Dinosaur Cake Recipe
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Dinosaur Cake

"Calling all dinosaur lovers. Celebrate with a foolproof cake decorated with bright candies."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 5.0 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (6)

Prep Time:
30 Min
Ready In:
3 Hrs

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Original Recipe Yield 15 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix (any flavor)
  • 1 1/4 cups water
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • Tray or cardboard (18x14 inches), covered with paper or foil
  • 2 (16 ounce) containers Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
  • Green gel food color
  • Assorted yellow round candies (candy-coated chocolate candies, candy coating wafers, chewy round candies)
  • Chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease 2 (8- or 9-inch) round cake pans with shortening or cooking spray. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
  2. Cut 1 cake in half lengthwise, making 2 half-circles. Sculpt 1 half-circle into a head and the other half-circle into a tail (see diagram). For body, cut 1-inch slice from edge of remaining whole cake. From cut edge, cut out a small inverted U-shaped piece. Place body on tray; arrange head and tail pieces next to body.
  3. Spoon frosting into large bowl. Stir in enough food color until desired green color. To 'crumb-coat' cake, spread thin layer of frosting over cake pieces to seal in crumbs. Freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes.
  4. Frost cake pieces with remaining frosting. Decorate with yellow candies. Add chocolate chips for eyes.

Footnotes

  • Print out this template and use it as a guide to cutting and assembling your dinosaur.
  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude cake mix directions for 2 (8- or 9-inch) round cake pans.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 533 | Total Fat: 25.6g | Cholesterol: 43mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 5.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 23, 2008 by sfoster0104   view full review
This was a great cake and it was super easy to make! My kids loved it!
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 5.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2009 by Bake4fun   view full review
Very easy to make and decorate. I used the banana cake recipe from this site and used M&Ms to...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 5.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2009 by ANGELZFALL   view full review
I made this for my sons 2nd birthday. It was a HIT. I started to put a "crumb coating"...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 5.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 7, 2009 by echofraker   view full review
This is great..i am not even down with it yet and i know it will turn out great. Betty Crocker...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 5.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 23, 2009 by Kristina Barnes   view full review
I used 8" pans but altered the sizes using the templates as a guide enlarging the tail and...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 5.0 star rating.
Reviewed on May 20, 2009 by ChefMandy   view full review
Two words . . . "crumb coat" (slight cringe). Crumb coating is completely and absolutely...

 

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