My 5-year-old son, obsessed with dinosaurs, specifically requested a “Jurassic Park Cake” for his birthday. I scoured the internet, looking for something appropriate and do-able. Finally, I settled for looking at the Jurassic Park book cover, and just free-handed everything on the cake!! The red and black did want to run together, but I used … Read more
This dinosaur cake was made for my grandson Adrians third birthday. He loves dinosaurs so I knew whatever cake I made would have to have dinosaurs on it. Since I already had a dinosaur cookie cutters but didn’t want to spend lots of time decorating something else (besides the cake) that would be demolished in … Read more
My daughter wanted a pink dinosaur for her 3rd birthday cake. I searched online to find the perfect dinosaur cake and ended up using the idea from Tomara B. on this site. It was a hit, the kids and parents loved it. I followed the instructions to use 2 round 9″ pans as listed and … Read more
My son’s 4th birthday was held at the Museum, where we go every couple of months to view the dinosaur exhibits. I organized a guided tour of the dinosaur exhibits throughout the museum for a small donation of $50 (my choice to pay) and the kids were given dinosaur tails to wear and were given … Read more
My daughter asked me to make her a dinosaur cake for her third birthday because she loves Dorothy the dinosaur so I said ‘ok, I will try’ and when I was finished I was very happy, I couldn’t believe I had done it! She was sooo happy! I used 3 butter cake mixes and baked … Read more
For my son’s 1st birthday I planned everything around dinosaurs, so of course I needed a Dinosaur Birthday Cake Idea! I baked 2 9” round cakes from a box and a 24 mini cupcakes. After the cakes had completely cooled I popped them in the freezer overnight. I made a template on paper for a … Read more
For my son’s 4th birthday he wanted a dinosaur cake that was orange and blue, like Buddy on Dinosaur Train. I used a 13 inch round pan for the body, cut in half and stood together upright. I used a pampered chef small batter bowl for the head (cut in half) and the left over … Read more
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