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
I made this Florida Gator Birthday Cake for my husband’s co-workers birthday! She is a huge Florida Gators fan and loves going fishing so we came up with the idea to make a gator cake eating a fish! The fish is made out of rice krispie treats. The rest of the cake is 100% cake … Read more
I used one standard chocolate cake mix and canned icing for this birthday cake decorating idea. I baked the cake in a regular rectangle cake pan and froze it to make cutting easier. I then cut it into sections piecing the sections together into a snake pattern. Used icing to help join the various segments … Read more
The cake was made with two oval chocolate cakes. I cut the head from one and the body from the other. It was covered in buttercream. The bottom half served the 15 people at the party and the head was left over so I guess it would serve around 30 people. As you can see … Read more
Coolest Homemade Alligator and Crocodile Cake Decoration Idea 2
The body of the alligator cake is made of a bunt cake cut into three pieces. The head is a round cake pan cut. The feet and tail are also cut from a round cake pan. Always freeze the cake (especially if you use a super moist mix) this will make it easier to manipulate. … Read more
This crocodile cake was created for my sons second birthday. He loves to pretend an alligator is chasing us! The cake was made using a bundt pan for the body (sliced in half and arranged so it looked slithery) and a square pan which I then cut into triangles and placed on top of each … Read more