For my daughters third birthday she requested an Orange Triceratops Cake and that’s what she got! It wasn’t an easy birthday cake to make but with a little help this is what I made. For the cake I used two devil food cake mixes, 30oz of canned pumpkin and one cup of water, no eggs … Read more
For my son’s first birthday, I planned to make him a small sugar free cake. That turned into a more elaborate dinosaur cake to go along with the dino theme of the party. We found the directions here and used my cake recipe. (The cake and frosting are both sweetened with agave nectar.) The eyes, … Read more
My son was having his 2nd birthday and was really in to dinosaurs so this is my Homemade Dinosaur Birthday Cake Idea. I made a plain white cake and put chocolate icing on it. I then got the red and yellow cake letters that look like lava coming out of the ground to spell out … Read more
My sister and me made this dinosaur cake for my son’s 4th birthday party. We used a normal chocolate cake recipe (made with real melted chocolate). My sister drew a template for the body, tail, head and legs on some greaseproof paper and used this as a guide to cut out the cake. We baked … Read more
I made this Dinosaur Birthday Cake Idea by cutting a round sponge into 2 halves, and sticking them side by side with a bit of butter icing for the dinosaurs body, and cutting out the tail, legs and head from another sponge, also sticking them together with butter icing and to the board. I then … Read more
My son wanted a standing T-Rex cake for is fifth birthday. My husband and I have always tried to make cakes for the kids but this is was our biggest challenge. We started with a frame made from a cake plate and PVC piped to support the body and and neck and to make the … Read more
My son loves dinosaurs so on my search to find out how to make a dinosaur cake, I found this site…THANKS….A few on here inspired this one. I baked 4 9inch round cakes (I mess up a lot). I cut 1 in half and stood up on the cut edge for the body, took a … Read more
A couple days in advance I tinted fondant 2 different shades of purple and cut them into triangles of different sizes (for the spikes on the back.) Allow them to dry and harden. This dinosaur cake is made from two regular 9 inch round pans. After the cakes are cooled, cut the first one in … Read more
My stepdaughter had a huge thing for dinosaurs and wanted a cake shaped like one for her birthday. All I knew was that she wanted a long neck. So I set out to make a cake for her. I baked two round cakes and cut a crescent in one so that the other would fit … Read more
I made two round chocolate packet cakes, cut the first one in half and stood both halves on their flat ends and used a little icing between them to keep them together. Then with the second cake I cut a crescent shape for the tail and used the remainder to fashion a neck and a … Read more
Two 9×13 cakes were used for the shape of this T Rex cake. Covered with buttercream and draped with fondant. Drape and create wrinkled flesh and tongue with fondant. Fondant is painted with a mix of orange vodka and food coloring. Eye and teeth are made with William-Sonoma Decorator pen.
I made this Dinosaur cake for my son’s 5th birthday. I made 2 round cakes, cut them in half and stood them upright back to back for the main body. I then freehand cut the tail from another round cake. Fairly easy to assemble, but forever to decorate. I piped the frosting, used raisins for … Read more