I then frosted the whole cake with vanilla whipped frosting from Betty Crocker and let it set for a few minutes. Then with my pampered chef cake decorator, using the star tip put small stars of chocolate Betty Crocker frosting in rows down the sides. I then used the same star tip; put smaller yellow … Read more
I made this monkey cake for our daughter’s 6th birthday. We had a monkey party. I got the idea from Martha. I baked the cake in a bowl and the ears were cut from cupcakes. I used lots of skewers to keep them attached. I iced the entire thing with dark chocolate frosting (you will … Read more
This Monkey Face Birthday Cake is a homemade ‘confetti’ cake, it’s one of many that I’ve done for my family and friends. I used a typical square Pyrex to bake the cake. My icing is a homemade butter cream and chocolate icing for the face. I shaved the top of the cake and used it … Read more
This Mod Monkey Cake is two banana sheet cakes with cream cheese icing made for the base. The middle was two 9″ round chocolate cakes. I then made an additional 6″ cake to form the top monkey tier which was solely for the birthday boy. I used coloured fondant to make the circles and monkey … Read more
I made a monkey face cake for my grandson’s 2nd birthday. I used 3 round cake pans, 1 for the face, 1 for the 2 bananas, and the last one for the monkey ears and muzzle. The most difficult part was frosting the cut sides of the cake pieces. I discovered that tossing them in … Read more
We used one six inch circle pan for the head and an eight inch circle pan for the body of this monkey cake. For the ears we used two cupcake stacked on each other with the edge cut straight on one side. For the tail and legs we baked a rectangle cake and froze it … Read more
I got this idea from the other monkey cupcakes on this site. To make it my own I made a few little changes. I used M&M’s for the eyes, cause who doesn’t like M&M’s and they add a little bit more color. I used vanilla wafers for the nose/mouth piece. I cut the tip off … Read more
I made this white layer cake for my daughter’s 3rd Curious George themed birthday party. I used boxed cake mix with frosting between the layers. I used canned frosting for the entire thing and colored it as needed. I started by frosting the entire cake in yellow. I had found the picture that I used … Read more
When I found the animal cracker cake mold at Michaels craft store I thought how perfect that would be for my son’s 2nd birthday party. The theme we chose was jungle animals. Each animal was made of different cake mixes (they were boxed cake mixes like Duncan Hines) and different icings. I wanted people to … Read more
I baked these cupcakes as box directed. I iced them with a dark chocolate icing. I cut mini nutter butters in half for the ears. I used cheerios for the eyes and I used a vanilla wafer with part cut off the mouth area. I put two dots if icing for the nostrils.
I took my inspiration from Kerry-Sue B. in Ontario, Canada. Thank you for submitting your cake to coolest birthday cakes. However, I did not have the time to make the trip to find the suggested cake pan. I improvised and was very happy with the results of this monkey cake. I started with two 9″ … Read more
