I was inspired from swimming lessons and my son’s laughter at this one alligator song. And I wanted to make a cake for my son’s 1st birthday with very colorful icing. I usually start gathering ideas and how to tips from www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com (I love your site) and there were lots of ideas for an Alligator … Read more
I baked the alligator cake in a 13 x 9 inch pan using a traditional white cake box mix, drew a sketch of the Crocodile and cut the cake into the pieces based off the sketch. I added green food coloring to cream cheese frosting and used marshmallows for the eyes and teeth.
Grandson age four wanted a crocodile cake after seeing a Steve Irwin program were he was wrestling a crocodile so I checked out a number of photos and came up with this design. I used two sponge roll tins and made a moist Madeira cake to fit the two tins. Cut out a shape of … Read more
I made this Alligator Birthday Cake for my nephew’s 5th Birthday. I made several rectangle cakes for the body and tail, and stacked them two high to ensure I was able to get the depth in the cake. The head was cut out of a square cake stacked two high. I firstly traced the sizes … Read more
My 3 yr old has been reminding me all year that she wanted a crocodile cake for her next birthday. Honestly, I thought it would wear off- but it didn’t, and the challenge intrigued me. I searched for some other crocodile cakes, but none really seemed along the lines I was thinking. So I got … Read more
My son loves alligators so I decided to have a jungle theme party for his 2nd birthday. I had 15 adults to feed and three children (from 2-4 years old). The tail of the alligator cake is a bundt cake cut into 3 sections. The body of the alligator is two – 9in rounds, the … Read more
I got my whole idea for a crocodile cake from the alligator/crocodile site. There was a diagram on how to assemble by Abby Q. I baked two cakes, one rectangular and one bunt and three cupcakes. The rectangular was cut into a rounded triangle for the head. Two of the left over pieces were fitted … Read more