I made this single layer Homemade Lion Pride Birthday Cake. The cake itself is a Pillsbury chocolate “just add water” mix that comes in a box (the easy option!) but technically you did actually bake it yourself & it tastes great. For the big cake I used a single cake & then a second cake … Read more
For this snake birthday cake decorating idea, I baked two 9in round cakes. Then I cut out the middles, going in about 2-3 inches. I cut the cake rings in half, then positioned them in a wave and frosted them together. For the head I used the middles of the round cakes and just carved … Read more
I took a sheet and decorated with white and crimson icing. I then found an elephant coloring sheet and traced it with piping gel. I transferred the picture on to the cake. I used grey icing for the body. I used black for the toes, mouth, nose and eyes. I also drew on a football … Read more
I took a Wilton 1979 rocket-ship cake pan and used my imagination. It took one cake mix. I used Duncan Hines white cake mix and used green food color to make the batter green. Grease and floor the pan and pour in the cake mix. Bake at 350 till done. I used a star tip … Read more
This crocodile cake was made by following the directions posted for alligator #9. The body is a bundt cake cut into thirds, the head a Christmas tree pan, the legs are cupcakes and eyes marshmallows. I used spearmints for the spine and toes. The icing is a star tip. The designer for cake #9 did … Read more
My Daughter was going through a Tarzan/Dumbo phase and she wanted animals for her 3rd B-Day. I kept looking at other pictures of cakes and finally decided to come up with my own idea; I created a jungle cake. I used fondant for the covering, I dyed the fondant the colors that I wanted. I … Read more
This safari cake I made for my grandson. I used butter cream icing. I bought safari animals to sit around on it and palm trees. I put a small pond on the bottom cake which is the largest cake .I used blue piping gel for the lake. I also put sand around the lake as … Read more
My son woke up and said: I want a cake with a river, a big crocodile and with water lilies in it. On the shore there should be some mice running. On the water lilies there should be a frog. That was the beginning. Then it was a complete day. From 8 o’clock in the … Read more
My little girl is not very girly and wanted an alligator birthday party at an alligator/petting zoo. I just thought I’d make my own Alligator Birthday Cake since the local bakeries were just not willing to make what I had in mind. I’m an artist, so I didn’t think it’d be too difficult, except for … Read more
This Tiger Birthday Cake was made by me for my son’s birthday September 2008. My son Alex wanted a Tiger, soccer ball, and Lizards theme. I thought how was I going to do that, so I came up with a Tiger cartoon type 3d teddy cake using a Teddy bear cake tin, soccer ball candles … Read more
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