The prehistoric giants dinosaurs fascinate young and old and are a huge topic, especially among young people. If you want to make the prehistoric world come alive for your child, you can do this with an attractive and delicious dinosaur cake. If it's a child's birthday party, the theme “Dinosaurs” would be a real hit. The homemade dinosaur cake will undoubtedly be the icing on the cake on the birthday table. We have put together great suggestions and recipes for imaginative dinosaur cakes that guarantee an adventurous party.
Once you have decorated the apartment thematically for the upcoming dinosaur themed party, you can get to work and create a fascinating dinosaur cake that will send the birthday child and his guests of honor on an exciting journey of discovery into prehistoric times. You can design a dinosaur cake in different ways. You can also use any tried and tested recipe for cake or cake with the themematching decorationand color and make it a hit at every child's birthday party.
Here's how you cana cake with several layersPut together buttercream in green and decorate the dinosaur cake with suitable dinosaur figures. You can easily make the dinosaur cake toppers yourself. Using a template, cut out dinosaur figures from colorful construction paper, glue them to an ice cream stick and stick them into the cake before serving. The homemade dinosaur birthday party creation is now complete and will turn heads. You can also use rubber dinosaur toys as toppers. Your child will definitely be happy to receive another gift.
Recipe for chocolate cake with dinosaurs
Most children aretrue chocolate fansand will certainly be happy about a dinosaur chocolate cake. Here is an easy recipe for a tasty cake with 4 layers and a diameter of 20 cm. Covered with a delicious chocolate buttercream and decorated with chocolate nuts or raisins, it will be a great treat for party guests.
Ingredients for the dough:
200 g butter, soft
150g white sugar
100g brown sugar
2 large eggs
100 ml buttermilk
65 g Kakao
2 TL Vanilleextrakt
220 g Flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 TL Natron
pinch of salt
Ingredients for the chocolate buttercream:
200 g dark chocolate
280 g soft butter
200 g powdered sugar, sifted
50 g Kakao
1/2 TL Bourbon Vanillepulver
5 EL Stage
Line two springform pans with baking paper and grease the edges. Whisk the butter with the sugar and vanilla extract until creamy and stir in the eggs one at a time. Mix flour, baking powder and baking soda. Mix buttermilk and cocoa. Now fold both mixtures alternately into the butter-egg mixture. Divide the dough and bake the cake in a preheated oven at 170 degrees top/bottom heat. Allow the cake layers to cool and then cut them in half.
For the buttercream, melt the chocolate over a water bath and let it cool to room temperature. Mix the powdered sugar with the cocoa and gradually add the previously creamed butter. Finally stir in the chocolate and cream. Cool chocolate buttercream. Finally, spread the individual layers with the cream and decorate the cake as desired.
Create your own dinosaur cake pan
If your child wants a cake in the shape of the prehistoric giant, a suitable dinosaur cake pan can serve you well. Even if you don't have a suitable shape, you can create a wonderful dinosaur kitchen by cutting out and assembling the individual dough bases. We'll show you how to do it. You can create a creative and funny looking dinosaur cake for a child's birthday party that also tastes great without much effort. If you want to create the rhino among dinosaurs, the Triceratops, you will need the following ingredients:
2 cake bases with a diameter of 22 cm
2 muffins made from your own dough
Buttercream colored with green food coloring
colored sugar
triangular crackers
8 large marshmallows
3 Mini Marshmallows
2 chocolate drops
2 round white chocolate wafers + 2 smaller chocolate wafers for the eyes
Bake the two cake layers and muffins and let them cool. Prepare a large cake plate and cut out the head and tail as shown in the picture. If one of the cakes or muffins is taller than the other, you can trim some of the bottom edge to achieve the same height.
Then arrange the cake on a cake board and place strips of wax paper around the dinosaur to keep the serving platter clean. Cover the entire cake evenly with the green buttercream and carefully remove the paper strips. Now put the eyes together and place them on the cake. Halve the small marshmallows and place the halves on the muffins; these will be the claws. The large marshmallows will serve as the horns and nose. Cut the remaining large marshmallows in half and place them around the head. Place the crackers previously decorated with buttercream and colored sugar on top. With the neck shield created in this way, your little and sweet dinosaur looks absolutely authentic.
3D dinosaur cake with fondant
A 3D dinosaur cake for your child's birthday will certainly be well received. To create such a cake, you will need a delicious cake recipe, fondant, and a round metal bowl in which to bake the cake. For the dinosaur cake, choose a nice serving plate and arrange the cake on it. After you have baked the cake and it has already cooled, spread it with fondant cream. The cream layer should be nice and smooth so that theFondant cover looks perfect. Then cover the cake with rolled fondant. Cut out the excess fondant so that you get a smooth hemisphere.
Then sculpt legs, tail and head from fondant, as well as several triangular bone plates. Leave the triangles in different sizes and let them dry for 30 minutes before placing them on the dinosaur's back. Give facial features to the good-natured native. Using a wooden stick, make two indentations for the eyes, mouth and nostrils. Form thin eyebrows out of fondant and roll two small balls for the eyes. Connect the head and body with another piece of fondant. The final touch will be the birthday digit. A dinosaur birthday cake looks just as great in green and blue as it does in baby pink or any color.
Dinosaur cake from the tray
If you would like to surprise your child with an unusual cake that stays true to the dinosaur theme but does not have the typical outline of the giant, then our next suggestion would probably be what you are looking for. How about a dinosaur cake from a tray that depicts the excavation of dinosaur skeletons. Schoolchildren will certainly be amazed by the find. So that the skeletons are clearly visible, it is recommended to bake a chocolate sheet cake. You can use any recipe you like for a chocolaty and moist cake.
For the sheet cake you still need to prepare a chocolate icing and green colored vanilla buttercream. Once the sheet cake has cooled, make a few not very deep holes in the cake that are irregular in shape. Save the crumb mixture, spread the cake with the chocolate icing and buttercream and distribute the crumbs all around. Place two small toy excavators on it. You can make the fossils out of fondant or marzipan. You are welcome to make a delicious and easy-to-shape marshmallow fondant mass. Here are the ingredients:
1 packet of mini marshmallows
1 tbsp water (add more if needed)
900g sugar
Place a heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water. Add the marshmallows and water to the bowl. Stir occasionally with a rubber spatula until the marshmallows are melted. Gradually stir in about half of the powdered sugar. If the mixture is still elastic but difficult to stir, you can remove the pot from the heat. Now grease the worktop and your hands and spread the mixture on it. As soon as it is no longer hot, start kneading the mixture. Knead for about 10 minutes and add a little more powdered sugar if the marshmallow mixture is still sticky. If the dough tears, add a few drops of water. If you are already satisfied with the consistency, form a ball out of the dough and wrap it in cling film. Let the mixture cool overnight. Knead the mixture once and form skeletons out of it. You can find lots of templates online that will help you make the dinosaur fossils as authentic as possible.
Oreo cake with dinosaur fossil made easy
If you have a dinosaur silicone mold, you can easily make the fossils out of white chocolate. Melt the chocolate, fill the mold and let the fossil harden. Bake a chocolate cake and spread it with delicious chocolate ganache. Place some Oreo cookies in a zipper bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
Spread the Oreo crumbs on the cake and arrange the chocolate chips on top. As you can see, baking Dino cakes is quick and easy.
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