For our son’s first birthday, I wanted to make him a Homemade Monkey Birthday Cake that he could have all to himself. It actually turned out to be really easy. I made yellow cake with in 2 8″ round pans. One was the face and then I cut the ears out of the other one. … Read more
This monkey cake was made for my daughter’s 15th birthday. It was a basic yellow cake with buttercream filling and chocolate buttercream exterior. I used a stainless steel bowl for the round head and used flowers from my garden for the decorations.
My sister made this Curious George Birthday Cake for our son’s 1st birthday party. She made the cake with 2 flavors, 1 side was chocolate cake with vanilla Bavarian and fresh strawberries. The other side was white cake with vanilla Bavarian and fresh bananas. That side went really good with the monkey theme. The cake … Read more
This Homemade Curious George Cake seems to be the most common to build. I made it for my niece’s son who turned 1. The hat is vanilla sponge with what else, banana filling. Then a buttercreme crumb coat and covered in yellow fondant. The monkey was harder because I didn’t want to use too much … Read more
For this monkey face cake I used a dome shaped cake pan, bananas for filling of course, cupcake cut in half for the ears, black string licorice for the mouth, nose, and hair, M&M’s for eyes, and creamy peanut butter for the nose and ears. I also made cupcakes and put banana runt candies on … Read more
This monkey birthday cake is so easy! Bake the cake in an oven-proof bowl and leave enough batter to make one cupcake. After cooling invert the bowl onto your work surface. Cut in half to make layers. Fill and frost the head with chocolate frosting. Cut the cupcake in half and attach to the head … Read more
I made a three layer Curious George cake for the guests with two banana layers and a chocolate layer in the middle. I copied a picture of Curious George off of the website and used that as a stencil.I made a smaller circus tent cake just for Béla. That one was more complicated. I also … Read more
I filled in the body with chocolate icing using a star tip for texture. For the ears, face and hands I mixed some of the chocolate and vanilla to make a lighter brown. I trimmed the bottom of the cake in the chocolate icing and made lines going from the bottom to the top all … Read more
I made this monkey cake for my son’s first birthday. I made it to look like his favorite stuffed animal that he brings everywhere! I used a buttermilk birthday cake recipe from Nigella Lawson and Ricks buttercream frosting from Allrecipes(made with 3/4 butter, 1/4 shortening). I baked the cakes in a 10 inch round, a … Read more
I made a two layer 9″ banana cake from a box mix and frosted it with a thin layer of buttercream frosting for this Monkey Cake. I then decorated it with a marshmallow fondant I made from a recipe I found on Wilton’s cake website. I colored the fondant for the cake, the monkey, the … Read more
I made this Monkey Birthday Cake Design for my son’s first birthday party. He saw the cake pan at the library and couldn’t stop smiling. The older children insisted we do this one for him. Got the pan, then simply frosted it as suggested in the directions. I used some round chocolate candies for the … Read more
This Monkey Birthday Cake I made for a super sweet little girl who is crazy about monkeys! It was super easy. The cake is a chocolate box cake baked in a 10 inch pan. After it cooled, I cut a little off the top to even the cake out. The part I cut off, I … Read more