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
For a Hawaiian themed party I was having I decided to make a volcano cake. I used 2 package mixes of chocolate cake in a bunt pan. It overflowed so I had some extra cake bits, I grounded those up and spread them all over the cookie sheet to look like dirt. I used two … Read more
I made this Hawaiian Luau Volcano Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 6th birthday. It was easy and fun to make and a great hit with the kids – especially when the smoke (dry ice) came out. I used 2 round cakes (one small and one large) and a bundt cake between them. I placed a … Read more
I made this cake using a bundt on the bottom, a Pyrex bowl in the middle and a cupcake on the top. I covered everything with chocolate frosting, then drizzled white icing around the rim. When it was time to light the candle I put about a teaspoon of vodka in the top and lit … Read more
I made this homemade Jurassic birthday cake for my stepdaughter’s 7th birthday. She loves dinosaurs and soccer so I combined them. I used two 13×9 cakes for the land mass and cut the sides off making it look jagged. For the volcano I used 3 mixing bowls. I took the center part out of my … Read more
My grandson is big into dinosaurs, and I made the mistake of showing him hundreds of pics, nothing was quite right, so I just made up this Homemade 4th Birthday Dinosaur and Volcano Cake as I went along. I used 2 boxed chocolate fudge cake mixes, baked in a turkey roaster pan. Made a double … Read more
For this dinosaur birthday cake I used a sheet cake pan for the bottom. I used the Wilton Wonder Mold pan for the volcano and cut out cake boards in the shape of palm trees for those and placed pieces of cake on them (I cut the pieces to fit the board). The lava for … 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