My son loves dinosaurs so on my search to find out how to make a dinosaur cake, I found this site…THANKS….A few on here inspired this one. I baked 4 9inch round cakes (I mess up a lot). I cut 1 in half and stood up on the cut edge for the body, took a … Read more
It is your basic cake mix. I used two 8″ round pans (you can use bigger if you need to feed more people). It was actually my first 3D cake I ever made. It turned better than I thought it was going to. My son loved it.
For Christmas my sister in law bought a bunch of pans from a yard sale and gave them to me. I baked a chocolate cake in a dinosaur cake pan. I thought it would be a perfect time to try fondant (I have never used it before). I looked up a recipe online and found … Read more
The dinosaur was copied from a picture on his party invitation which I then kept enlarging on the photocopier until I got to the size I wanted. I cut around the edges to form a template then used that as a guide to cut the cakes to shape. I used one layer of green icing … Read more
This is my first Volcano cake. I baked a dome cake, took a cup and punched a hole for the center out, not too deep, just to get the effect. I baked a half sheet cake, iced it brown. I then put the volcano on a cake board, placed it in the corner and iced … Read more
I made this Jurassic Birthday Cake for my son’s 7th birthday. Everything is edible except for the wires on the volcano. I used the Barbie dress mold for the volcano, pretzel sticks for the trees and crushed graham crackers for the dirt look on the ground. On top of the trees, I placed a ball … Read more
I was shocked and a little upset the day my daughter decided, for her 5th Birthday party, she wanted a Dinosaur theme. I couldnt believe it…my little girl wanted a “boys” theme!After contemplating my options, however, I couldn’t believe how much fun one could have with this theme! I wanted a unique cake, so I … Read more
This is my son’s fourth birthday cake that I made for him. He is a huge dinosaur lover. The volcano is made from 3 round chocolate cakes then carved down to look like a volcano. I then covered it with homemade frosting and put an empty votive glass inside the top so that we could … Read more
My dinosaur-obsessed son drew me a picture and told me what he wanted for his cake. I think we got it just about right because his little 7 year old self was thrilled with the results! I started the Dinosaur scene cake with a cake that was 9×13. I always doctor my cake mixes up … Read more
The Dinos are made of color flow icing. I got the pattern for an easy birthday cake off the internet. Just took a lot of time on the Dino’s and they are very delicate. They break very easily.s are made of color flow icing. I got the pattern for an easy birthday cake off the … Read more
Two 9×13 cakes were used for the shape of this T Rex cake. Covered with buttercream and draped with fondant. Drape and create wrinkled flesh and tongue with fondant. Fondant is painted with a mix of orange vodka and food coloring. Eye and teeth are made with William-Sonoma Decorator pen.
I made this Dinosaur cake for my son’s 5th birthday. I made 2 round cakes, cut them in half and stood them upright back to back for the main body. I then freehand cut the tail from another round cake. Fairly easy to assemble, but forever to decorate. I piped the frosting, used raisins for … Read more