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 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