I made this birthday cake design by baking 40 cupcakes. I sliced the top of each one to make them flat and arranged them in the shape of a hippo. It was a mascot for a local swim school a friend takes her son to for lessons. I frosted the top of all of them … 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
This jungle cake was a Neapolitan cake. The top layer was white cake and the second was strawberry. Chocolate frosting was in the center. I mixed green food coloring gel into white frosting for the grass and blue for the water. The edges were frosted with green, blue and purple. Little jungle animals finished off … Read more
I made this fun Crocodile Cake Design for my kids’ summer camp which had a crocodile theme. I baked two 12 inch round cakes, one 10 inch round cake, and 6 jumbo cupcakes. One round cake became the crocodile’s middle section. I carved the second 12 inch round cake into the tail, and the ten … Read more
My son Jacob asked me for a snake and reptile party and asked if he could have a snake cake. I thought the bundt cakes would be good for the shape and then someone suggested looking on the internet for ideas. That was when I found this website. I started with 3 bundt cakes that … Read more
My daughter wanted a tiger birthday cake for her 4th birthday. So what I did was find a picture that I liked and that was easy enough for me to decorate. I found two coloring pictures and combined them together to get the tiger that I liked. Made a butter cream icing recipe and colored … Read more
For my son’s 7th birthday, I tried a snake cake. I bought scrapbooking paper that looked like dirt, put it on a piece of cardboard, and covered it with plastic wrap. I baked two cakes in bundt pans, cut each in half and laid the four pieces in the shape of the snake. I made … Read more
I made this Coiled Timber Rattlesnake birthday cake for my son’s 15th birthday. This is my very first fondant-covered cake. I am typically a cupcake baker – so I took this as a challenge to experiment and be creative! I started with two thick 10″ round layers of red velvet cake. I made the cake … Read more
This jungle cake was for my daughter’s second birthday The cakes are chocolate with chocolate butter cream. Then I used marshmallow fondant to cover each cake. The bottom layer is white. I used a pizza cutter to cut triangles out of black fondant. The top layer is yellow/brown fondant with dark brown spots. The animals … Read more
My husband and I made this elephant birthday cake for our daughter’s “Zoo Theme” 2nd birthday. The base was a piece of plywood that was covered with aluminum foil and then covered with a thin layer of rice krispie treats (as well as coconut clouds and coconut grass!) The elephant was made from three 9 … Read more
This Giraffe Birthday Cake was my first attempt at cake decorating, being for a special occasion, my first child’s, first birthday. He has a jungle themed nursery so I had to go with a giraffe cake. I got some great ideas from this website but ended up drawing my own design and cake template based … Read more