3D Dino Cake - Round Two!

The morning after the disastrous attempt before, I had another go. I used a different template on this occasion, which can be found here! The template provided is for 9 inch cake tins, but I only had one. Not trusting my sponge enough to rise enough to be cut in two and limited time, I decided to do one 9 inch and the other an 8 inch, just meaning I had to trim my template down a little.

For the sponge, I used Mary Berry's Victoria Sponge recipe which can be found here! The sponge was a lot easier to carve, and was also much sturdier than the Red Velvet. One downfall of the 3D cake template was at some points it is a little vague, especially when it comes down to the dinosaur's legs so I had to freestyle it a litte. Here he is after his crumb coat of icing.

 

It was a very sloppy crumb coat, as I had ran out of butter and was in a rush to get to the birthday boy's lunch! After a well-needed break away from the dinosaur (I would say we had a love-hate relationship!) I bought some more butter and cracked on after lunch.

The instructions suggested piping stars all over the dinosaur's body, but to be honest I was running out of patience and again, butter! So I decided just to pipe the stars down his spine and tail, and just do another coat of icing with a palette knife over the rest. I then decorated his spine with a mix of chocolate drops and milk and white chocolate buttons. (I always seem to make dinosaurs spotty!)

I also fashioned him some teeth out of a chopped up white button,  along with eyes out of chocolate drops. (Apologies for the shoddy icing job on his neck!)

Overall, I was really proud of what I was able to do. It might not have been what I imagined, but it was certainly dinosaur-looking! Unfortunately, 3D dino had to meet his end in quite a gruesome way...

Until next time!


Be sure to check other delicious treats at Sweets for a Saturday!

3D Dino-disaster.

I am going to share my shame.

After googling '3D Dinosaur cakes' it turned out that there wasn't many structures to choose from, and I wasn't prepared to totally freestyle it. A friend came to my aid, and gave me a recipe that she had used. So, the day before the party I gave it a whirl.

 I decided to use Red Velvet cake which was most likely my downfall. Red Velvet is crumbly and for cake to support it's own weight it has to be pretty sturdy. The recipe had called for 'Matchmakers' to hold the neck, but I ended up jamming them in all directions to try and keep the monstrousity upright. Then I decided to ice it while it was still collapsing in all directions.

 

 

 I am sad to say the Matchmaker holding up his head later impaled him through his skull, which I failed to take a photo of. He didn't go to waste though - he was taken to the birthday party with his less disaster prone brother. Plus, the Matchmakers infused the sponge and icing with a slight mint tang that was quite nice.

Next time - the real dinosaur cake!

If you'd like to keep updated on Facebook, please 'like' the page here.

Even more busy!

I'm really sorry for the lack of posts here! I've been busy with uni work and also rehearsing for a production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' where I am part of the chorus. I still need to upload more photos and the recipe for the cookies, but here is a peak at a 3d dinosaur cake I made for my friend's 21st!

I tried to make him a standing up dinosaur but it just wasn't happening, so I had to make do with a lying down one. I'll be back shortly with the rest of the White Chocolate and Pecan cookies post, and, along with how I made this dinosaur, an insight into a dino-disaster!