For my “inherited” grandson’s 4th birthday he asked me to make him a dinosaur cake. Silly me, I asked him what kind of dinosaur. Whoever has heard of an Ankyosaurus? Turns out it was pretty simple to make. I baked 3 round cakes of graduating sizes, 5 regular size cupcakes, 11 mini cupcakes, one small … Read more
For the body of the dinosaur cake, I used a round cake cut in half and propped up side by side. The tail is a crescent shape from another round cake. The head is a heart shaped cake cut in half and done the same as the body. The frosting is butter icing piped from … Read more
Kevin wanted to use them for the eyebrows which surprisingly looked cute. I used Nestle Crunch Sticks and green Sour Strings for the palm tree. I suggest making the palm tree right before serving (sour strings break and get droopy).
This was a Volcano cake for my son’s 4th birthday. He was so excited about his dino cake. I made the base of the cake out of an 11x15x2 cake pan which I made 2 cakes into 4 layers. I then made the volcano out of a Wilton doll cake pan which I cut a … Read more
This homemade Dinosaur Land Volcano cake was pretty easy to make and my son loved it! I started out by baking 2 boxes of cake mix, one in an angel food cake pan and the other in a regular round cake pan. After letting them cool I placed the round cake on a baking sheet … Read more
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For my step son’s 5th birthday he decided on a dinosaur theme and since his room was full of dinosaurs I figured he could help set them up. For this Dinosaur Scene Birthday Cake I used 3 9X13 sheet cakes then a full pan of cupcakes to build the volcano. We dug out a small … Read more
I made the sugar cookies first. Let cookies cool. I colored the fondant in different neon colors and used a small stone roller on the fondant to make the dinosaur skin look rough. I then covered the cookies in the fondant and glued them onto the cookie with watered down royal frosting. I used black … Read more
I made this dinosaur cake for my 6 year old’s birthday, he loves everything dinosaur. I used a dinosaur cake pan, I also used Wilton cake release and really made sure to put it in the crease of the pans so I could see the out line of the dinosaur. I then decorated with homemade … Read more
Ok this homemade T-Rex dinosaur birthday cake was a work of art in progress for my 10 year old lol… What I used were Wilton pans 8in, 10in, 12in, & 14in. After all the cakes were baked, I sliced them in half and frosted them. Then decided to frost the layers in bold “boy” colors. … Read more
I made this cake for my friend’s son’s 4th birthday. This was the first time I had ever made a ‘special cake’. I had a trial run and this was the second version. I used two cakes one was an 8″/20cm deep round cake tin and the other was a deep rectangular tin 7.5″ x … Read more
I made this Dinosaur Birthday Cake Idea for a family friend. Its my favorite cake I’ve EVER done. When she said Reptar I was like… “How am I supposed to do THAT?!” But I was going to figure it out. I found a coloring page online of Reptar, blew it up and printed it out … Read more