My nephew wanted a dinosaur-inspired cake, and I couldn’t find any cake pans or ideas for a dinosaur that didn’t look cartoon-like. Online, I found some ideas for this Volcano Cake, and embellished with some decorating and landscape. The base cake is a simply 13″x9″ oblong cake. The “volcano” is from a Wilton Wonderpan (which … Read more
My son helped me make this Volcano Dirt Cake for his 8th birthday. We baked a chocolate bundt cake to use as a base and froze it after we removed it from the pan. This makes it easier to “carve”. We followed a dirt cake recipe we got from the web, added more cookies and … Read more
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This Dinosaur Theme Cake Idea was for my best friend’s son who was turning 5. He loves dinosaurs and volcanoes. I suggested some of the cool dinosaur cakes from this site, but he insisted he wanted a volcano in there. So I started with a big sheet cake pan( probably a 12″x18″ or so) then … Read more
My 5-year-old son, obsessed with dinosaurs, specifically requested a “Jurassic Park Cake” for his birthday. I scoured the internet, looking for something appropriate and do-able. Finally, I settled for looking at the Jurassic Park book cover, and just free-handed everything on the cake!! The red and black did want to run together, but I used … Read more
This dinosaur cake was made for my grandson Adrians third birthday. He loves dinosaurs so I knew whatever cake I made would have to have dinosaurs on it. Since I already had a dinosaur cookie cutters but didn’t want to spend lots of time decorating something else (besides the cake) that would be demolished in … Read more
My daughter wanted a pink dinosaur for her 3rd birthday cake. I searched online to find the perfect dinosaur cake and ended up using the idea from Tomara B. on this site. It was a hit, the kids and parents loved it. I followed the instructions to use 2 round 9″ pans as listed and … Read more
My son’s 4th birthday was held at the Museum, where we go every couple of months to view the dinosaur exhibits. I organized a guided tour of the dinosaur exhibits throughout the museum for a small donation of $50 (my choice to pay) and the kids were given dinosaur tails to wear and were given … Read more
My daughter asked me to make her a dinosaur cake for her third birthday because she loves Dorothy the dinosaur so I said ‘ok, I will try’ and when I was finished I was very happy, I couldn’t believe I had done it! She was sooo happy! I used 3 butter cake mixes and baked … Read more
For my son’s 1st birthday I planned everything around dinosaurs, so of course I needed a Dinosaur Birthday Cake Idea! I baked 2 9” round cakes from a box and a 24 mini cupcakes. After the cakes had completely cooled I popped them in the freezer overnight. I made a template on paper for a … Read more
For my son’s 4th birthday he wanted a dinosaur cake that was orange and blue, like Buddy on Dinosaur Train. I used a 13 inch round pan for the body, cut in half and stood together upright. I used a pampered chef small batter bowl for the head (cut in half) and the left over … Read more
For my “inherited” grandson’s 4th birthday he asked me to make him a dinosaur cake. Silly me, I asked him what kind of dinosaur. Whoever has heard of an Ankyosaurus? Turns out it was pretty simple to make. I baked 3 round cakes of graduating sizes, 5 regular size cupcakes, 11 mini cupcakes, one small … Read more