Tim Leathers's
Dinosaur Cake
- Bake type: Cakes
- Made in: Exeter, England
- Skill level: Medium
- Time taken: Over 4 hours
About this Bake
My wife was determined to bake me a cake and I love dinosaurs. After working on it all day she presented me with this wondrous cake. It's a simple chocolate sponge cake, with a marshmallow and coco pops neck/tail and pistachio flavoured buttercream. Pistachio nuts were used for spikes.
Top tip
Bake the chocolate cake first. Whilst it's cooling mix the marshmallow and coco-pops together. Shape them and refrigerate for later. Make the buttercream and add the pistachio paste. Shape the body of the cake into a dome, then attach the head and tail. Cover with the pistachio buttercream.