Coolest Alligator Cupcake Cake

Alligator Cupcake Cake

This Alligator cupcake cake was so much fun! Giving credit where credit is due, this idea came from a book titled “Hello, Cupcake” (I got mine at a local craft store). Using one cake mix, bake 24 regular cupcakes. Ice them with “gator-green” buttercream by piping on overlapping rows of “scales”. Arrange them in the … Read more

Coolest Snake Cake

Snake Eating Mouse Cake

My son wanted a snake about to eat a mouse for his birthday cake. The neck and head of the snake are rice cereal treats which were molded around a stiff wire base. Everything else is cake covered in modeling chocolate. This snake cake was really fun to make but none of the kids wanted … Read more

Coolest Python Snake Cake

Homemade Python Snake Cake

This Python Snake Cake just wow-ed the party! The body is just like any other snake cake – bunt cakes work the best, but if you get fancy and use sheet cakes, you can add gummy worms in the layers as guts. The poof was the zillion milk chocolate, white chocolate & butterscotch chips the … Read more

Coolest Snake Birthday Cake

Homemade Snake Birthday Cake

When I asked my son what cake he would like for his birthday, he replied a cake that looks like fluffy, our pet snake. Well, after searching the net for a Snake Birthday Cake, I found black plastic icing, rolled it out into the shape of a snake, then coiled it up to look as … Read more

Coolest National Animal Tiger Cake

Homemade National Animal Tiger Cake

This National Animal Tiger Cake is my son’s idea for his 8th birthday party because he loves animals. We live in India and on his 8th birthday, he wanted our national animal tiger on cake. I baked one 9in and one 6 in circle cakes. After cakes cooled, I made two layers of each cake. … Read more

Coolest Hippo Cake

Margaret's Happy Hippo Cake

Mom and I made this hippo cake for my daughter Margaret’s 3rd birthday. She is a hippo fanatic. We combined ideas from other pictures and worked out a design as we went along. We used the marshmallows as teeth to prop the mouth open and added fondant eyelashes and lips! We also put on a … Read more

Coolest Lion Birthday Cake

Homemade Lion Cake

My daughter’s 1st birthday cake was a lion cake. We used 3 packet cake mixes and mixed them up putting the batter in 3 rectangle pans. We then used a template to cut the shape of a lion and his mane and then I layered his head which was part of one of the rectangle … Read more

Coolest Jungle Junction Cake

Homemade Jungle Junction Cake

My daughter loves the show Jungle Junction on Disney and insisted on having a “Blue Lumpy” (it’s what she calls Ellyvan her favorite character) cake for her 3rd Birthday. I searched and searched for someone who made a Jungle Junction cake or a pre-made cake kit and had no luck. Even Disney hasn’t released figurines … Read more

Cute Homemade Buttercream Giraffe Cake

Giraffe Cake

My daughter wanted a giraffe cake for her birthday, so I went with a safari theme. A giraffe and lion was made. The giraffe cake was a french vanilla cake with butterscotch chips. The frosting was store bought and colored. The picture of the giraffe was done freehand by my husband and then I piped … Read more

Coolest Jungle Animals Birthday Cake

Homemade Jungle Animals Birthday Cake

I made this Homemade Jungle Animals Birthday Cake for a friend’s 4 year old boy. I got heaps of inspiration from this website and then mixed it with my own ideas. The cake is a chocolate Madeira cake (made with a whole bar of melted chocolate mixed in!). The icing and animals are made from … Read more

Coolest Astrological Birthday Cake

Homemade Astrological Birthday Cake

This Astrological Birthday Cake was created for my mom for her birthday as a representation of her astrological sign. She is a Taurus and yes this is a Lion, I never said I was not special. When I saw the picture of a similar cake in a magazine I knew she would like it and … Read more