3D Dinosaur Cake

Using two store bought cake mixes, prepared according to package instructions, grease, flour, and fill a 9x13 baking pan, a small pyrex bowl, and two muffin cups.

Bake each according to times on packages for each container (substitute the time for the small round cake pan for the pyrex bowl).

Cool each completely (freeze, if desired for easier cutting, especially for the cupcakes).  Ice the sheet cake with white icing (I prefer the store-bought whipped cream icing).

Slice off the top of the bowl cake. Insert two toothpicks into the center of the sheet cake and invert the bowl cake, flat side down, onto them to hold in place.

Cut two crescent shapes from the top sides of the two cupcakes to make the eye ridges. Use two more toothpicks inserted in the sides of the bowl cake to attach them.

Tint white frosting green using Wilton's decorating gel in Leaf Green. Ice the head of the dinosaur, paying careful attention to the eye ridges, as they are somewhat delicate (it helps to warm the icing a bit in the microwave first).

Using more white icing, pipe two large dots just under the ridges to create the eyes.  Add a small black dot on top of this to make the pupils (I used a small tube of black icing I purchased at the grocery store rather than trying to make a tiny batch of my own black icing).

Pipe a thin line of black across the top of the bowl cake to make the mouth. Then use whatever color you like to pipe the top and bottom edges of your sheet cake beneath the dino head (I found that if I finished the bottom cakes edges first, I would end up sticking my arm in it while working on the dino head cake on the top).

Finish with a message piped onto the top of your sheet cake to your dinosaur enthusiast!