I got the idea from this website for a lion picture and made a few changes. I used a 16″ cake for the base and a 10″ cake for the lion’s face. I just cut out wedges for the mane and then I looked at a picture from “The Lion King” and copied the face. … Read more
This is the jungle cake I made for my son’s first birthday party. I got the design from the Whimsical Bake house cookbook and also used their recipes. It was all chocolate cake with cookies and cream filling. The filling was the best part – it’s just sweetened whipped cream with crushed up oreo’s in … Read more
I searched through a lot of easy cake recipes until I found this one. Reptile Man came to the party bringing with him a huge snake amongst other creatures. I got the idea for the cake from this site and it worked like a dream. I made two chocolate chip bundt cakes using one of … Read more
My nephew really wanted a crocodile cake for his birthday and we couldn’t find a cake tin. I searched the net to get some ideas and thought this can’t be that hard. I cooked three cakes to make him – two rounds and one rectangle. I drew a pattern out of paper for each section … Read more
My husband and I made this for our four year old daughter for her birthday. We got lots of ideas from other crocodile cakes on this site! What we did was make two 9 x 12 cakes, and then we cut out shapes that reminded us of an alligator. There was a lot of piecing … Read more
This is the first time I used marshmallow fondant to make a character and it work out well. This is also the first time I made a zoo animal cake. This cake is made out of butter cream frosting and detailed in fondant. I made the bamboo by making a log and cut it into pieces and … Read more
Well, this tier cake was a challenge. The lady receiving the cake loved Tigers. So how and what would I do for her. I decided on featuring the face. This was modeled with fondant. The cake was caramel mud and cream. So matching the cream to the colors on the fondant was a challenge. I put the cake for the head … Read more
I made this Homemade Giraffe Birthday Cake for my sister-in-law’s 50th birthday party. The skeleton of the cake was a PVC pipe that I used to support the neck and head. The body is made of vanilla sponge cake with a Bavarian creme filling, with a vanilla buttercreme crumb coat and covered in an ivory … Read more
I made this cake for a 5-year-old girl’s birthday party. It is made with strawberry flavored cake and is covered with butter cream frosting under a layer of fondant. The cake serves 36 people. I used double layer round 9″ cakes for the base, and the body part of a doll dress cake pan for … Read more
This Giraffe Birthday Cake was made for my cousin’s daughter Maya for her 3rd birthday. I used a small ball pan for the head and a pampered chef small batter bowl and small round for the body. The legs were made with two small pampered chef prep bowls cut to size. I used skewers to … Read more
This Giraffe Cake was made by myself and my husband for our son’s jungle safari theme first birthday party in the African plains in Dublin zoo. The cake was a masterpiece and took a long time to do. The frame is made of wire. The body of the giraffe is made of Swiss roll (for … Read more
I made this alligator cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday. She loves alligators. It consisted of a 9×13 for the body, a 8in round for the head, a angel food pan for the tail, two mini cupcakes for eyes and 4 cupcakes for the feet. The teeth are made from marshmallows. I cut the 8 … Read more