I made an 8-inch round cake, cut an inner circle for the face, and cut the outer circle into 8 rectangular pieces. I used only 4 pieces for legs. Then I made a 8-inch square cake for the body and used the 2 muffins as ears, 1/2 muffin (upside down) for nose, chocolate-covered M&Ms for … Read more
After lots of looking to get inspiration, of both real crocs and other croc cakes, I made a template from baking paper and worked out how many cakes, and what shapes to cook. For my crocodile,( it was for my son’s 2nd birthday combined Naming Day, so had to feed 40 people and look great!), … Read more
I made this alligator cupcake/cake combo for my son’s first birthday – it turned out amazing! The head was made from a bachelor party novelty cake pan. Who knew you would ever be able to use it again?? I decorated it to look like an alligator then added miniature cupcakes and regular cupcakes for the … Read more
Directions: Prepare cakes as directed on box and allow plenty of time for them to cool before doing any cutting. Trim bottom of cakes so that they are flat. Cut each bundt into 1/3 segments of equal size (youll have 6 equal sections of cake.) Cut one of the 6 segments from top left to … Read more
I made this crocodile cake for my cousins birthday because I had gotten her a shirt with an alligator on it so decided to make a cake to match. I bought a pack of those foil mini pans and used them for the legs and end of his tail.I piped dark green icing on top … Read more
This Homemade Armadillo Birthday Cake was for a 16 Birthday Cake for a friend. The cake was Red Velvet cake, so when cut into it was red like blood. He loved it. The cake was created with the Wilton Football cake pan and a 9x 12 cake pan. The Football shape was placed on top … Read more
I made this Cow Birthday Cake Idea for my daughter’s 8th birthday. She loves cows. For the base I made a round sheet cake and covered it with cream cheese frosting (simply mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and a little milk). For the spots I also used cream cheese frosting with black food coloring. For … Read more
My Daughter Kyra was born in the year of the cow so I decided to make her a homemade cow 1st birthday cake for her 1st birthday. I researched available designs from the internet and found a cow design I liked. I used a 10” x 13” pan for the body and legs and a … Read more
This homemade eagle cake was made for the School I work for. Our Mascot is the Eagle.
My nephew specifically wanted a green elephant cake for his 4th birthday party. I didn’t want my sister to have to spend a lot of money for a custom cake so I volunteered my amateur baking services. I used the white chocolate variation from the White Almond Sour Cream Wedding cake (from recipezaar.com) and baked … Read more
This Elephant Cake was made for a lady that loves Elephants! The top cake was a Wilton elephant cake pan on top of a 12×18 sheet cake! The elephant was iced with star tip #16 and outlined with tip #5! The flowers, stems, leaves and bow were all made a few days before out of … Read more
I made this Flamingo cake for a friend who was having her second child. The shower theme was flamingos. I usually get my cake ideas online but I couldn’t find any flamingo cakes I liked. Before falling asleep this idea hit me. A few days before making this cake, I used the Wilton recipe for … Read more