Jungle Cakes

Jungle cakes are great for kids because they can feature all their favorite animals. Here are several different takes on the theme.
Charlie Mae's 1st Birthday Jungle Safari Cake |
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Cake decorated by Jen Bett from Southern California |
Jungle Love Cake |
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Cake decorated by Kelly Boyer from Rockwood, MI |
Birthday Jungle Cakes |
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Cake decorated by Mirella Faccioni from Melbourne, Australia |
Jungle Animal Cupcakes |
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Cupcakes decorated by Julie M from Rochester, NY |
Animal Friends 1st Birthday Cake |
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![]() The middle tier was pumpkin cake, frosted and filled with spiced buttercream. And the top tier was vanilla cake, dyed rainbow colors, filled and frosted with vanilla buttercream. All tiers were 3 layers of cake to get the height I needed/wanted. The top layer of cake, I carved at a slant, then flipped the “wedge” of cake over and attached it with more frosting. This gave the top of the cake a steeper angle. Then, using a cardboard round as a guide, I carved out a circle the size of the tier above each tier. Once I had a nice hollow for my next tier to sit in, I frosted each tier and covered with Marshmallow Fondant. The remaining decorations (leaves, vines, figures, letters and number “1) are made from gum paste. I printed the name and number “1” from my computer in a font I liked and used it as a template. I free formed the figures. |
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Cake decorated by Renee from New Hampshire |
Jungle Safari 3rd Birthday Cake |
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Cake decorated by Chrystal Hilderbrand from Jasper, TX |
Evan's Safari Cake |
The work on the fondant animals started several days before the cake was assembled. The purple elephant, lavender hippo, giraffe, and tiger were formed around plastic column supports. Painting of features was done with paste color and vodka, or edible markers. The monkey on top was just molded from a large ball of fondant, with no other internal support. |
Cake decorated by H.J. from Springfield, KY |
If you've made any jungle cakes, please submit them to our gallery.
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