Happy (Early) 1st Birthday to Sean!

I bought this sandcastle cake pan at Williams-Sonoma's after Christmas sale and immediately thought of Sean's first birthday. I used a pound cake recipe and unfortunately, some of the turret details didn't come out well because I forgot to tamp the pan before I put it in the oven to release the bubbles in the batter. Well, there's always next time... Maybe a haunted castle for Halloween?

I used brown sugar mixed with raw sugar for the sand. (The raw sugar didn't really make a difference, just got lost in all that brown sugar.) Then finished off with gummi candies in fish and shell shapes and milk chocolate rocks. Served with ice cream, of course!