When my son first requested a snake cake for his 5th birthday I went into a bit of a panic because I thought how in the world would I be able to make a cake to look like a snake – especially as I don’t really do a lot of baking and I have never … Read more
My nephew loves snakes (and all things ‘creepy and gross’!) so for his 5th birthday we searched for ideas and found this site for a snake cake. So many great ideas! My brother and I used two bundt cakes (one chocolate; one vanilla), one creme horn (some folks call them creme twists) for the ‘rattler’ … Read more
I made these Zebra and Giraffe Cakes for my twin boys’ 3rd birthday. They chose the animals themselves. I drew pictures of the animals based partly on pictures in a sticker book then cut these out and used them to cut around after I had cooked and frozen the cakes. (I made a chocolate-vanilla swirl … Read more
This safari cake was made for a baby shower at a local hospital. It is two layers on bottom and two layers on top of a homemade yellow cake and homemade buttercream icing that I colored green for the bottom layer and blue for the top (grass and sky). I tinted fondant with gel food … Read more
I actually made this jungle safari cake for a baby shower. I used a different flavor of cake for the top and the bottom. I covered each with buttercream frosting and then covered that with fondant. For the zebra print, I used white fondant to cover the cake and then cut stripes from a rolled … Read more
For my son’s first birthday, I wanted something really special. After looking at literally, thousands of cake pictures online, this is what I came up with. It was a jungle themed 1st birthday cake with a monkey as the main “character”. For his “smash” cake, I used Martha Stewart’s recipe for a monkey cake as … Read more
My friend’s grandson’s first birthday party was at the zoo so of course the birthday boy’s cake and party cupcakes had to have the zoo theme. I make a 6″ 4 layer banana cake filled with caramel, banana pudding and sliced bananas. The frosting was tradition shortening frosting flavored with some homemade caramel. I used … Read more
This is the second time that I’ve made this elephant cake, both times for first birthdays. It is adorable and easy to make. I hope you enjoy preparing it for your loved one as much as I did. You’ll need: 2 round cakes (any size that suites your crowd) Frosting Shredded Coconut Candies for toenails,eyes,and … Read more
My daughter loves elephants and giraffes so I knew she was going to want a safari themed cake for her 4th birthday. After looking around on the internet for ideas I came up with this Safari Cake Design. I made the cake in a larger rectangular pan. I believe it was a 11×17 pan. I … Read more
I wanted to make a special Zoo Birthday Cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. This is a three layer cake. For the top two layers I used eight inch round pans, they are chocolate cake made from the recipe on the back of the Hershey’s CoCo can. For the bottom layer I used a 10 … Read more
I made this Forest Birthday Cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. It’s a chocolate layer cake. The chocolate looked a lot like dirt once it was cut into. I used vanilla frosting with lots of green food coloring. I bought the little Diego and Baby Jaguar figurines from my local Walmart. The trees were made … Read more
My two year old loves animals so I did a safari birthday. I decided to do a snake cake. I had read that you could make a snake cake by using two bundt cakes. So, I decided to use a chocolate cake mix and a vanilla cake mix to give the guests a choice. All … Read more