Take a look at these cool homemade Jurassic Scene cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
I used a cake mix. Then used different colors of paste food coloring (hence the grey/black volcano). The volcano is made with 2 cupcakes, trimmed. Jujubes for trees, and crushed choco chips for rocks. I also used coconut that I colored with food coloring for a nest and Cadburys choco eggs for Dino eggs. And … Read more
A friend at work has a son thats crazy about dinosaurs so I agreed to make dinosaur cakes for his third birthday that fit the dinosaur theme. To create this cake I baked a regular size sheet cake. I then cut away the bottom right corner out of the cake to create the area for … Read more
I made this Dinosaur scene cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. I got lots of good ideas from this site. I used a 9 x 13 cake for the base. I also baked a round cake and cut it to fit in the corner of the rectangular cake to make the hill. Then I used … Read more
My son wanted a dinosaur birthday cake and this is what we came up with! Candy rocks on the hill, which we used a small pyrex bowl, a condement bowl was the best covered in dyed coconut flakes. We covered the bottom in fondant and used gold glitter for the sand. I bought a kit … Read more
This dinosaur birthday cake was made by my cousin and I for another one of our cousins (we thought we would surprise him with a birthday cake of his favorite thing— dinosaurs). It’s a simple chocolate cake and the volcano is an upside down ice cream cone that we cut the bottom out of. For … Read more
For smoke effect on volcano and dinosaur cakes, cut a hole in the top of cake and place a plastic cup inside. I purchased about 1lb. block of Dry ice (which was more than enough for grand effect at birthday sing time) and added broken up piece to a little water. You can use more … Read more
I made this Jurassic cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. He loves dinosaurs but I wasn’t sure I could make something that even resembled a dinosaur so I made this. The base is a 12×18 cake that I leveled off. It is frosted in homemade chocolate buttercream. The volcano is 2 6×2 round cakes. Both … Read more
I made this Dinosaur Volcano Cake at the request of my four year old nephew – Charlie – who is mad about dinosaurs. The cake itself is a three tier chocolate sponge covered in sugar fondant icing. The volcano that tops the cake is covered in chocolate fondant and I made shards from sugar paste … Read more
My son is crazy about dinosaurs right now, so for his 3rd birthday thats what we chose as the theme. I decided that I really didn’t like any of the cakes from the store for that theme, so I set out to make his dinosaur birthday cake myself this year.I started out by getting the … Read more
I got an idea for dinosaur cakes from one on your sites actually! I baked 2 round cakes, frosted the top of one and put the other on top. I frosted that and put a cupcake on the top for a volcano. After tons of frosting I decorated with orange frosting for lava. I sprayed … Read more
I used regular cupcakes to make this dinosaur island cake with one large cupcake made in a ramikan dish for the volcano. I arranged the cupcakes into an island shape with the tallest ramikan cupcake for the volcano. I separated store bought white frosting and added green food coloring for the grassy areas and made … Read more
My grandson LOVES dinosaurs! For his 5th birthday I made (what I think was) a super Dinosaur birthday cake! I used rice krispies to make a volcano. I used a doll dress cake pan to get the shape. The lava is melted Jolly Rancher candies. I shaped them by putting them on tin foil that … Read more