Cake Decorating Ideas

Kids love dinosaurs and they’re going to love this digging for dinosaurs party. And look what we’ve unearthed for the birthday cake. Now I know that kids love dino’s, so this must be a huge hit at parties.

We’re going to start with two 9 inch cakes, but you can use 8unch if you’re serving fewer people. I’m going to start by cutting a little slice off the bottom, and then I’m going to cut a little U shape out. So it will be like the legs and the belly, and I’m going to place it on our serving platter right in the middle.

Now this one I’ve already trimmed the dome off the top and I’m e going to start cutting out the tail and the head. Now I’ve already made templates so you don’t have to go straight in and cut, this will give you a little guide line, and you can make your own. So now I have a tail, which I’ll move here, and ahead.

How to Make a Dinosaur Birthday Cake Video

So now we’re going to start our crumb coat. A crumb coat basically helps seal in the crumbs. Another trick is to freeze your cake for about 30 minutes and that will also reduce the crumbs. SO we have some green frosting, we actually used some neon green food coloring. We’re also going to use this frosting as glue. We’re going to stick it underneath. Now that those are glued done I going to start crumbing the cake.

Just try to cover the entire surface, the sides and the top. Once you have it all crumbed, you have to freeze it for another half an hour just to seal it all in so that your final coat is nice and clean. I have one ready.

I’m going to go right in and start doing the final coat of frosting. Just scoop it on. It’s pretty thin, you can use about a quarter inch layer. Now you go around and frost all the sides so that they’re nice and smooth Now I’m going to take my spatula and pull it in towards the center of the cake. So basically I’m holding the off set spatula and holding it flush with the cake and coming in from the sides. I describe it as an airplane landing and then taking off again.

It’s always a good idea to have a hot water on hand, and just make sure you dry it off. To decorate the dinosaur I have an assortment of chocolates. I’m going to use them for the spots and the spikes. And I also have a pastry cone filled with vanilla icing.

What I’m going to do first is some various size spots. I’m going to put two up here for googly eyes and maybe some for toes. Now let me put the drops down the back.

And now I’m going to do the teeth and the eyes. I’m going to make two little dots. If you want you can make a happy dinosaur, but I like to have the teeth. So I’m just holding and pulling up so you get a point. So now you have your dinosaur.