This Alligator cupcake cake was so much fun! Giving credit where credit is due, this idea came from a book titled “Hello, Cupcake” (I got mine at a local craft store). Using one cake mix, bake 24 regular cupcakes. Ice them with “gator-green” buttercream by piping on overlapping rows of “scales”. Arrange them in the … Read more
For my sons 7th birthday we had a jungle theme. I found a cute crocodile cake pattern in the Family Fun magazine we used. Since we had so many coming we also decorated some cupcakes to look like a crocodile bobbing in the water. We decorated with vines made from paper sacks and cut big … Read more
Steve Irwin was and still is my sons hero. So after watching his memorial he decided he wanted a Steve Irwin party. Silly me asked him if he wanted me to make him a crocodile – alligator cake. Of course he did. I ended up using a heart pan for the head and used a … Read more
I made this Crocodile Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 8th birthday, as we had ‘Crocodile Encounters’ to entertain the children. I made a sponge cake, cut out a hole for the pond, and filled it with two shades of blue fondant icing rolled together to get a marble effect, I then covered the cake in … Read more
My grandson Ryan wanted a gator cake for his 5th Birthday party, this is what we wound up with. I started out with a 14×3 round cake pan for the body, and a 14x14x3 square to make the gators tail, nose and feet. For the head I used 2 lg cupcakes. I used butter cream … Read more
When I asked my oldest son (just turned 4) what type of birthday he wanted, he told me an Alligator birthday. I was not at all surprised as he loves animals of any kind. So after many months of trying to convince him to go with something else with out any chance of him changing … Read more
My son is obsessed with alligators so for his 3rd birthday I came to the coolest birthday cakes website and found some really great ideas for an alligator cake (you can even see the printout I was using in picture #1!) I tweaked this one a little and the results were fantastic. I used Swiss … Read more
My now 5 year old loves the show “Swamp People” that comes on The History Channel. So for his 5th birthday I decided that I would make him is own Swamp. The Swamp water that is under the Gator is poured sugar that I added food coloring to, to make it turn out the right … Read more
Here is a alligator cake that was made for my cousin’s second birthday. He loves alligators and wanted big “real” one on top of cake instead of just a small toy one plus we are a big family so needed lots of cake so I decided to make a 12×12 square (flat)cake and make alligator … Read more
I made this alligator/crocodile cake for my sons 7th birthday party. He had originally wanted a “Crocodile Hunter” cake, and I wanted to make it for him. However, I was short on time and could not find any Steve Irwin type figurines to use on the cake. I remembered my mother making us an alligator … Read more
This is a very BIG Croc cake. My Grandson Dante loves crocs. I got the idea from your web site for an alligator cake but changed it up a little. I used a Strawberry Shortcake pan (upside down) for the head, shaped it up a bit, 9 in. round for the middle and a bundt … Read more
I was asked to do a Crocodile Birthday Cake for a friend’s little boy for his 5th birthday. The request, ”a green crocodile, the whole body (not just the head), mouth closed, shaped like a crocodile.” This cake was carved out of a single 9×13” chocolate cake. I had searched the internet for crocodile pictures, … Read more