I used one rectangle cake pan, 1 bunt cake pan, 5 butter cake mixes, 4 packets of’orchard’ icing (pink box available in baking section of supermarkets), green food colouring, 1 packet of m&ms or smarties, black decorating icing tube, plastic wrap, tooth pics and alfoil for this Homemade Crocodile / Alligator Birthday Cake. Bake 2 … 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
We were having a reptile party at our house. A reptile company came in with several live reptiles so naturally I needed to come up with a themed cake. I made this alligator cake by using three pans. The head is actually a pan in the shape of ballet slippers. The body is an Easter … Read more
I looked all over for a crocodile cake pan and when I couldnt find one I broke down and carved it out of cake. The alligator was carved from a 9″ round yellow cake. I colored the cream cheese frosting, made his eyes out of fondant and piped on the rest. The swamp is a … Read more
I made this cake using round cake pans. I also used one of my best cake recipes for the base. I drew a pattern on wax paper then traced the shapes with a sharp knife and pieced it together. I used neon food coloring to make it bright purple. I used the leftover pieces to … Read more
I got the Rooster Birthday Cake Idea from your website for the chicken cake but my mother has a favourite rooster so I took lots of photos of him and came up with this. I used fondant to mould the head, tail, comb and gobbles but painted the later 2 red. To get some of … Read more
I made this Cow Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I made two buttercakes and put one in a 20 x 20 cm square tin. The other mixture I made 5 cup cakes, in a muffin tin and then put the rest of the mixture into a loaf tin. Cut the square cake vertically … Read more
We live rural so I wanted to make a Homemade Bull Head Cake for my son’s 10th birthday. I used a picture of a real bull to get the right proportions. I baked a large square pan and a round cereal bowl. Out of the square cake I cut the shape of the head. I … Read more
My mom loves cows so I thought this would be a fun cake for adults as well as kids. As you can see from this birthday cake picture it really is a simple cake using a standard 8 in. round pan for the body, a small glass bowl (I used Pyrex) for the face and … 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
I was asked by a customer to make a homemade Fox cake for her husband, looked on the net and as you can imagine, they are quite scarce. So, I took the bull by the horns and decided to carve one using a drawing of a fox that I found on the net. The Fox … Read more