My son wanted a Crocodile Birthday Cake for his 2nd birthday. I put together a few different ideas, some from this site and from another. I used a bunt tin and a loaf tin and carved out the pieces. The body is 3/4’s of the loaf tin – the remainder was used for the head. … Read more
I made this crocodile birthday cake for my son who requested (when asked) a crocodile cake for his third birthday. I baked a rectangular chocolate pound cake. I cut out free hand the outline of the crocodile, put it on top of the cake, then cut around it to have the shape of the crocodile. … Read more
I’m an Au Pair and I made this snake cake for Jade on her third birthday. She is really in to pink, but I couldn’t find any food colour at the markets. This cake is made from two chocolate cakes, with a filling of white chocolate/lemon butter cream. On the top I put a layer … Read more
I think this would have to be the easiest foolproof birthday cake ever. There is no baking! and it must be prepared the day before, making you even more organized for the party. The cream soaks into the ripple biscuits turning them soft and cakey. Step one, make the head and tail. I used a … Read more
I made this Coiled Snake Cake for my son’s 7th birthday. He had researched cobras for a school project, so he really liked all-things-snake. His favorite color is orange, so he requested an “orange coiled snake sitting in the grass” for his birthday. This cake took about 3 hours to bake the layers, and about … Read more
I made this Jungle Safari cake for my great nephew’s 5th birthday. I used a combination of several ideas from this site (thanks!) and other online pictures to come up with how I wanted it to look. The cake is an 11 x 15 yellow sheet cake with buttercream icing, dyed two shades of green. … Read more
This Baby Shower Jungle Cake is a 10inch square pan stacked. It is covered in homemade buttercream icing. The animals are made out of fondant and the tree is made from rice krispy treats covered in fondant. I had great fun making this cake.
First I covered a piece of board with cloud material. Then I made 120 cupcakes (Choc, white, and yellow for a variety of flavors). Then we traced over our sketches onto foam paper. We cut out the foam paper and placed it over the Jungle Cupcake Cake to figure out the shape of each animal. … Read more
This Jungle Baby Shower Cake was made for a baby shower, with 3D edible figures, 3 tiers, all covered in fondant. I had a lot of fun making this cake.
I made this cake along with the diego jungle cake for my sons 3rd birthday. I used a Big Top Cupcake pan and leveled the top layer. I used m&m’s for the eyes, a piece of red licorace for the nose, and pink wafer cookies for the ears. For the rest I just used vanilla … Read more
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