Bake the cake and cool completely
- Torte and layer the cakes with buttercream. Chill the cake for 20 minutes
- Frost the outside with ganache and smooth with a spatula and bench scraper
- Cover the cake with fondant – let dry for at least 8 hours.
Create the watercolor effect
- As shown in the video create a watercolor effect using various petal dust, a fluffy brush and a piece of sponge
- Create the fondant plaque and fondant cameo
- Create the border – fondant frill with beads – paint the beads with metallic gold
- Then create the fondant pearls
- Dust the pearl with pearl dust powder
- Finish the cake with a gumpaste crown/gumpaste tiara.
Gumpaste Crown or Gumpaste Tiara (without molds)
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Ingredients
- 3 layers Vanilla Cream Cake
- 200 grams Velvet American buttercream frosting
- 400 grams Chocolate ganache
- 800 grams Marshmallow fondant
- 200 grams Gumpaste Recipes
- Metallic gold luster dust
Instructions
Create the gumpaste crown
- Create the gumpaste crown using a circle cutter and various mini cutters as shown in the video.
- Rest the gumpaste crown/tiara around a tall mug or similar item
- Let the gumpaste crown dry for at least 8 hours
- When dried use melted chocolate to place some pearl dragees
Bake and frost the cake
- Bake the cake and cool completely
- Torte and layer the cakes with buttercream. Chill the cake for 20 minutes
- Frost the outside with ganache and smooth with a spatula and bench scraper
- Cover the cake with fondant – let dry for at least 8 hours.
Create the watercolor effect
- As shown in the video create a watercolor effect using various petal dust, a fluffy brush and a piece of sponge
- Create the fondant plaque and fondant cameo
- Create the border – fondant frill with beads – paint the beads with metallic gold
- Then create the fondant pearls
- Dust the pearl with pearl dust powder
- Finish the cake with a gumpaste crown/gumpaste tiara.
Conversions Used
1 lb = 453 grams, 1 cup = 240 ml, 1 stick = 113g, 1 tbsp= 15 ml, 1 tsp= 5 ml,
Nutrition Information
The nutrition information and metric conversion are calculated automatically. I cannot guarantee its accuracy. If this data is important to you please verify with your trusted nutrition calculator. Thank you
Where is the crown video?
Ah, Cindy, thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Seems like something happened to the video codes. Not sure why!!
I will upload them again and they will on the post in a few minutes.
Thanks again for letting me know.
Thank you for this tutorial. I had to make a gumpaste crown but because I’m a hobby baker I did not want to buy molds for everything. This worked great. It was so easy too.
Thank you, Bernard. Glad to hear you found this tutorial useful. Thanks for such a lovely comment. Have a wonderful day.