Candyland was one of my favourite games to play as a kid! We didn’t have it at home, but I remember playing it at lots of friends’ houses and at school. I’ve made sure that each classroom I’ve taught in has had this game because of my fond memories of it! The game itself is super simple- counting to two, limited reading required (basic image recognition), it requires mostly just colour recognition and learning to wait your turn.
There are quite a few versions of the Candyland game board, in fact, the first edition came out in 1949. According to Wikipedia, there are 22 different versions! I believe the version that I base the cake on is the 2010 version of the Candyland game board. The fact that it has Gloppy the Chocolate Monster is what makes me think that. Apparently, prior to 2010, Gloppy was the “Molasses Monster”.
I had to do a lot of candy ordering on Amazon to get all of the candy components to this cake. If you are making it at home, you can make do with what you’ve got on hand, or you can order the candy like I ended up having to. I wanted to make sure that each area was as perfect as it could be, so I went to the extra effort of ordering . . . I even sent my mom looking for peanut marshmallows when she was on vacation with my brother in Minnesota!
How to make a Candyland Cake
Ingredients:
- 2-12″x18′ buttercream covered cakes
- vanilla buttercream (tips #5, #12, open star tip)
- green buttercream (grass tip, #233)
- Starburst candies (unwrapped)
- Peanut shaped marshmallows
- Peanut Butter chips
- Clear rock candy
- Red glitter sprinkles
- Snowflake sprinkles
- Round peppermints
- Mini candy canes
- Gum drops
- Lollipops
- Rainbow Twizzlers
- Peanut butter cups (mini and large)
- Chocolate chips (mini and large)
- Mini ice cream cones
- Rainbow sprinkles
- Prepare 2-12″x18″ cakes and cover in prepared buttercream. Place additional buttercream into piping bags fitted with tips #5, #12 and an open star. Using the #5 bag, pipe the path of the game board, starting from the bottom left hand corner, and zigzag five times up/across the “board”, ending in the middle of the top of the cake. Place Starburst candies along the path, side to side.
- Place prepared green buttercream in a piping bag fitted with Wilton tip #233 (grass tip) and cover most of the top of the cake, leaving the upper right hand and lower right hand corners without the grass.
- Using the piping bag fitted with tip #12, outline the pathway with the vanilla buttercream.
- Rainbow Trail: cut rainbow twizzlers into 3″ lengths and place between the lower path and the next one.
- Peanut Acres: In the middle left hand, place marshmallow peanuts and peanut butter chips in the grass.
- Peppermint Forest: Cover grass-less area in bottom right hand corner with peppermints and candy canes. Cover the space between the candies with clear rock candy and sprinkle with red edible glitter.
- Gum Drop Mountains: place gum drops above Peppermint Forest, both outside and inside the pathway.
- Lollipop Woods: unwrap lollipops and place at varying heights on the inside of the path, in the upper/mid right area.
- Ice Cream Sea: cover the upper right hand corner in clear rock candy and snow flake sprinkles.
- Chocolate Swamp: cover the upper left hand area with with chocolate peanut butter cups of different sizes, Hershey’s Kisses, chocolate chips.
- Candy Castle: Place a peanut butter cup inside 3 mini ice cream cones, and using piping bag with an open star tip to pipe a swirl on top of the cone. Add rainbow chips to the icing on top of the cones. Place cones in the centre of the top of the cake, where the path ends. Add mini gummy towers at the front of the “castle”. Cover the entire castle area in rainbow sprinkles.
- The “game board” should be completed at this point. If you desire, add a border of Smarties along the side of the cake on the top edge. You can store it in the fridge until ready to serve, or serve it immediately.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Let me know in the comments what other game board I should make.
Love this cake! My daughter wants to make this cake for her birthday party this year! How long does this whole cake take to put all together?
Depends on your skill level, and experience. Someone who does this sort of thing all the time would be much faster than someone who doesn’t. The most time consuming part for me was finding all the candy.
Thank you so much for this video. My daughter loved making this cake, and we even tried our own video: https://youtu.be/RS9MXL_kpS0 Your YouTube channel is her favorite!
