My son is a big fan of dinosaurs so for his 7th birthday party I decided to try and make him this homemade Megasaurus cake. I used Wilton’s Megasaurus cake tin. I had to bake 2 cakes to make it high enough to look good and I was scared of slicing through the middle of … Read more
My son is obsessed with dinosaurs and wanted a dinosaur cake for his 3rd birthday. As he isn’t fond of icing I decided to use chocolate instead to resemble a tar pit full of dinosaurs. I made a rectangular chocolate cake which I then covered in chocolate ganache – dark and milk chocolate melted with … Read more
This Dinosaur Birthday Cake Idea is very exciting for me, because it’s my first “cake for hire” for someone else! They saw a picture of a cake on this site and asked if I could do it. I was nervous but gave it a shot and it turned out great! This cake, believe it or … Read more
I made this Homemade T-Rex Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 7th birthday. It is made with a homemade white cake recipe from The Betty Crocker cookbook. I added colored sprinkles to the batter. Before I actually made the cake, I made a template out of paper to see how much of the cake I could … Read more
I made this Dinosaur cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday, as she is totally dinosaur mad! I made this cake, from a lemon drizzle cake mix. I think it was a Jane Asher cake mix. I used two shallow, round cake tins. Then when cooked, I added extra lemon juice to the sponge once cooled. … Read more
A couple days in advance I tinted fondant 2 different shades of purple and cut them into triangles of different sizes (for the spikes on the back.) Allow them to dry and harden. This dinosaur cake is made from two regular 9 inch round pans. After the cakes are cooled, cut the first one in … Read more
My stepdaughter had a huge thing for dinosaurs and wanted a cake shaped like one for her birthday. All I knew was that she wanted a long neck. So I set out to make a cake for her. I baked two round cakes and cut a crescent in one so that the other would fit … Read more
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