I have two sons with birthday’s only 9 days apart. One really likes ninja’s and the other giraffes, so they asked me to make them a cake with a ninja riding on a giraffe. I started this Ninja Riding a Giraffe Cake with just a plain 13×9 pan, then iced it and added blue fondant. … Read more
This Safari 1st Birthday Cake was made and designed by my sister and I for my son’s 1st birthday party. We are in the process of starting a new business called Simply Sisters Cake Creations. All of the animals are hand made out of marshmallow fondant. We also made 2 heads of each animal for … Read more
I made a 4 layered flour-less chocolate almond cake (gluten free) with a jungle theme for a friend’s 21st birthday who had the theme “jungle”. I decided to look for some ideas and discovered a few through this website and others and decided to have a go at recreating my own and this is how … Read more
This Animal Print Cake Design was for my son’s first birthday. I was inspired by many of the cakes I saw on this site and added some of my own touches. I did a three tier cake. For the cardboard base, I took cardboard and cut it in a circle to fit my cake plate. … Read more
I made this for my sons good friend who was having a party at the Zoo. First I baked a 10-inch round cake. I tinted buttercream orange, pale yellow and black. Crumb coat the cake with pale yellow and swirl in orange, yellow and white eventually. With a toothpick, outline the tiger face. Pipe the … Read more
I saw the snake cake idea here and knew it would be perfect for my friend because shes crazy about the harmless red-sided garter snake (thamnophis sirtalis) which is commonly found at her mountain cabin. I made two easy cake recipes for homemade chocolate bunt cakes and used prepared frosting. The tongue is fruit-by-the-foot, the … Read more
I made this birthday cake design by baking 40 cupcakes. I sliced the top of each one to make them flat and arranged them in the shape of a hippo. It was a mascot for a local swim school a friend takes her son to for lessons. I frosted the top of all of them … Read more
I baked the alligator cake in a 13 x 9 inch pan using a traditional white cake box mix, drew a sketch of the Crocodile and cut the cake into the pieces based off the sketch. I added green food coloring to cream cheese frosting and used marshmallows for the eyes and teeth.
Grandson age four wanted a crocodile cake after seeing a Steve Irwin program were he was wrestling a crocodile so I checked out a number of photos and came up with this design. I used two sponge roll tins and made a moist Madeira cake to fit the two tins. Cut out a shape of … Read more
This jungle cake was a Neapolitan cake. The top layer was white cake and the second was strawberry. Chocolate frosting was in the center. I mixed green food coloring gel into white frosting for the grass and blue for the water. The edges were frosted with green, blue and purple. Little jungle animals finished off … Read more
I made this fun Crocodile Cake Design for my kids’ summer camp which had a crocodile theme. I baked two 12 inch round cakes, one 10 inch round cake, and 6 jumbo cupcakes. One round cake became the crocodile’s middle section. I carved the second 12 inch round cake into the tail, and the ten … Read more
My son Jacob asked me for a snake and reptile party and asked if he could have a snake cake. I thought the bundt cakes would be good for the shape and then someone suggested looking on the internet for ideas. That was when I found this website. I started with 3 bundt cakes that … Read more