Dinosaur birthday cake


This birthday cake is made for my little guy.


One recipe of chocolate cake baked in a heart shape pan. Cut the heart shape from the middle into two, put some icing in between and attach it together. Place the cake over the cake board by putting some icing on the board. I used a homemade cake board.


For the chocolate cake:
I used the same recipe as the butter cake but instead of 1 1/2 cups flour I used,
1 1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 tsp baking powder

One recipe butter cake baked in a circle shape pan.

I carved each shape of the dinosaur with a knife. I made stencils by drawing the shapes on paper first. This way there is no waste and I used up all the cake.


To cover the body I used chocolate buttercream and dusted with cocoa powder. I added some sprinkles to add some friendliness and colour to the dinosaur body.

For the eyes, I used chocolate fudge with a little bit of royal icing and peppercorn.

Oreo cookies for the mouth and the rest was dusted on the cake board.

For the claws I dipped one side of the cashew nuts in melted chocolate.

For the spikes I cut marshmallow into triangles then dipped in melted chocolate.

The cake board is decorated with green tinted desiccated coconut and crushed oreos. To finish up I made this decorative tree.


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84 comments:

  1. You did such a good job!! Your little one must have been thrilled

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  2. wow dino cake looks fabulous... sure ur kiddio must have loveed it....great work dear :)

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  3. Superb looking Dinosaur cake. Looks both scary and tasty at the same time.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  4. Happy birthday to your little guy. I love the cake... too cute!

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  5. Belated birthday wishes to your little guy. Cake looks delicious and cute.

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  6. Cute looking cake..Birthday wishes to your Son..

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  7. So cute! I'm sure your little guy loved it...Congrats on him turning 3!

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  8. Belated wishes to your little one ...cake looks fab ...very creative

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  9. What a lovely looking cake! Your little guy must have been thrilled!

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  10. Awesome job n bday wishes to ur lil one..

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  11. Nice creativity dear..little one must have been very happy abt the cake! Belated wishes to the Kiddoo :)

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  12. This is so cute. Happy birthday to your special little boy!

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  13. Hi Akheela, can I share the dinosaur cake? wow... you're good, very cute & lovely. Happy birthday to your little guy, I'm sure he is delighted to see the dino cake. Have a nice day.

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  14. Cute looking and belated birthday wishes!

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  15. Wow,you are so talented.Your boy must have been over the moon.

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  16. That looks amazing... I m sure ur little one would've been very excited when he saw it. Hope he had a wonderful b'day.

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  17. Belated Happy Birthday to your little one...ANd yes the cake looks SUper~

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  18. A lovely creative cake! I am sure your little guy must have absolutely loved it. He is lucky to have a Mom like you :)

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  19. Excellent effort dear. belated wishes to the little one. you really rock.

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  20. Superb... Very nice birthday cake.....

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  21. Wow! You did a wonderful job with this cake!! Well done!!! My son also loves dinosaurs and he would have be thrilled to bits if I could make him this cake. I hope your son had a wonderful birthday! ~ Ramona

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  22. really cute cake for a 3 yr old..happy birthday to ur lil one

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  23. Awesome looking Cake...Loved that cute dinosaur.

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  24. Birthday Greetings to the little one; dinosaur looks adorable!

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  25. Nice Work....Dino cake looks cute and yummy :)

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  26. Happy Birthday to your darling.. Dino cake is a hit with 3 year olds.. they are totally into dino's and cars...Lovely theme and amazing job on the cake.
    LOve Ash.

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  27. I want to create a dinosaur birthday - this is so much fun! Happy Birthday to your little one!

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  28. Lucky boy,happy birthday to ur baby Akheela, great looking dino cake..

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  29. Love the cake and the love that has gone into it. Belated wishes to the young man.

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  30. The dinosaur looks so cute! Happy 3rd Birthday to your little one :)

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  31. Beautiful Cake...Luv'd reading the post

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  32. Birthday wishes to your kid. I like your kids friendly birthday cake.

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  33. Fabulous work..loved the dino cake..belated happy b'day to ur little one :)

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  34. Cute Cake,great job dear..Happy B'day to your little one..

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  35. All the efforts worth it ! Happy b'day to your lil one !

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  36. Belates Bday Wishes to Ur lil one.Awesome Cake Dear.Luks Yumm and real moist.Luv it

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  37. Happy Birthday to your son!! May all his wishes come true! My son also has his birthday 12/12.. He is now 3!
    I love your cake, unfortunately I didn't make a cake I was to afraid of trying.. I bought one..
    Your dino is lovely!

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  38. Belated birthday wishes to your little guy!!Perfectly explained n love your creativity in the cake..Loved it!!

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  39. cute one akheela!! ur blog is so inspiring for newbies like us!! I am hosting an event- http://ambrotos.blogspot.com/2011/12/veggiefruit-of-month-cucumber.html
    please participate! Thanks for visiting too and help with the linky, have managed to put one :)

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  40. This dinosaur cake is just adorable! Great job!

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  41. So cute! Birthday wishes to the little one!
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    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Foodbloggers-Forum/258312444229736

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  42. This is so cute! The way you put this together was pretty brilliant also, with the use of the heart shaped pan. Happy Birthday to your son, I am sure this cake was a hit with him!

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  43. love ur cute cake ....
    belated birthday wishes to ur son

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  44. I love how you made that dinosaur birthday cake! So cute! I'm sure your little guy loved it!

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  45. Hey - another blogger from Toronto - awesome!!! Happy to be on your site. This cake looks so great - he must have loved it.

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  46. What a wonderful children's cake, very innovative, I bet he squealed with delight.

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  47. Wow, I love your 3D cake...love the step-bey-step pictures :-)
    Happy Birthday to your son...
    Hope you are having a wonderful week!

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  48. Your kid must have been so excited to see that! Really cute.

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  49. Nicely done! My son was a dino-aholic when he was about 5. He would have loved this!!

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  50. This is so creative and love the final touch up and finishing.

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  51. happy birthday to your little guy. what a fun idea for a cake!
    congrats on the fairy visit!

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  52. Love the dinosaur cake! So darn cute! well done!

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  53. Happy Belated birthday to your little one..this cake is so creative..love how it turned out for you!

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  54. You are such a wonderful mom! I'm sure your little one was thrilled with this darling cake~

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  55. Wow.. Very creative... Dianosaur looks perfect ...

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  56. That's beautiful Happy Birthday to ur little one!

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  57. You put a lot of work into this cake, so creative!!

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  58. Very creative..dino cake looks good :)

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  59. What a cute cake..i've a challenge to do an angry bird cake for my little one next week..hope mine will turn out as cute as yours.

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  60. Aw this is so cute. You did such an amazing job!! What a lucky little boy!

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  61. Your son must have been so happy and all smiles...so thoughtful of you...happy b'lated birthday to ur little guy.

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  62. happy birthday to ur lil here.and very impressive dino!

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  63. Super cute cake, Happy birthday to your son:)
    We were cake busy :)
    http://mywanderingspoon.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/super-mario-marshmallow-fondant-birthday-cake/

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  64. I just became the '501' follower. Do I get a prize? Just kidding!

    BTW, this is just oh so cute!

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