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1000+ Awesome Animal Cakes and Lots of Inspiring Cake Photos

If you have an animal lover in your life, you need to see these cool cake photos of animal birthday cakes! Adorable or formidable we have some animal cakes that are almost too life-like to eat.

Need an idea for a quick turtle cake? Want to challenge yourself to a three dimensional teddy bear? From rubber ducks going for a swim, to skating penguins. From a sweet sleeping dog to a snake cake so scary it frightened a grown man. You’ll find monkeys and dogs, crabs and panda bears and everything in between.

You are sure to find animal cake photo designs that will inspire your deliciously memorable animal cake creations. So just browse our zoo of edible birthday cake designs and find your favorite animals (feeding the animals is permitted :-). Sharpen your carving skills and get ready to sculpt some incredible animal birthday cakes!

If you find inspiration from the cakes on this site, take a moment to inspire others and share your cakes with us!

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Coolest 3D Buddy the Monkey Cake

Coolest 3D Buddy the Monkey Cake

I am a home/hobby baker and often get asked to make baby shower cakes and it seems everyone I know is having a baby these days. They usually send me a picture of the bedding as inspiration. When I received the picture this time it had an adorable little monkey face on it so I knew the cake had to be monkey themed. Read more »


Easy Peacock Cake You Can Make Last-Minute!

Easy Peacock Cake

Here’s how I made this last-minute easy Peacock cake. It was my niece’s sweet sixteen and I offered to make her cake. She has LOVED zebra and pink for as long as I can remember. I thought a couple of zebra stripes on a white cake with pink startips! Easy-peasy, right? Well, when I called her mom to confirm that’s what she would like, I was informed that she just switched her taste to purple and teal… wait for it… peacocks! What? Zebra stripes… no problem. Peacocks, you’re kidding right? Read more »