I made a 9″ round cake from each of the cake mixes, and then mini and full size cupcakes from the rest of the batter. I took the first round cake and cut it in half, stood it on the flat sides, and used frosting to help it stick together. This became the body of … Read more
My son loves the green T-Rex looking dinosaurs so I chose this pattern for his cake. I prepared it using one box of yellow cake mix. I invested in a few different cake decorating tips. I usually use #18 to make the large star shaped patterns all around. I pipe in the outline then use … Read more
This dinosaur cake was made from two 7 inch chocolate sponge cakes. I chopped two thirds off both cakes for the main body and then used the leftover cake to shape tail, head and legs. Then I made up some thick butter icing and with green food colouring to do the covering and provide some … Read more
I started this Dinosaur cake with 2 round cakes. The center of the cake is 1 circle cut in two and the halves are sandwiched in a upright position. The pieces are placed together to create the cake. I had trouble keeping the head up so it had to balance on a small cup. The … Read more
I was asked by a friend to create a 4th Birthday Dinosaur Cake for her daughter and as I looked around I came across my old stand up teddy bear pan and as we all know many things can be created from this. So I chopped of his ears created a marshmallow tail and decorated … Read more
A friend approached me to make a standing T-Rex birthday cake for her son’s 3rd birthday. At first I declined because I had never made a 3-D cake of that size. I looked on-line and didn’t see many pictures for ideas. Finally, she pressed me hard enough and I thought about it long enough that … Read more
We created this Dinosaur Birthday Cake Idea for our friend’s son Ashton’s second birthday party. We started with the large wood base and attached the wooden dinosaur base to that. We then used Rice Krispy treats to form the head and tail. The body of the dinosaur is chocolate cake. We then smoothed everything out … Read more
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