I made this Homemade Monkey Cake for my great nephew’s first birthday party. The party was a jungle animal theme. I did not have the shaped tins I required so in turn I lined a Pyrex dish and a smaller bowl with baking paper and filled both bowls with butter cake packet mix (required 2 … Read more
This Monkey Cake was made for my cousin’s baby shower but can be adapted for anybody who loves monkeys. I used two of my favorite scratch recipes, a yellow cake and a chocolate cake. I made two batches of each. The bottom tier is chocolate and made from 2 10″ rounds. The top is 2 … Read more
I made this Curious George cake for our niece Hayden’s first birthday party. I used a few of the ideas from this very website and designed my own version. The hat is made from two 6” round cakes stacked with one-half of a sports ball pan on top. The base of the hat is two … Read more
I made this Homemade Curious George Birthday Cake for my grandson’s first birthday. He was fascinated by Curious George on TV. I used a combination of designs from cakes on the Coolest Cake website. It was my first attempt at using fondant. I had always used icing with decorative tips. The fondant is so much … Read more
My soon to be three nephew, decided he had to have a Curious George cake and I was the one elected to make this monkey birthday cake. I wanted a bright and fun layered cake with all his favorite colors and I had an idea to make the monkey sitting on top but I had … Read more
I used three 6″ round cakes and one 6″ oval cake. One of the round 6″ cakes was used for the face and the sides were trimmed just a bit for the ears to fit. Carefully carve the ears from two of the 6″ cakes; the extra trim was used for the tail. The 6″ … Read more
The cake recipe is from Wilton and can be found at www.wilton.com. It is the Double Fudge Grooms cake and the frosting recipe’s are from the Wilton site too. This is a combination of their Chocolate Butter cream and Regular Butter cream. The cake template is from a Curious George mask I found at www.pbs.com. … Read more