I had a blast making this banana and monkey cake! It was a banana flavored cake with banana cream filling. I used the Wilton loaf pan which makes a double length loaf of bread or two loaves. Tearing the cakes and filling them then carving the cake into a banana shape, I then crumb coated … Read more
I made this cheeky monkey cake and cupcakes for my son’s 2nd birthday, they were a hit! The main monkey cake was a banana cake batter baked in a Pyrex mixing bowl lined with baking paper, to make a head shape. I also made a dozen cupcakes to use for the monkey ears and smaller monkeys. This … Read more
This monkey cake was made for a baby shower. A week in advance, I made the monkey head from gum paste so it could dry. I baked two 10″ strawberry cakes, two 8″ vanilla cakes, and two 6″ marble cakes. The strawberry cakes had strawberry butter cream filling, the vanilla ones had white butter cream and the marble ones had … Read more
I made this monkey cake for my niece’s baby shower. The cake is 2 tiered and each is 2 layers. The monkey I made out of gum paste, also out of gum paste is the flowers on top. The icing work is all butter cream. When I have to transport a cake I bring the tiers separate and put … Read more
I recently did a first birthday Monkey cake for my great niece Isabella also known as Izzy. I basically did a combination of fondant and flavored icing. The letters, number, and monkey are also done in fondant. I did the letters and numbers on toothpicks, an easy way to just pop them right on the cake, but was sure to … Read more
My neice had recently found out she was having a baby girl, and of course i was happy to share this day with her and throw the babyshower for her! We had a monkey theame shower and she wanted me to make the cake. I used a wilton cake pan with homemade buttercream icing and … Read more
This 1 year old had a big party with a big birthday cake. This cake was created using two 10″ squares for the bottom layer, two 8 inch squares on the middle layer and the top present layer was created out of Rice Krispy Treats. Each layer was covered in colored marshmallow fondant, stacked using … Read more
I had a request for this monkey cake from my son’s best friend turning 22 last month. I used a round spring foam cake pan for the head and a Wilton oval (football) shaped cake pan for the face and then I cut an additional oval in half for the ears. The cake itself is … Read more
This monkey cake was for a first birthday party for a friend’s son, and the theme was monkeys. I used a Wilton monkey shaped cake pan for this. I made the Wilton buttercream in white and also a set in chocolate. To make the light brown, I mixed a little of the chocolate in with … Read more
My son was turning one and even though I’m not a big baker/cook, I really wanted to be able to say I made him his first cake. After thinking more on it and doing some research I found some examples of some really cute Monkey Birthday Cupcakes (from this site actually) and I just knew … Read more
I made this Monkey birthday cake for my youngest son’s 1st birthday. I used the Wilton Monkey pan to bake it. I iced the sides in white icing and then made the outlines on the cake with tip #3. I tinted some icing brown and some with a tiny bit of peach and brown and … Read more
I made these Banana Monkey Face Cupcakes and cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. We had his party at an indoor playground called The Monkey Room in New Orleans so of course, “monkeys” were a fitting theme. I initially wanted to do a banana cake because monkeys eat bananas. Then I got the idea for … Read more