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.