My son recently celebrated his 7th birthday! The party theme this year . . . dinosaurs! SHOCKER! Although, I am pleased to report that the dino obsession is no longer his ONLY obsession. He has recently started playing flag football. And while he has always "liked" football, now that he's playing, it is making it's way up the ranks and giving dinosaurs a run for their money. But since he had a football party last year, it was a no brainer that the dino's would win the coveted "birthday party theme" award for the year.
My orders were for a cake with a dinosaur scene, including a volcano, as opposed to something carved in the shape of dinosaur. (Thank goodness . . . much less stressful on mommy.) But other than that I had completely creative control. YIPPEE! I love control! =) Haha, another SHOCKER!
So I started with an 11x15 base cake then added a 7" square, and on top of that a 6" round. I then carved the little river out. The volcano is cake as well, made with more stacked and carved 6" rounds. I made the boulders out of fondant and gumpaste and the small rocks are candies. I made some "sand," added a little dino egg nest and wrote his name accross the front. Then finally, I added the little plastic trees and dinosaurs. The cake was my white rasberry almond sour cream cake, filled and topped with chocolate buttercream.
This cake was so much fun to make and the birthday boy (and his friends) loved it. Although at one point I did have to question weather he was really MY son or not because while eating it, the words "too much chocolate" escaped his mouth. WHAT!!?? I have failed as a parent! Ho hum. I just took a deep breath and told him never, ever to repeat those words again. =)
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