My husband who has owned snakes and various reptiles for years, usually has his mum (yes even at his age, a family tradition of sorts)make him all various kinds of reptile cakes, but this year she was too busy so I stepped in. I’m not a cook/baker in the slightest, so feeling a little overwhelmed … Read more
My daughter was really into tigers for a while and wanted a tiger cake for her birthday. This Tiger Face Cake one is very simple to make. I used two round cakes and stacked them on one another. I made two cupcakes and used those as the ears. I bought orange icing coloring and frosted … Read more
I made this slithering snake cake for my daughter’s birthday and she was really into snakes this year. I baked a tubed cake and then cut it into 3 pieces and alternated the bend for each and the the ends line up to make is look like a squirming cake. I tinted butter cream frosting … Read more
I created this Homemade Monkey Jungle Cake for my wonderful granddaughter for her fourth birthday. This is the first time I have attempted to make a novelty cake with fondant and it was a real labour of love. I spent a month and many attempts to make the animals from fondant and had a lot … Read more
I made this safari cake for my niece’s 2nd birthday using Wilton’s round cake pans and a tier kit. It’s covered with butter-cream icing and accented with fondant. The animals and palm tree leaves are also fondant. I used pretzel rods for the tree trunks. I made the animals several weeks ahead and constructed the … Read more
My husband and I are aspiring cake decorators and when his cousin said her daughter was having her 9th birthday and was really into animals, this Safari Birthday Cake is what we came up with. The bottom layer was a 10inch strawberry cake, the middle layer was an 9inch vanilla cake, and the hat was … Read more
I made this Homemade Pink Jungle Safari Birthday Cake for my niece’s first birthday. It was only my third cake ever to make, so I was nervous about trying something so challenging! The bottom layer was made with 12″ rounds, a ‘funfetti’ flavor, the middle was vanilla 8″ rounds, and the top was chocolate 6″ … Read more
This lion cake made for my sweet daughter. I made this cake for her 1 year old birthday. This is chocolate and I made the color from carrot because I don’t want to use any food coloring. Every one loved the cake!
My eldest son chose a Giraffe Birthday Cake for his 9th birthday. This cake was based on a photograph that we took of a real giraffe during a family trip to South Africa in 2008. I traced the enlarged photo and used this as a template to cut the cake to size. The cake was … Read more
My friends loved this Safari Cake Design for a baby shower cake! The cake was red velvet with chocolate flavored buttercream frosting. The faces of the animals were made from gum paste.
My son wanted a jungle cake for his 3rd birthday. The bottom tier is a 12×12 square, the second is a 8 inch round and the top is a 6 inch round. I crumb coated and then iced the cakes with green icing, and then stacked them (make sure you use straws or dowels for … Read more
I made this circus cake for a friend who was having a joint birthday party for all of her children. They were having a circus themed party so I decided to make an elephant cake using a Wilton elephant shaped pan. I decorated the elephant with a blanket on his back (to which I added … Read more