Dinosaur Cake

Today is my son Raphael’s second birthday!!! Wow can’t believe my bundle of joy has turned 2. But he is still not that grown to realize what birthdays are all about…. My husband and I wanted to throw a wonderful party to him like his previous one. But due to some immediate incidence in our family we dint want to have a big party. But I still wanted to do something special for him.

He is a big fan of a television program Peppa Pig, and the character George is his favorite. George is fond of his toy Dinosaur and guess what my little one started becoming crazy over dinosaur and now that has become his favorite toy too…

I wanted to bake him his favorite dinosaur as his birthday cake…… Thanks to the Betty Crocker recipe to make dinosaur cake. It quite simple and easy to make cake…..I have share the recipe along with the template to make the dinosaur shape…..Do try it out.

Ingredients:

Betty Crocker devil's food cake mix - 1box

Water - 1cup

Vegetable oil and eggs - As required in cake mix box

Tray or cardboard (18x14 inches), covered paper and plastic food wrap or foil

Betty Crocker whipped Cream - 2containers

Betty Crocker gel food color – Green ( as required)      

Milk chocolate candy drops or pieces – as required

Assorted round chocolate candies (candy-coated chocolate candies, miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits, coating wafers, chocolate chips)

Betty Crocker white decorating icing (from 4.25-oz tube)

Method:

1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or non-stick pans). Spray bottoms and sides of two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans with baking spray with flour. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box, using 1 cup water, the oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cooking racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Refrigerate or freeze 30 to 60 minutes for easier handling.

2. For body, cut 1-inch slice from edge of one cake. From cut edge, cut out small inverted U-shape piece. Place body on tray. From remaining cake, cut head and tail. Arrange head and tail pieces next to body, as per the template below.

3. Spoon frosting into large bowl. Stir in enough food color until desired green color. Spread thin layer of frosting over cake pieces to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting.

4. Frost cake pieces with remaining frosting. Use milk chocolate candies for spikes along back of dinosaur. Decorate body with assorted candies. Use candy-coated chocolate candies for eyes and white decorator icing to make centers of eyes and teeth. Store loosely covered.

Recipe courtesy: Betty Crocker

Template for Dinosaur cake: