Dinosaur Cakes – 5 easy ideas for your next Dinosaur Party!

Dinosaur Cakes – 5 easy ideas for your next Dinosaur Party!

Dinosaur Cakes plus 5 ideas for your next Dinosaur Party! Dinosaur cakes and parties are a popular theme for boys parties.  We’ve got some fun dinosaur cakes for you to get some inspiration: 1. Dinosaur Cakes < This gorgeous 3D dinosaur cake (above) can be made in any colour to suit your party theme.  It is a really cute design for a young child and can be made to suit a girl or boy. The dinosaur cake below was created to match the birthday child’s favorite dinosaur toy. 2. Dinosaur Cookies Add some matching cookie pops to your Dinosaur party table….we can match the colour to the cake and party theme. Cookie pops also make a great take home gift for your little party guests, or add them to the dinosaur loot bags. 3. Dinosaur cupcakes No dinosaur party would be complete without matching dinosaur cupcakes! If you are not a fan of fondant you will love this chocolate cake complete with 2D dinosaur. Number cake like our number 2 dinosaur cake below can be made in any age! We can also make a Giggleosaurus cake form TV show Giggle and Hoot: 4. Dinosaur Party – ideas for the loot bags! What to put in the loot bags: lollies! coloring crayons or pencils party blowout dinosaur bubbles mini dinosaur toys dinosaur stamps 5. Dinosaur party invitations Here are some of our favourites: We hope that has given you some inspiration for your next dinosaur party! To order a cake or make an inquiry please call 0405 136 562 or email...
Birthday Cake Ideas for a Giggle & Hoot Party

Birthday Cake Ideas for a Giggle & Hoot Party

Birthday Cake – Giggle & Hoot designs If you are planning a Giggle & Hoot themed party for your little one, we have some great ideas for the party and of course the birthday cake! The birthday cake is the main focus of the party – if you want to ‘wow’ your child on their special day, surprise them with a fabulous cake. This first design is finished in our creamy buttercream icing. Underneath the icing you’ll find 2 delicious layers of our signature butter cake – a moist sponge cake which adults and kids love. The picture on top of the cake is 100% edible – it’s a special icing sheet which we print (in food colouring) and lay over the frosting. You simply cut up the cake and enjoy!   1st birthdays are a special milestone in your child’s life and deserve a special celebration and of course a birthday cake! This design has been shaped into a number ‘one’ and features the 2 little owl characters – Hoot and Hootabelle. Here is another special 1st birthday cake with Hoot and Elmo having a picnic, created for twin boys: If your little girl is a big fan of Hoot’s owl-pal “Hootabelle”, she will be amazed at this 3D Hootabelle birthday cake: And finally to round up our Giggle & Hoot birthday cake designs is this colourful round cake complete with Hoot and Hootabelle, handcrafted out of sugar: We’ve found these seriously cute party accessories to complete your Giggle and Hoot party: these are from The ABC Online Shop.They come in pink too: And these from Etsy: Want...
Character Cakes – Kids Love Them!

Character Cakes – Kids Love Them!

Character Cakes With so many great children’s television shows and movies it’s no wonder that character cakes are among the most requested birthday cakes we make at Dreamy Cakes.  From Peppa Pig to Lightning McQueen, come and take a look at these fun character cakes for girls and boys. 1. Peppa Pig Birthday Cake There is no denying how cute these little piggies are. Check out Peppa Pig in cake form. This design is one of the most asked for character cakes… 2. Adventure Time Cake This Cartoon Network hit show is loved by adults as well as kids. 3. Barbie Cake Would you believe the first Barbie doll was invented in 1959? The popular toy is still a firm favourite with little girls.  I love this Barbie Cake design as it isn’t the traditional ‘Barbie with the cake dress’. 4. Elmo Cake Elmo the furry red muppet monster from Sesame Street not only has his own show “Elmo’s World”, but also a popular line of toys following the huge success of ‘Tickle Me Elmo’ back in 1996. Toddlers will love Elmo in cake form too… 5. Lightning McQueen Cake This popular character from the Cars movie makes a fantastic cake for little boys. 6. Monsters University Cake The 2nd movie from the Monsters Inc franchise. ;The popular main characters Mike and Sulley have be sculptured out of sugarpaste and feature on this show-stopping cake. 7. Raa Raa The Noisy Lion Cake This popular show from ABC4Kids features the main character Raa Raa and his little jungle friends. Our Raa Raa cake features all of the show’s characters plus...
The Ultimate Guide to the Best Birthday Cakes for Adults

The Ultimate Guide to the Best Birthday Cakes for Adults

Birthday Cakes for Adults Do you need a cake for an 18th, 21st, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th or 80th birthday celebration (or anything in between) and don’t know where to start?  Look no further.  Here, we have compiled the Ultimate Guide to the Best Birthday Cakes for Adults.  So grab a coffee, get comfy and let the inspiration roll… Birthday cakes for adults can be just as fun as a cake for the kids.  If you are planning a celebration and need some inspiration for a birthday cake for adults, take a look at some of the ideas below: The Ultimate Guide to the Best Birthday Cakes for Adults! Birthday Cake idea #1  – The Dream Car Cake Ferrari, Maserati, classic Mustang….can’t afford your dream car?  Well why not have it in ‘cake form’? There are lots of options for car cakes from a 3-D replica of your favorite make and model to an edible image plaque sitting on a delicious ganache covered mud cake! Dream Car Cakes are a tasty option for the rev head in your life. Birthday Cake idea #2 – Favourite TV Show or Movie TV shows or movies make great themes for cakes. Pick your favourite and use it as the inspiration for your celebration cake.  See our Doctor Who and Star Wars examples: Birthday Cake idea #3 The Fashionista Love fashion, make-up, shoes and handbags? Then a fashionista cake is for you!  Add some interest with a leopard print like in our cake below, or edible fondant ‘make-up’. Birthday Cake idea #4 The Happy Camper Are you a happy camper, or perhaps...
Birthday Cake Ideas – Adventure Time!

Birthday Cake Ideas – Adventure Time!

Birthday Cake Ideas – Adventure Time theme! Adventure Time is a quirky, animated kids show created for Cartoon Network. It features main characters Finn (a human boy) and his best friend (and adoptive brother) Jake (who is a dog) and a host of other crazy characters. It’s one of those kids shows I don’t mind watching myself – it’s very funny and a bit different. So I was really excited when asked to come up with some birthday cake ideas inspired by the Adventure Time characters. The customer wanted Jake the dog to be the main cake. To start, I covered the cake board in green fondant icing. Jake was created by hand carving into 3 layers of butter cake, covered with buttercream icing and finished in yellow fondant. Fondant is like an edible playdough. It is made from sugar and can be moulded into almost any shaped. Fondant creates a perfectly smooth surface to work, can be coloured into any shade and is one of the most versatile ingredients to work with and for all of these reasons, is my preferred medium create with. When the cake was covered it kind of looked like an egg or a beehive! Once the base was finished it was time to decorate. I finished Jake’s face and arms and then I started to add some characters. The first is Princess Bubblegum. She is made entirely by fondant and is fully edible: Then the Ice King character was next. He took the longest time to create out of all the characters as his beard and teeth were so fiddly as was the...
Hootabelle Cake

Hootabelle Cake

Hootabelle Cake – 3D kid’s birthday cake This 3D Hootabelle Cake was made for a 2nd birthday.  In case you are not familiar Hootabelle is a character from the popular ABC4Kids show Giggle and Hoot. Here is how the Hootabelle cake started out.  Layers of butter cake were stacked together and supported by a dowel in the middle to create stability: Next the cake layers were carved into shaped (mmmm I wonder what happened to all those cake scraps?): This is the finished cake carved before the buttercream: The next step is to ice the cake in a creamy layer of delicious buttercream…yum!  We only use REAL New Zealand butter in our buttercream – you will taste the difference! The buttercream is smoothed over and then it’s time for the fondant.  Fondant is a type of sugar dough which can be moulded into any shape and coloured.  It is a great medium to use and makes the cake surface super smooth. I am really pleased how the cake turned out  – what do you think? Side view:  The Hootabelle Cake was placed on a bright blue cake board with the birthday girl’s name written in fondant letters: Here at Dreamy Cakes we specialise in making children’s cakes – we can also make cupcakes to match your cake and party theme. If you are after a special birthday cake please contact us on 0405 136 562 or...