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
My son really wanted a dinosaur cake so checked out the dinosaur cakes on this site which gave me lots of great ideas. I used the two circle cake idea to create this cake as previously mentioned. I used a crumb coat of icing then just iced a second layer over top( much quicker than … Read more
This dinosaur cake was made by the mother of the child, I just did the decoration. His mom wanted a cake with something of the childhood of the boy. When he was a child he loved dinosaurs, and other things like every little boy, for example, skate and tennis. So I decided to make a … Read more
I made this Dinosaur Birthday Cake for my nephew’s third birthday using store bought cake mix and butter cream, and fondant. I made 4 sheet cakes, two side by side (the smaller ones you can buy at any $1 store), used a template I cut out of cardboard. After I got the shape I wanted … Read more
I made this Dinosaur Cake Idea for my son’s party at a local museum. I just baked a sheet cake and put blue frosting on and used marshmallow fondant to make the leaves, and made the T Rex out of rice krispie treats shaped by hand, then I put marshmallow fondant on the rice krispie … Read more
My best friend’s son’s birthday is a month after my 5 year old’s birthday. This year he wanted a T-Rex cake and they asked me to make it. So, of course I couldn’t object. I told them to google T-Rex cakes and show me what they were thinking. Little did I know this bright little … Read more
My inspiration for this Dinosaur Birthday Cake came from this website after I chose a dinosaur invitation to use for my son’s first birthday. I used a favorite 3-layer chocolate cake recipe but made 2 batches, and baked 2 thicker 9” round tins, and then another batch of the cake in different pieces as I … Read more
The cake was a chocolate mud cake packet mix. I used a deep 9 inch round tin (for the head) and two muffin holes in a muffin pan (for the eyes). When the cake was cooled I cut the shape from a template. The cake was then frosted with butter cream frosting and decorated with … Read more
The Dinosaur Menagerie came about thanks to inspiration from this site, so I thought it only fitting to add back! I didnt have a dinosaur cake pan and was out of time, so I came up with my own. The cupcakes were for the kids’ party at a Fossil finding party place. I made 24 … Read more
After chilling I cut the cake at a slightly off diagonal. Do not cut corner to corner the nose is too pointed. I then slid the “jaw” off the parchment and flipped it over. A triangle of cake must be cut away to fit the lower jaw on. An angled cut on the inside of … Read more
I made this volcano dinosaur cake for my son’s 5th birthday . The bottom of the cake is two 11x13in cakes glued together with icing. I dyed white icing green to do the grass and I cut out the part of the cake that I wanted to be the pond and filled it in with … Read more