Saturday, May 22, 2010

Dino-cakes

I made these for a birthday party a few weeks ago for my friend's son. He loves Dinos. I know, I know, this was my first one and it looks like a turtle. I like this one much better. The first one I didn't take a picture of. It went in the garbage. I tried to use Twinkies for the head and neck...it just really doesn't work. I did keep the Twinkies for the legs and feet. I ended up just using sugar cookies for the head and tail. I was disappointed because they are flat instead of being 3D. But everyone seemed happy enough, except me....

The body is an 8 in. round cake cut in half and then stuck together. I cut sugar cookie heads and tails, and used a Twinkie cut in half for the leg and foot. Chocolate chips for the toenails, and Starburst candy heated in the microwave for just a few seconds to get it hot so I could stretch it out and cut it in half with scissors.


This one is just a sheet cake with a dinosaur skeleton that I made out of sugar cookie dough. There are chocolate chips around the border, and crushed chocolate teddy grams on top.

3 comments:

Chelsea Stebar said...

These are so cool! You are so amazing and creative. I'm an adult now and I would still be stoked about a cake like that.

Greg & Andrea said...

Aunt Rachel! Those cakes are amazing! You really are so talented. I know we all have different talents and things were are good at but one thing I don't have and wish I did is being so creative like you. I think I will have to try to make the dino skeleton sheet cake for Greg sometime....I think it's right up a Geologist alley :)

Ginni Bingham LeVar said...

Very cool cakes!