Oh my gosh I am in love with this video…and your daughter!!
My son LOVES board games, but is 10 years old. It would be really neat to make him a board game cake, but he is to old for CandyLand. Can you make Monopoly, Chess, Risk, or game for an older kid?
Thanks for the great inspirations!
Ill add it to my list. Thanks!
hi, love this cake. how many cups of batter did you put in each layer of this cake
12 cups of batter per layer is what I used.
Hello, can you please tell me apron how much butter cream you needs to cover the cake?
Aproxatmatly
We are making this for my sisters 3rd birthday! Too much Candy!!
yes there is a lot of candy and it will be a bit of a heavy cake haha, i only made half the actual cake and it was heavy but DEFINITELY way to much fun making it and so worth the effort 🙂
i actually did this cake!!! Where can i upload the pics to show you?? 🙂
You can send them to me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or email. I’m glad you want to share!
ok i posted it 🙂
can we use sugar paper or fondant instead of starburst?????????
You can do it however you want to.
You are super good at baking!!:) . Love your videos always check if you have uploaded . I stand up to you!!
I love you:)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you like the videos. Thanks for watching.
I love the candy land cake!! The cake you made gave me an idea for a candy land themed birthday
So I am having a candy land themed birthday. I am a baker too!
Have so much fun! Thanks for watching!
ur such a dessert Queen ur awesomeee and sooo creative!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, I love this cake and I have the board game too, I’m such a big fan I watch your videos everyday ❤❤
And your such a good COOK !!!!!!
Thank you, but I’m not a cook, I’m a baker. I’m horrible in the kitchen if flour and sugar is not involved.
Thank you so much for doing that! I appreciate the support!
This is sooooo great!Your a great cooker!Plzzzz follow me on Instagram @ daisey__123 !!!
PLZZZZ cook more I’m loving it!Sucha great cooker!
Thank you!
I came across this cake on YouTube and have decided to make it for my daughters birthday this month. I’ve always had bad luck in the actual cake part. They always fall apart when trying to get them out of the pan. Hopefully this time it will be different. I can’t wait to try this cake. I love it and so does my daughter.
I hope you were successful!
i like this but i saved it for a speacil acation and it was dealish i hope i can do it again thanks for showing me how to make it.
I hope you like it when you get a chance to make it!!
Hello!!!! Im a huge fan lf ur videos and ur cakes, watching this delicious idea of the gameboard cake i noticed u used chocolates and other things to make like a castle, im a huge fan of game of thrones and in the intro of the show, there are castles of the different houses in the series, i was wondering if u can create one cake based on that idea beacuse it would be a great cake idea for kids , teens and adults ! Like making. One candy castle on the cake qnd maybe the base of the cake simulating water, lol its just an idea , thnks for reading , greets from Mexico City!
Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll be making a castle cake later this year. I’ll add your specific request to my list!
Do you have a video on how to make the cakes? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jen!!! It’s Barb … From our World Gym days 🙂 .. I love everything you do and I am soo excited because I am doing the babes 4th bday Candyland style .. Now I have a cake to follow! It won’t be near as awesome but it’s worth a try! Hope all is well!!
Hey, hey, hey!! How’s life treating you!! I can’t believe they’re 4 already!!! I hope they love the cake!!! It’s so awesome to hear from someone I know 🙂 Hope you’re doing well!
Hi Jen!
One word for this fabulous cake : AMAZING!!!
Oh my gosh!!! I can’t believe you made this cake!!! I loved playing Candyland when I was younger, it is so fun! And you turned it into a cake?! Amazing! I have to try this out! Your wedding cake series were great too, thank you so much! I love Candyland! The game version and the cake version!!! Thanks for your amazing videos!! Please continue!!!!!
Charlotte 😉
Thanks so much Charlotte! I’m glad you liked the wedding cake series and this Candyland cake! I loved making it.
I love the flavor of every thing you do I am from México and I love your recipies I do every thing you post I like it.
Thanks so much!