3d Dinosaur Birthday Cake

Step 3: The Appendages

Ever heard the advice "measure twice, cut once?" Unless you are a blackbelt paleolithic pastry chef who can think in three dimensions of cake, you will probably want to make a paper template to design the head, legs, and tail. I drew the template below, and you generally want to cut the paper in the same shapes I used. Mouse over the shapes for a description.

• Cut a 9-inch circle of paper and lay it on top of the second cake. Draw the tail and head in one half, the legs in the other.
• Cut out the paper pieces and arrange them on your body segment to see how they look. Tweak and repeat as necessary.
• When you are feeling lucky, carve 'em and stack 'em. Oh, and you may want to fix the head to the body with some toothpicks. Just in case the birthday party gets a little rowdy.
• Move all pieces to the cake board.
• Use white frosting to join the body halves together, then join the appendages to the body.
• Trim the corners and square edges off the feet and shoulders if you like.

Comments

[mamahalligan]

Ok trying this for my two girls joint birthday party..and holy crap are they going to flip! Just one question... On the square bits that will be cut out (front leg shoulder and two feet) how do I cut them into the shoulder and feet? I see I cut out a square but what do I do after that? Thank You!

M

I will upload pix when done, I am trying the "First Attempt" cake today to get the feel of it before I do the one for the party.

[thetotspot]

hi, i did not want to become a member ( im making this cake for my friend's little boy) but i for the life of me can not get this template right. I tried to print out the one shown hewre. but it was printing out too small. is there any way of anyone sending me a copy that is big enough to use? (I am not an artist :O() thank you!

[kazzamacd]

Hi, I found the template fiddly and after the big bits just chucked it and cut the cake shapes out without it. It turned out ok but I think an extra cake might be needed!

[meekersmom]

Thank you so much for posting the instructions! I just finished making this and it has impressed my family - can't wait to show him off at tomorrows party! I love making unique cakes for my babies and found this online and fell in love with him. Super easy instructions that showed great detail; this was very appreciated :)