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My daughter decided she wanted a castle cake for her fourth birthday. Who was I to say no? I’ve always bought birthday cakes but after doing some research and finding a castle cake idea (many on this site!) I decided to make it myself. Two nights before the party I dipped nine cake cones and … Read more
I browsed the Web for castle cakes and then drew my own. I baked the two bottom layers then used Styrofoam for the rest. The sides are tubes from wrapping paper and the tips are Styrofoam. I iced the whole cake and used icing tips for the sides. The doors came from my daughter’s real … Read more
I made this cake for my boss. My boss loves chemistry and scientific things therefore had to come up with some fun cake designs. Someone at the office came up with the idea to make the Simpson’s nuclear power plant. A Homer Simpson figurine would have definitely been a nice touch but I was unable … Read more
It’s my daughter second birthday. Since it’s not summer I got this idea of bringing summer into fall. I looked at a luau party idea on this website and got the idea for this cake. It’s just a circle cake, at the bottom its one box cake mix. I put almonds and chocolate chunks in … Read more
This is just a sheet cake with white frosting for a luau party. I sprayed Wilton blue spray and yellow in the middle. Decorated Hawaiian flowers all around the cake and made it look like water and a sunset in the middle. Used blue and while frosting coming around the bottom border to look like … Read more
For my son’s 4th birthday party we had a dinosaur-themed party. He didn’t, however, want a dinosaur cake; he wanted a volcano cake that erupted. There are a few ideas out there on the “net”. Nothing was exactly like what I wanted so I borrowed some ideas and used some of my own. Volcano Cake … Read more
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
I searched for easy birthday cake ideas and found this. I used a store bought undecorated half sheet cake for the base. The dinosaurs on top were very easy to make. I used two dome cake pans and red velvet cake mix. When the cake was cooked the center raised up on the dome creating … Read more
My son loves dinosaurs especially Trex. I used a dinosaur picture and made this dinosaur with Marzipan icing and powder food coloring. This cake is a dummy with polystyrene under it. I made smaller dinosaurs out of marzipan for him to eat. I made dinosaur masks for him and his friends and laminated them. I … Read more
I usually try to make a dinosaur cake for all my kids birthdays but I was pressed for time this year. This has got to be the easiest decorated cake I have ever made. I baked a 9 x 13 white cake with white cream cheese frosting. I found a picture of a dinosaur that … 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
For this Easter Bunny Cake I used one box of Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® carrot cake mix, water, vegetable oil and eggs, as called for on cake mix box. Tray or cardboard covered with foil one container of Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting, one cup shredded coconut, construction paper, Jelly beans or small gumdrops, one … Read more