Take a look at these cool homemade Jurassic Scene cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
I made this dinosaur birthday cake for my son’s 5th birthday. I baked the volcano in a batter bowl (large Pyrex glass, measuring bowl would be the same). I found dinosaur cookie cutters and made royal icing to decorate them. For the ‘fire’ on the volcano I made my usual buttercream and melted it just … Read more
This cool collection of Dinosaur cakes will give you Jurassic inspiration as you set off to create the coolest Dinosaur cakes ever. Good luck! Roaring Cool Dinosaur Cake Dinosaur cakes submitted by Meghan C. When I was first asked to make this cake, I must admit, I was a little apprehensive. I was worried it would be a complete catastrophe. My … Read more
Every year my son and I make a new cake for his birthday. This is the only time I bake, and each year I visit coolest birthday cakes to help generate ideas! This year my son wanted a volcano birthday cake. I found a lot of ideas here and on other sites. My favorite was … Read more
I started this volcano and jurassic scene cake by making 2 9×13 inch cakes. I then let them cool for a couple hours before I began cutting out the river about an inch deep and it went through the whole cake. I then put white frosting in the river in a thin layer so I … Read more
To many, this volcano cake will seem like a plain, extremely basic cake. But my godson, my kids, his mom, and all of his friends loved it. I have a passion for baking, and while my cakes may be simple and homemade, they are made with love. My godson wanted a dinosaur cake and I … Read more
When my daughter was 5, she loved dinosaurs. She could throw down with any of the boys, names, facts, etc. It was hard finding dino things, especially for her room that weren’t too masculine. When I got to do the cake, I was thrilled to be able to make it fun and bright and perfect for a 5 … Read more
I started out this Jurassic scene birthday cake by baking 2 large square cakes. One was chocolate and one yellow to add some more options (Dunkin Hines, I think, is the best). Iced it with creamy chocolate icing. Then, for the volcano I purchased a Barbie doll cake (the kind where the cake is the Barbie’s … Read more
2 days before the party I made up 4 oven baking trays about 16” by 12” with Victoria sponge and then a 14” round, 9” round, 8” round, 7” round and a 1.5 pint pudding basin with chocolate sponge cake with chocolate chips. The following day I laid out the Victoria sponge for the land … Read more
My step son had a very large Dinosaur Scene Birthday Cake for his birthday, but his cousins had missed the party, so for a family party I made a mini version. I baked a chocolate 9×13, cut off one corner and stood it up to be a volcano. We dug out the middle a bit … Read more
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I started with boxed cake mixes, store bought whipped fudge icing, and homemade buttercream for the Jurassic Cake. I baked each cake in two 9″ cake pans. I then alternated vanilla and chocolate cake using three cake halves per layer. So, the cake was 3 tiers, and each tier consisted of cake, buttercream, cake, fudge, … Read more
My son had a dinosaur theme for his birthday and I was very proud of how well the Dinosaur Scene cake came out. I used a Wilton cake pan for the volcano. It was a small size and seemed perfect for what I needed it for. I made a 12×18 sheet cake. I frosted the … Read more