I wanted to make my own Safari Shower Cake for my baby shower. I used simple butter yellow cake mix and store bought white frosting. The animals are wooden and felt that I purchased at Michael’s craft store. I made two round 8″ cakes and a 9″ square cake. I simply frosted the cakes white … Read more
A friend of mine wanted me to do a cake for her son’s 4th birthday. When they came over to discuss the theme I asked the little boy what he liked best and he promptly told me ‘animals’ and ‘dinosaurs’. Therefore I wanted to create a cake which shows animals and also dinosaurs and came … Read more
I made this Elephant Birthday Cake for my son’s first birthday. We chose the elephant because it was a symbol of strength. He had endured a challenging first year of life (having to have open heart surgery), and the ‘elephant’ was one of his favourite toys in the hospital. The cake was made from the … Read more
I created this Standup Elephant Cake for my mother’s birthday using ideas I found from different websites including this one. I used the standup teddy bear cake pan from Wilton and used a box pound cake mix. I then cut up some large marshmallows and used them for the feet pinning them in place with … Read more
We decided for my son’s second birthday to have a Jungle Theme. I found the Wilton Animal crackers pan which takes one regular store bought cake mix for this lion cake. Once the Giraffe cake was cooked I covered with bright yellow icing and star tipped the entire thing with yellow and brown. To make … Read more
I made this Jungle Safari Birthday Cake for my son’s first birthday. I used buttercream frosting for the filling and marshmallow fondant to cover. The animals are also made from marshmallow fondant using the instructions from Wilton. The clouds and lettering are made with buttercream frosting. The palm tree trunks are Oreo sticks and the … Read more
This Jungle Safari cake was my first big order for a cake I received from a friend for her 2 sons, Caden and Jack! She presented me with the invitation for the party and when I saw Jungle Safari, so many ideas popped into my mind. This cake also needed to be gluten free, so … Read more
This birthday cake decorating idea was made by quartering bunt cakes and laying them in alternating patterns. The cake was covered with buttercream icing, and smoothed by using Viva’ paper towels, just lay the paper towel over the icing and rub softly in small circles. The warmth of your hand will mold the icing, and … Read more
I made this alligator/crocodile cake for my sons 7th birthday party. He had originally wanted a “Crocodile Hunter” cake, and I wanted to make it for him. However, I was short on time and could not find any Steve Irwin type figurines to use on the cake. I remembered my mother making us an alligator … Read more
This is a very BIG Croc cake. My Grandson Dante loves crocs. I got the idea from your web site for an alligator cake but changed it up a little. I used a Strawberry Shortcake pan (upside down) for the head, shaped it up a bit, 9 in. round for the middle and a bundt … Read more
For my sons 3rd birthday we had an animal jungle/zoo theme. We used Zoo Pals plates and cutlery made a Jungle cake and Zoo juice boxes. All other decorations we animal themed and each child had a different animal box filled with zoo themed goodies to take home.s 3rd birthday we had an animal jungle/zoo … Read more
After a trip to the zoo with the twins that I have been babysitting for over a year I decided to design and make a safari cake for their birthday. I reviewed many other submissions to gather ideas and decide how to make it work. To give myself more time for the fondant details I … Read more