This was my daughter’s fifth birthday day to coincide with her Dr. Suess birthday theme. I made Horton Hears a Who Birthday Cake from on 12 inch round pan (two cake mixes) and one 12 inch square (two cake mixes). I baked, released and froze both cakes as it’s easier to carve them when they’re … Read more
I started this Elephant Birthday Cake by using a 10 inch, rather deep (3 inches?) square cake tin and made a cardboard cut out of my elephant that fit within the pan. Then I lined my tin with baking paper and doubled my banana cake recipe. I baked the cake at approx 160-170 degrees, so … 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
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 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
These two cakes were made for my daughter’s 2nd birthday which was Bollywood themed. The pink elephant cake was a solid chocolate biscuit cake and we dyed the icing and hand cut the elephant shape. The golden elephant cake was a strong Madeira sponge (to take the weight of the icing). It was iced with … Read more
Just dont forget to change the nose to a trunk and your elephant is complete.t forget to change the nose to a trunk and your elephant is complete.
Baking for kids is something that I will continue to do for as long as I can and when a kid has a request, I try to go out of my way to satisfy their wants. For my nephew’s school party, he wanted an elephant cake which proved tricky at the beginning but easy at … Read more
Coolest Homemade Elephant Birthday Cake Pictures and Tips 2
I could not find a bakery in Los Angeles willing to attempt this Homemade Elephant Birthday Cake for under $500.00; and that was without the handmade touches and a much, much smaller Ellie made of gumpaste for the top. So, I decided to do it myself. This was a first for piping flowers, but I … Read more
Coolest Homemade Elephant Birthday Cake Pictures and Tips 3
This Elephant Birthday Cake was made for my daughter’s first birthday party. I took the idea from this website, and put it together with some cake decorating suggestions found on other sites. The cake started with the Wilton stand-up cuddly bear. Wilton directions said to use a pound cake mix and layer cake mix combined … Read more