My 3 year old boy decided that this year he wanted a dinosaur cake. I searched high and low for step-by-step instructions on how to make one but nothing was quite right. So I took inspiration from here and there and this Dinosaur Cake was the result. “The Steg” is my first ever attempt at … Read more
For each dinosaur cake, I baked one round cake and one square cake. I cut the round cake in half and positioned each half on its cut end, using frosting to hold them together as the body. Then I cut the tail, legs and head out of the square cake and “glued” it all together … Read more
I basically just used two 9″ round cakes. The first I folded in half to make the body. The second cake I cut out a crescent for the tail. Then I cut out two u-shaped pieces (with flat bottoms) and also cut out their mirror images. This made the head which was actually two levels: … Read more
My son really wanted a green T-Rex cake for his 3rd birthday. I was not overly impressed with the pans that I found on-line. We wanted a cute T-Rex, not a mean one. I decided to draw my own pattern on poster board and cut this cake out of a 12×18″ sheet cake. I used … Read more
I had two birthday parties this year, won’t do that again!! My daughter who was turning three wanted a dinosaur cake. The second cake was a purple Triceratops Cake. Lots of fun to make!! First I made a Marshmallow fondant, I found the recipe on line. I made it a week ahead of time as … Read more
I made this homemade Spikey the Dinosaur cake for my Fiancé (his 22nd birthday as he’s a big kid and long time dinosaur enthusiast) and as he is a big chocolate fan I decided to make it a bit different. Instead of using a normal sponge I used a recipe for a chocolate Stout cake … Read more
I first used a Wilton Stand-up Teddy Bear Cake pan and a round cake pan using 2 boxes of yellow cake and 1 box of strawberry (for the tail). I substituted 1 cup buttermilk (per box mix) in place of the water called for on the box. (Please note: this is less than the required … Read more
I made this Dinosaur Birthday Cake for my son’s 4th birthday, following suggestions from this web page. The cake was from two, 8-inch round forms. The first cake was sliced in half and “glued” together (with frosting) upright to form the body. The second cake had a crescent shape cut for the tail along with … Read more
My son Jaden (4) has been all about Dino’s. I told him I would try to make a Dino cake for his class but that I was not sure if I could do it. This was my first time making a 3D cake. I looked at some of the other pictures and directions on this … Read more
I then mixed up a batch of butter cream icing to decorate it. I mixed lighter colors so as not to make this dinosaur look mean or scary. I outlined the cake with a Wilton tip #16 and filled in using tip#16 with appropriate colors. For his party, we had several activities such as dino-bowling, … Read more
Then cut shapes from a square cake for head, tail and legs. I used green ready roll icing and decorated with individual Toblerone pieces for the spikes, large chocolate buttons for spots and Cadburys crisps for ruff.s crisps for ruff.