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
This safari cake was prepared in a 12″x18″ pan and covered with buttercream frosting and crumbled sugar cookies that had been dyed reddish-orange. In the corner I placed two smaller cakes to look like a small hill. The water was created by melting sugar in the microwave with a tiny hint of blue color. The … Read more
I used one rectangle cake pan, 1 bunt cake pan, 5 butter cake mixes, 4 packets of’orchard’ icing (pink box available in baking section of supermarkets), green food colouring, 1 packet of m&ms or smarties, black decorating icing tube, plastic wrap, tooth pics and alfoil for this Homemade Crocodile / Alligator Birthday Cake. Bake 2 … Read more
We used the ideas from the other photos to make our first cake for our 2 year old son. Made 2 bundt cakes – one chocolate and one vanilla. Cut the tail to taper and used the scraps to piece the head together with toothpicks. It was a very hot day and the frosting was … Read more
I made this snake cake for my son Jayden’s 10th reptile birthday party last year October 2008. The scales were made out of roll out fondant and coloured with food die. I cut them using a small oval shape cutter. You will have to make the scales in advance, so as to let them dry … Read more
I made this Snake Birthday Cake using two bundt pans, with a box cake mix for each pan. Then I let them cool and cut them in half to store in my freezer for two days. I made two colors of buttercream icing, pink and purple, and I also made chocolate buttercream icing, the day … Read more
My 7 year old son is right into snakes and reptiles so I wasn’t surprised when he asked for this Birthday Snake Cake. The size approx 40 x 20 cm and the only thing I had big enough to put it on was my extra large chopping board. I used my large rounded edge roasting … Read more
To make this 3D elephant cake, I used the Wilton 3D bear cake pan. After the cake was cooled, I cut off the bear ears. Then I iced the cake smooth with a blueish grey icing. With some fancy paper, I fashioned a party hat and taped it together. I attached some ribbon to the … Read more
This Hippo Birthday Cake was made for my 3 year old daughters’ birthday. Every year I try to make something special for their birthday (I have twins, so I have to find 2 cake ideas every year!!! – go see the polar bear birthday cake ). I used 2 x 8″ round pans to build … Read more
I got the idea for this Jungle Cake from this website, it is a combination of several that I liked. Most were round but I thought it would look nice square. It is done in fondant except for the animals. I started with a white layer and layered the zebra stripes on top of the … Read more