Crocodile Cake

A few years ago I made Skyler a Crocodile Cake for his birthday. It was actually really fun to make and turned out good. So this year we decided on a Croc Hunter theme and decided to make the cake again. I couldn't find the instructions I had used to make it the first time and looking at photos it seemed more complex then I remembered. So this time I decided to document it, just in case we do this again.

You need: 
1 Bundt Cake - Made from Cake Mix #1
1 Loaf Cake - Made from Cake Mix #2
2 Cup cakes - Made from Cake Mix #2 3 Marshmallow
Several Green Gum Drops
4 Chocolate Chips
Pastry Bag with Star Tip
2 Cake Mixes
2-3 Cans of Vanilla Frosting (Don't use the Whipped)
Green Icing Tint (Don't use food coloring)

 Day Before: Use one whole Cake Mix for Bundt and the other for the Loaf and Cup Cakes. Bake per instructions.

Open two cans of frosting and add the Green Tint. Just use a very small amount at first, a little goes a long way. Mix them up at the same time so the colors will match, add half of one can to the pastry bag and put it all in the refirigerator so it can set up. You may not need the 3rd can. I find that the frosting gets hard if you frost it the day before, so I wait until the day of.

 Day Of: Cut the Loaf Cake to be shaped as the Crocodile's head. Cut the Bundt Cake into thirds with one section angle cut through the middle (for the sloping down tail). Cut the Cup Cakes in half to be the legs. If there are any gaps in body, I use slices from the extra cup cakes to fill this in. Frosting alone cant do that.

Use the Star Tipped Pastry Bag to make small stars all over the cake. I start at the bottom and do a line all across, then move up. Its a little difficult to do the two tight curves, so start there. Refill the bag as needed, but keep the frosting you aren't using refridgeraged. The Star Tips hide a lot of imperfections in the cake.

 Place 2 Marshmallows at an angle on the head and ice the sides and back for eyelids. Use a small amount of icing to attach Chocolate Chip pupils. Add the other 2 Chocolate Chips for nostrils

Cut different sized slices from the last Marshmallow with sissors and use as teeth. I let my kids do this part! Take two Gun Drops and roll them out with a rolling pin. Sprinkle with sugar if they stick. Cut out to be the claws. Place on the foil next to the legs. Cut several Gum Drops vertically into 3pcs and place down the spine. This is another part the kids get to do!