I started out with a Wilton Animal Cracker cake pan for the face. I had to build up the nose a little with more cake so the face would be flat. I copied off the Curious George mask from pbs.com and used it as a template. I blew up the mask to the size that … Read more
I made this Monkey Birthday Cake for my niece’s second birthday. Her birthday is in June and she had a beach monkey theme. I used a glass bowl to bake the cake for the head and a cupcake cut in half for the ears. I just used store bought chocolate frosting, and made a small … Read more
This Monkey Going Bananas Cake is a Marshmallow fondant birthday cake. The theme was jungle monkey going bananas. First tier is Zebra stripes. Second/ top tier is giraffe and the topper is jungle leaves with coconuts surrounding the birthday monkey and his many bananas. I made this for my grandson’s 1st birthday. It served about … Read more
This monkey cake was made for Avery because she loves monkeys! A 3 tier cake covered in fondant that I airbrushed in lite blue. The monkeys were hand made by me (2nd time making monkeys, it gets easier). I also made fondant bananas and painted black on them to look more realistic. I made fondant … Read more
I made this monkey cake for my son Blake’s 2nd birthday. He LOVED monkeys so he had a monkey themed party and I made a monkey cake and a jumbo cupcake monkey just for him. I used regular boxed yellow cake mix and baked it at 350 for about 40 minutes in a well greased … Read more
I made this Monkey Jungle cake for my daughter’s 5th Birthday when she was having a gym birthday party for 34 kids. I had to transport the cake to the gym so I ensured it fitted perfectly into our Wilton cake transporter. It was the perfect size to feed those kids. I made a round … Read more
I made this Curious George Birthday Cake Design for a 2 year old’s birthday. I used regular cake mix and store bought frosting (2 years old’s don’t know the difference). I used a Pyrex bowl to make the body and the sports ball pan to make the head. Using a picture from a kid’s book … Read more
I am a born procrastinator, but occasionally, it works for me. I printed out a George mask and after frosting the cake yellow, I poked thumbtacks carefully through the printed out sheet following the lines like a connect the dots. I then carefully held the sheet over the frosted cake and laid it down to … Read more
My 10 year-old daughter loves monkeys! She really wanted a monkey cake for her birthday. I couldnt find a monkey cake pan so I used what I had and was very happy with the end result. I used the Betty Crocker Bake and Fill Dome pan for the monkey face. I also baked a 6-inch … Read more
I made these monkey cupcakes for my sons third birthday party after he requested a monkey party. I didn’t have the guts to attempt the “Martha Stewart” monkey cake so my mom ended up with that job but the cupcakes looked like fun so I gave them a try! I just copied the pictures I … Read more
I was desperately trying to find a cute but age-appropriate cake for a 37-year-old. My husband’s nickname is “Monkey Boy” so I thought it would be funny to make this kind of cake. The cake itself is a white chiffon cake with a whipped strawberry filling (all homemade) and the recipes can be found at … Read more
