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My husband and I made this elephant birthday cake for our daughter’s “Zoo Theme” 2nd birthday. The base was a piece of plywood that was covered with aluminum foil and then covered with a thin layer of rice krispie treats (as well as coconut clouds and coconut grass!) The elephant was made from three 9 … Read more
I love this website and I refer to it often for a basic idea for my kids’ cakes. I made this after my 9 y/o son asked me for a lizard cake for his birthday. The day before the party, I made 2- 9×11 vanilla cakes and stacked then one on top of the other … Read more
This cake was my son’s 1st birthday cake. He has a jungle themed room so it seemed appropriate. It was a two tiered vanilla cake w/ raspberry filling. I think it was a six inch and a ten inch but I can’t remember, I got the idea from other cakes that I saw on this … Read more
My friend asked me to make her favourite animal, the Azure blue poison Dart Frog Cake. The cakes to make the body and head of the frog were baked in 2 different sized oven-proof bowls, this was then covered with one very large piece of blue sugarpaste icing and gently folded in around the neck. … Read more
I made this Horse Head birthday cake in a 13″ x 9″ pan. I carved the cake into a horse’s head, iced it with chocolate frosting and used licorice strings for the mane and forelock. I would have used black if I could have found them. It was the first cake I had made with … Read more
For this Horse Birthday Cake, I made a double butter yellow cake mix. I used a large 9×11 cake pan, froze the cake and outlined the major part of the head (excluding the ears) with a knife before cutting. With the extra parts, I cut out the ears and a piece for the eye so … Read more
This Lion Birthday Cake was made for my youngest grandson for his first birthday. It was a plain sandwich cake baked in a 9″ tin. It is made of 10ozs self raising flour/10ozs caster sugar/10ozs soft margarine/1 teaspoon baking powder and approx 5 eggs or 10ozs of egg all mixed together with an electric mixer … Read more
This horse cake was for a girl named Emily’s 8th birthday. I got the inspiration for this cake from this website. I too received an invitation and thought it was a great idea for a cake. Here’s how I made it: I started off by making 2 9×13 sheet cakes, one yellow one chocolate. I … Read more
My daughter Amberlie was turning 3 and wanted a special cake for her party. She is easy to please and didn’t ask for anything in specific so I used basically what I had at home. My mother-in-law and I went to the store to get basic ingredients and then while we both scratched our heads … Read more
I took all my inspiration for this Horse Birthday Cake from the cakes on this website! My daughter was turning 8 and had asked for a horse cake for her birthday party. I started with a 9×13 sheet cake that had been put in the freezer for a couple of hours, and cut a triangle … Read more
I wasn’t really sure what to make for my baby daughter’s second birthday. I guess I just followed her invitation theme (she picked the invitation card out herself while we were out shopping a month in advance). So, since the invitation had baby jungle animals, I went with it. I was inspired by the waterfall/Diego … Read more
I made this sheep cake for someone who was moving out of state. I just placed 2 9″ round vanilla cakes and frosted it light green with the Wilton Buttercream frosting. I made the sheep out of fondant rolled in an oval then added black feet and an oval shaped head that was smaller on … Read more