Basic shape: Victoria Sandwich with a piece cut off the side which was used for the legs.
Decor: The cake was covered with butter icing (coloured with cocoa). After Eight style mints were used to make the spinal spikes and those on the tail. The head is a piece of sponge covered in fondant icing. The legs were made from the left over sponge from the victoria sandwich. The plant and the dinosaur tail were made from fondant icing. There is a head support inside the plant.
Ingredients
Sponge cake
Butter icing to cover
Cocoa
Fondant icing
Food colouring
Chocolate buttons
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Note: There are many variants of this basic shape. The cat cake featured on this page is one. You could also consider making a dragon, a dog or a hippo for example.
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