Via 7 Amazing And Crazy Animal ... I never thought of sheep as making great subjects for animal cakes but here you go. Those adorable curls are made from white chocolate.

Via 7 Amazing And Crazy Animal ... Here's a lion that's not at all scary. You can eat him rather than he eat you.

Via Shaped cakes He's a cutey.

Via 7 Amazing And Crazy Animal ... No fish in this fish cake.

Via Cakes Lots of buttercream needed for this one.

Via headofthetablerental.com Ok, so at the beginning I said no fondant modeling, but everyone can make a pair of piggy ears yes?

Via Dominic's Puppy Party Easy to make if you're not confident of your cake sculpting skills.

Via 7 Amazing And Crazy Animal ... Spots made from toasted coconut flakes - yum!

Via Dolphin Cake - How to ... Flipping heck. It's Flipper.

Via Bee a Party Maker Cake What a cutey.

Via Rising To The Berry: Bunny ... This is the sort of animal cake you can make with limited skills.

Via Dessert Easier than it looks because there's just a long round or rectangular cake under all that icing fur.

Via Food & Drink that I ... So cute for baby's birthday or a baby shower.

Via Armadillo cake Don't forget, the innards must be made of red velvet cake (a la Steel Magnolias).

Via Dalmatian Cake Maybe not so easy.

Via Dog Cake Oh could anyone bear to cut into this to eat him?

Via Food Anyone should be able to produce this special little cake. You could even use a store bought pound or fruit cake and just decorate it.

Via for ARTS SAKE He looks kinda scary and hard to make. I think I prefer the previous cat cake.

Via Bass Fish Birthday Cake Remind you of Billy Bass the Talking fish?

Via My Owl Barn Lots of fondant feathers needed for this.

Via Top Ten - Dog-Themed Birthday ... Woof woof!

Via Quick as a Cat Cake What's not to love about cats and chocolate?

Via Michelle's Sweet Cakes Feline and canine lovers unite.

Via pig,cow and sheep! When you can't decide which farm animal cake to make.

Via Yorkie Cake by keki-girl on ... A work of art.

Via Yellow Cake Recipe I once made a pottery figure of a bear and his fur came from pushing clay through a sieve. I wonder if the same technique is used here.

Via DIY Fluffy Lamb Cake Decorating ... What a sheepish smile!

Via Caterpillar Cake Change the front end and you could easily make it into a serpent cake.

Via one handed cooks: kids party ... I love the way his mane is made from easy fondant cutouts.

Via rainbows Stock up on lots of food colors for this one.

Via Thrifty Craftin' Mama: Pinterest Country ... Ermintrude from the Magic Roundabout, anyone?

Via Giraffe Birthday Cake Cute beyond cute.

Via My Cakes A great excuse to make a whole load of chocolate buttercream. No fighting over who gets to lick the bowl though.

Via Kids-Boys Jumbo cake for a jumbo party.

Via Make-A-Wish Fish Cake Stick candles in to make it a make-a-wish-fish-cake.

Via At Second Street: Halloween For Halloween or a little monster's special day.

Via Vineyard Vines Cake Have a whale of a time at a party with this cake.

Via Penguins Birthday Party Ideas | ... Easier than it looks.

Via Pussy Cat Cake Fun smiley kitty.

Via Wyatt's Birthday The cupcake tail and arms and legs are great.

Via 7 Amazing And Crazy Animal ... Hope you like black licorice.

Via party Another of the classic animal cakes.

Via Wide-Eyed Owl Cake I've seen quite a few animal cakes made from a single square cake. It's a very effective decorating technique.

Via thefamilyroom.marthastewart.com Even more chocolate buttercream. So there you have it. Animal cakes that most of us could probably make a decent go of (and a couple we probably wouldn’t ever attempt). Which would be your favorite animal to bake as a cake?