My little girl is not very girly and wanted an alligator birthday party at an alligator/petting zoo. I just thought I’d make my own Alligator Birthday Cake since the local bakeries were just not willing to make what I had in mind. I’m an artist, so I didn’t think it’d be too difficult, except for … Read more
I came up with this cake decoration idea for my son Lukes 6th birthday because he LOVES Steve Erwin, the crocodile hunter.So, for his birthday I shaped this creature out of two sheet cakes. Then, added food coloring to my home-made butter cream frosting and simply used two different sized star tips to decorate. The … Read more
The crocodile cake idea came after being on holiday in Australia and seeing a croc for real in a wildlife park. Our son was crocodile mad for quite some time. I used a plain sponge cake and found pictures on the net of crocodiles. I then cut out a page template of the shape I … Read more
My son woke up and said: I want a cake with a river, a big crocodile and with water lilies in it. On the shore there should be some mice running. On the water lilies there should be a frog. That was the beginning. Then it was a complete day. From 8 o’clock in the … Read more
We have a pet alligator named Archie that my son just loves. So for his 3rd Birthday I thought a alligator cake would be a lot of fun for him. I was right, he loved it and he called it his Archie cake, and he’s still talking about it. I made 2 10×13 cakes and … Read more
The 10″ chocolate cake had a center filling of butter cream. The next step was to spread a thin layer of the butter cream over the sides and top making sure that the cake had a square even edge. The cake was then refrigerated while I colored the fondant icing to form the lake. The … Read more
I used a bundt cake cut into three equal pieces as well as a 9×13 cake and four cupcakes cut in half to make this crocodile cake. I cut the bundt cake and made an “s” shape and then cut the 9×13 into a head shape. I cut a cupcake in half and placed them … Read more