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
My son loves dinosaurs so on my search to find out how to make a dinosaur cake, I found this site…THANKS….A few on here inspired this one. I baked 4 9inch round cakes (I mess up a lot). I cut 1 in half and stood up on the cut edge for the body, took a … Read more
It is your basic cake mix. I used two 8″ round pans (you can use bigger if you need to feed more people). It was actually my first 3D cake I ever made. It turned better than I thought it was going to. My son loved it.
For Christmas my sister in law bought a bunch of pans from a yard sale and gave them to me. I baked a chocolate cake in a dinosaur cake pan. I thought it would be a perfect time to try fondant (I have never used it before). I looked up a recipe online and found … Read more
The dinosaur was copied from a picture on his party invitation which I then kept enlarging on the photocopier until I got to the size I wanted. I cut around the edges to form a template then used that as a guide to cut the cakes to shape. I used one layer of green icing … Read more
This is my first Volcano cake. I baked a dome cake, took a cup and punched a hole for the center out, not too deep, just to get the effect. I baked a half sheet cake, iced it brown. I then put the volcano on a cake board, placed it in the corner and iced … Read more
I made this Jurassic Birthday Cake for my son’s 7th birthday. Everything is edible except for the wires on the volcano. I used the Barbie dress mold for the volcano, pretzel sticks for the trees and crushed graham crackers for the dirt look on the ground. On top of the trees, I placed a ball … Read more