For one of our roommate’s birthday, Amanda and I decided to bake a dragon cake. Why? Because we can, that’s why. And what other sort of cake would you want for your 22nd birthday than a great, pink dragon cake?
Making this cake was a hoot. Neither Amanda and I have ever carved a cake before, so you can imagine the hilarity that occurred. Mostly we just kept shouting, “This is going to be EPIC!” And it was. Oh friends, it was.
Granted our dragon lacks wings, making him more of a… loch ness monster, let’s say, or maybe a dinosaur. We had counted on having fruit roll ups in the pantry (our roommates are awesome people, so you can find all sorts of goodness like that in our pantry at any given moment)– but alas, no such luck. And as this was a spur-of-the-moment adventure, we didn’t really bother with the details.
There are many more plans for dragon cakes in the future. For our little brother’s 6th birthday, we will be recreating this gem, only better. We’re discussing stockpiling Cadbury Eggs while they’re in season, tracking down chocolate coins (you know, the sort wrapped in gold foil?), and even chocolate rocks. Needless to say, it will be green or at least some color less girly than pink– and, of course, it will have wings.
To learn how to make your own dragon cake, visit this oh-so-handy tutorial. If you’ve got mad cake-carving skills, you can also check out this dragon cake, the one that initially inspired me until Amanda tracked down the former link.
