I started this volcano and jurassic scene cake by making 2 9×13 inch cakes. I then let them cool for a couple hours before I began cutting out the river about an inch deep and it went through the whole cake. I then put white frosting in the river in a thin layer so I … Read more
When my soon to be 4-year old son announced he wanted a dino party complete with a “real” dinosaur cake this novice baker had to do some real thinking. After lots of internet research, I had a basic idea of what it should look like but still no idea how I would make this happen without buying expensive … Read more
When I was first asked to make this cake, I must admit, I was a little apprehensive. I was worried it would be a complete catastrophe. My oldest son urged me to take on the task. I lI’ve making cakes. I feel like I did when I was in elementary school in art class. It … Read more
This was done in honor of a wonderful man’s birthday who was visiting our church. A Godly man spreading the Holy Word. We love you Dr. Sharp…. may God bless you…with many many more birthdays. A very simple cake …chocolate. Covered in green tinted buttercream and dotted with pink. The cake is a 9 inch … Read more
So, how many 3 year old little girls want a dinosaur birthday party? My granddaugher of course. This cake was quite the adventure. It was made using the Wilton upright 3-D bear pan which I’d never used. I made a sampler bear the week before the actual party just to make sure it really looked … Read more
I made this cake for my son’s third birthday when he was going through his “Dino Dan” phase. Stegosauruses on the “Dino Dan” TV show are blue and orange, hence the color scheme here. The dinosaur is made from two 9″ round cakes. For the body, you just cut one cake in half and stick … Read more
I decided to do a dinosaur cake as my son is Dino mad. I used rice crispies for the tail and legs, 20in round cake tin for the body cut in half and a loaf tin for the head carved to the shaped I wanted. I also built his head up a bit till it … Read more
This dinosaur cake is made with two eight inch chocolate cakes sliced and filled (torted) with red vanilla buttercream. I used green vanilla buttercream ‘grass bed’ for the dinosaur and edging on cake. Yellow and teal fondant, dinosaur dusted with shimmer powder. Blue fondant No. 3 and teal fondant name on cake. The trick to … Read more
I created this dinosaur cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. Firstly, I started with using 2 packet mixes per large Pyrex bowl and baked for about an hour until they were booked. Make sure you grease the bowl well as one of the cakes got a little stuck! The body of the dinosaur was created from … Read more
My little boy cannot eat dairy so this Stegosaurus cake is a totally dairy free carrot cake – with dairy free ‘butter’ cream filling. The cake is just one large rectangular carrot cake, which I then cut it into three and sandwiched together to get the height. Then I sculpted the cake into the right … Read more
My gorgeous niece wants to be a palaeontologist when she grows up, she’s seriously nearly one already, with all her knowledge on the subject! Anyway, she loves dinosaurs in particular. I thought she might be a little old now for a dinosaur birthday cake but when asked she REALLY wanted one, so I thought this … Read more
I have wanted to a Dinosaur cake for ever! He was planned as a cute cartoon Dinosaur due to it being for a 4 year old, just before I went to do his face his Mum asked if it could have scary teeth!! This cake was two circle cakes stacked and shaped with a bread … Read more