I started with boxed cake mixes, store bought whipped fudge icing, and homemade buttercream for the Jurassic Cake. I baked each cake in two 9″ cake pans. I then alternated vanilla and chocolate cake using three cake halves per layer. So, the cake was 3 tiers, and each tier consisted of cake, buttercream, cake, fudge, … Read more
My son had a dinosaur theme for his birthday and I was very proud of how well the Dinosaur Scene cake came out. I used a Wilton cake pan for the volcano. It was a small size and seemed perfect for what I needed it for. I made a 12×18 sheet cake. I frosted the … Read more
Heres our latest dinosaur birthday cake. It was done for a superhero party. I baked four 9X13 cakes, two cakes in Pyrex dishes and some little muffins. I put the four sheet cakes together and built my volcano on top of the sheet cakes. I built the volcano from the Pyrex dish cakes and cut … Read more
This dinosaur cake was done for my son on his third birthday, I did this completely by hand, I used the fondant, for the the bone structure, painting it with icing food coloring to give it definition. I used regular white icing, store bought, but made it thicker by adding powdered sugar, this was made … Read more
For this Dino cake I used two 9″ round cakes. I also used a template that can be found at: http://www.bettycrocker.com/NR/rdonlyres/302061DE-E198-46D1-AAAB-CF7D64007848/0/dinosaur_cake_instruction.pdf , if this link doesn’t work go to Betty Crocker.com, type Dinosaur Cake in the search box on the upper right-hand side and it should be the first cake that pops up, you will … Read more
I helped my friend make this Dinosaur cake for her son’s fourth birthday. We used three 3″ x 9″ round sponges. To make the body, we cut one sponge in half, stuck it together with butter icing and jam and then stood it on its side. With the second sponge, we made two crescent shapes … Read more
My daughter requested a dinosaur-themed birthday party for her third birthday, including a Homemade Dinosaur Birthday Cake Idea. The catch was that she wanted a pink and purple dinosaur party! I modified the dinosaur head, because I thought the original looked more like an iguana, and it was hard to prop the head so it … Read more
I found this Dino Dig site cake idea in the March ’09 Family Fun magazine, and I just HAD to try it! I think it turned out great, and I so hope my son wants a dinosaur birthday party next so I can make it again! I made a chocolate sheet cake and covered it … Read more
This is the third time I’ve made a dinosaur cake like this, and is my best yet. I used the Wilton doll cake tin and made a couple of muffins at same time. I used the muffins to make the head and tail. Cut one muffin with a straight edged round cutter and turn it … Read more
Take the square and cut it in half, then cut one of the halves in half on the diagonal/triangle. Place one each for the head and tail. Take the remaining half of the square and make 4 legs.I iced the cake with chocolate icing. For the plates and spikes, I used chocolate covered graham cookies … Read more
Bake two 9″ round cakes. Cut one cake in equal half and place the flat sides on the cake board. Sandwich them together. Shape the tail and head and legs from the other cake and ice them accordingly. I use a few shades of green to add interest to the body. Bits and pieces of … Read more
For my daughters third birthday she requested an Orange Triceratops Cake and that’s what she got! It wasn’t an easy birthday cake to make but with a little help this is what I made. For the cake I used two devil food cake mixes, 30oz of canned pumpkin and one cup of water, no eggs … Read more