If you have an animal lover in your life, you need to see these cool cake photos of animal birthday cakes! Adorable or formidable we have some animal cakes that are almost too life-like to eat.
Need an idea for a quick turtle cake? Want to challenge yourself to a three dimensional teddy bear? From rubber ducks going for a swim, to skating penguins. From a sweet sleeping dog to a snake cake so scary it frightened a grown man. You’ll find monkeys and dogs, crabs and panda bears and everything in between.
You are sure to find animal cake photo designs that will inspire your deliciously memorable animal cake creations. So just browse our zoo of edible birthday cake designs and find your favorite animals (feeding the animals is permitted :-). Sharpen your carving skills and get ready to sculpt some incredible animal birthday cakes!
If you find inspiration from the cakes on this site, take a moment to inspire others and share your cakes with us!
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- 12 Cool Homemade Alligator Cake IdeasFor this alligator cake I began by mixing and baking one sheet cake and two 8″ rounds. I refrigerated them … Read more
- 3 Cool DIY Turtle CakesAfter making a pirate ship for my grandson’s eighth birthday, my granddaughter asked me to make her a turtle cake … Read more
- 4 Cool DIY Monkey CakesMy daughter loves monkeys and for her 11th birthday we chose this monkey cake idea. We used the Wilton Animal … Read more
- Cool Homemade Monkey CupcakesMy husband and I decided to do a Curious George theme for our son’s first birthday party. I found the … Read more
- 12 Cool DIY Monkey Face and 3D CakesSince my 2 year old is a little monkey we decided to do a monkey themed party this year. We … Read more
- Cool Homemade Lion Picture and 3D CakesI got the idea from this website for a lion picture and made a few changes. I used a 16″ … Read more
- Really Gross Kitty Litter Cake IdeasI used a chocolate cake crumbled into fist size pieces for this kitty litter cake and put into a new … Read more
- 12 Cool DIY Safari and Jungle Cake IdeasThis is the jungle cake I made for my son’s first birthday party. I got the design from the Whimsical … Read more
- 12 Cool Homemade Horse Cake IdeasAs with other similar horse cakes I simply cut the shape out of a 13×9 inch cake pan and used … Read more
- 11 Cool DIY Pony and Horse CakesThe idea for this cake obviously was this site for horse cakes. (Thank you to everyone who shares- you’re all … Read more
- 12 Coolest Frog Birthday CakesThis cake was for a bridal shower for a bride who was crazy about frogs. This cake was a combination … Read more
- 12 Cool DIY Frog Cake Ideas and Decorating TipsThis frog cake was made from a regular 8-inch pan cake from cake mix. I made extra cupcakes with the … Read more
Featured Animal Cake Photos and Ideas
Coolest 3D Buddy the Monkey Cake
I am a home/hobby baker and often get asked to make baby shower cakes and it seems everyone I know is having a baby these days. They usually send me a picture of the bedding as inspiration. When I received the picture this time it had an adorable little monkey face on it so I knew the cake had to be monkey themed. Read more »
Easy Peacock Cake You Can Make Last-Minute!
Here’s how I made this last-minute easy Peacock cake. It was my niece’s sweet sixteen and I offered to make her cake. She has LOVED zebra and pink for as long as I can remember. I thought a couple of zebra stripes on a white cake with pink startips! Easy-peasy, right? Well, when I called her mom to confirm that’s what she would like, I was informed that she just switched her taste to purple and teal… wait for it… peacocks! What? Zebra stripes… no problem. Peacocks, you’re kidding right? Read more »