Dinosaur Cakes

A coworker asked in a panic if I could create a dinosaur cake for her 5 year old son's birthday.  
I couldn't pass up the challenge so here it is, step-by-step:


You will need to make two double layer Dino cakes:
two nine inch cake pans
frosting spatula (this will change your life)
4 cake mixes and listed ingredients from box
6 cans of frosting
neon food coloring
whoppers, chocolate disks, gummy eyes 


1. Bake the cakes. Each mix works for two pans.

2. Cool, wrap and freeze
3. Carve each cake into a body, tail, and head. The first round needs to be cut three inches off the bottom and cut into a horseshoe to create body. The 2nd round can be trimmed into a tail and head to the shape of your liking.

4. Glue to display board with frosting
5. Layer cakes with frosting, use skewers to "dowel" weak areas (trust me, otherwise Dino-decapitation can occur)

6. Crumb layer with frosting (put a thin layer to keep the crumbs from interfering with the final frosting), freeze for 30 minutes
7. Complete Frosting keeping it as smooth as possible

8. Place three Whoppers at feet for toes, chocolate disks for spots, Hershey kisses for spikes, and gummy eyes


Tada!  Inexpensive, super-cute and perfect for those little kiddos who love Dinosaurs!