I made my own birthday cake, since I had leftover marshmallow fondant from a cake made earlier this month. I chose a guinea pig because I think they’re cute, and I grew attached to Fluffy the Classroom Guinea Pig books that my kids brought home from school. I made my guinea pig ear muffs because … Read more
Bake a large chocolate sponge cake for the Hedgehog birthday cane and cut into thirds – place the side pieces onto the larger middle piece and cover the whole lot in butter icing with lots of melted chocolate stirred in. Shape into hedgehog body shape with a little extra splodge for the nose. Then use … Read more
I made this Mary’s Little Lamb Cake for some ladies I worked with but they thought it was too pretty to cut so they decided to put it in a bake sale or raffle it off but that didn’t work out either because the people at the bake sale liked it too much so now … Read more
This leopard cake was made for one of my twin boys’ as an individual cake for his safari theme birthday. The cake was first drawn by my husband and then a template was made. A cake was baked from the Wilson Animal Cracker pan and the template was used to cut the outline of the … Read more
I made this Lion Birthday Cake for my son’s first birthday. His nursery had a jungle theme and he loved the lion I had painted for his wall. I took inspiration from this site and a few others to get me started. Firstly I drew a sketch of the lion’s face and then drew this … Read more
I froze the cakes to make cutting easier. Next we drew an actual size template of a lizard on sheets of paper taped together. We cut out the template, laid it on the frozen cakes, and cut out the lizard shape. Next, I pieced the lizard together; trimming the pieces until I got the look … Read more
This cake was made with layers of chocolate cake and chocolate butter cream. Iced in chocolate BC. I just used a picture to go by and carved away!
This was a cake made for a 2nd birthday… the cake is a carrot and walnut cake as it is easy to make a large batch. I made two round cakes, one large for the body and the other small for the head, plus four small oval cup cakes for the eye’s and feet. Into … Read more
I just prepared a normal round sponge cake, turned it on its side and covered it in Buttercream icing before sculpting the outer layer of icing using Regalice (royal icing). I came up with the birthday cake decorating idea for the cake when I learned my boyfriends Mum was a science teacher before she retired. … Read more
I made this pig cake for our annual pig roast. I used two box cakes and prepared as instructed. I baked them in a large bowl, small bowl and small loaf pan. I had to keep an eye on them as they baked and due to the different size bowls and pan, each piece was … Read more
This Little Piggy Cake represents the nursery rhyme “This little piggy (went to market…etc etc)”. I made it for my daughter’s first birthday. Each pig represents one of the five pigs in the rhyme. I made up two chocolate cake mixes – one went into a round tin, the other mix was split into six … Read more
Coolest Homemade Pig-Shaped Birthday Cake Ideas and Photos 3