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
My daughter wanted a Giraffe Birthday Cake, so I came up with this cute one. I used the Wilton doll pan for the body (I had to shave down the sides of the cake to shape it into a smaller body), mini ball pan for the legs. I shaped the head out of rice crispie … Read more
This Homemade Safari Cake was made for my 7 year old’s safari party. She picked the plastic animals she wanted on the cake. This is a large sheet pan single layer cake to give as much decorating space on top of the cake as possible! The water areas are made from Jello using the jello … Read more
I made this Baby Giraffe Cake for a friend’s one year old granddaughter. It took a total of 12 hours to complete. I used four 9×13 pans, cupcakes for the legs, and a bowl shaped pan for the head. I cut the cakes in half and stacked them on top of each other. I frosted … Read more
My girls just love anything animals. This Birthday Cake Safari Style was a lot easier then it looks!! One slab cake of your choice of size, cover in frosting then colour some fondant and roll over the cake. Making the animals was as easy as making cylinder or roundish shapes then just roughly moulding the … Read more
I made this lion cake for my 2nd son’s 1st birthday. It was inspired by the Martha Stewart “monkey cake” that was featured on her television show a few years ago (I made that cake for my 1st son’s 1st). The head of the lion is baked in a metal mixing bowl (I used the … Read more