My daughter wanted to have a reptile party for her 8th birthday and her favorite reptile is an alligator. She asked not to use any fondant on the cake. I usually only use homemade butter cream icing on all my cakes. I wanted to make the cake look like it was for a girl so I decided … Read more
This was a cake was based on the TV show Swamp People. Meet tree breaker. This is the name given to the monster gators that break the tree limbs that hold the bait. The phrase choot’em was made popular by Troy. He tells his partner to choot’em as he wrestles the gator into position.
This Gator Birthday Cake is my first cake of this sort. It used 3 cake mixes and 3 icing recipes. It did not require fancy icing tools or prior experience to put on the icing. The ingredients were around $30, but it was over 2 feet long. The cake was baked in a large rectangle … Read more
I made this Gator cupcake cake for my son’s soccer team, The Gators, end of year party. I copied some photos that I found online of this concept. I used 24 cupcakes. To make them easier to decorate I put them in my freezer for about 1 hour, and then put a dollop of icing … Read more
I made this cake decoration idea for my friends daughter who is a huge fan of Steve Irwins hence the crocodile. I did a rough template on paper then cut out the cake. I waited until the butter icing was almost set, and then tapped over the icing with a spatula to give it the … Read more
My son loves Alligators. So for his two year birthday party I decided to go with a Zydeco theme (since his birthday falls so close to Fat Tuesday). I, being a health food nut, am always trying to make healthy baked goods staying away from sugar refined white flour food coloring etc. So I came … Read more
I got this idea for a crocodile cake from your website. What fun. I used a bunt cake for the body, cut into thirds with the pieces put opposite each other. For the head I used a 9×13 cake shaped into a head. I used marshmallows for the teeth and eyes and used all different … Read more
I made this Croc birthday cake with no instructions, which was no doubt why it took so long! I made a multi-coloured cake by dividing the cake mix and adding food colouring. Once the cake had cooled, I cut out the head and body as one shape and made wedges for the legs. I cut … Read more
My son turned 1 in July and we were having over 30 family members for the bash (my hubby has a VERY large family). This crocodile cake was too small to feed all those people so I also made croc cupcakes. I got the idea from someone on this website who suggested they had derived … Read more
Coolest Homemade Alligator and Crocodile Cake Decoration Idea 2
The body of the alligator cake is made of a bunt cake cut into three pieces. The head is a round cake pan cut. The feet and tail are also cut from a round cake pan. Always freeze the cake (especially if you use a super moist mix) this will make it easier to manipulate. … Read more
This crocodile cake was created for my sons second birthday. He loves to pretend an alligator is chasing us! The cake was made using a bundt pan for the body (sliced in half and arranged so it looked slithery) and a square pan which I then cut into triangles and placed on top of each … Read more