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 frosted the entire monkey birthday cake in my homemade buttercream frosting. I did the entire monkey using the “grass” tip. Instead of coloring my buttercream frosting brown I just added a little cocoa to my frosting. For the bananas I filled my icing bag on the right hand side with yellow and added some … Read more
For my son’s first birthday cake I wanted to do something special so started searching the net and found this site!! I loved the idea of monkey cakes for my “little monkey” so printed out the picture of the cake I wanted and got baking. My finished cake was nothing like the picture I printed … Read more
The image was just traced off of a napkin and was enlarged on the computer and then inverted with piping gel onto the cake. Just invert the image and start filling in with color. The background of the trees was just a few different shades of green blended in together. This was a really fun … Read more
Ever since my little boy was born, we called him our “Lil’ Monkey” so when his 1st birthday came around, I wanted to do something monkey themed. I didn’t like the jungle ideas so, while looking for other things monkey related, I came across this website and another sock monkey cake. I had my theme! … Read more
I made this monkey cake as part of a set for a daughter in law’s baby shower with a theme of Jungle babies. The cakes also included a giraffe, lion and elephant. I used a 9 inch round pan, a small approx. 5 inch bundt and a small 4 inch oven proof bowl to bake … Read more
My daughter requested a monkey cake for her 4th birthday. I’d never made a cake without a mold pan before. A friend gave me some pointers and I am very pleased with the results of my Monkey Birthday Cake Design. I actually used a stuffed monkey we had at home to model the cake after. … Read more
I made these monkey cupcakes for my daughters 9th birthday! She loves monkeys! I used the Wilton animal cake pan. I cut off the ears and placed them so that it looks like a monkey and not a pig! I used Betty Crocker frosting with Wilton peach color for the area around the monkeys mouth. … Read more
I made this Monkey 1st Birthday Cake Idea for my nephew’s 1st birthday. The palm tree is made up of cupcakes and the center of the tree is the little cake that he got to make a mess with (and he did)!
I used a 9″ round cake pan with chocolate cake for this Curious George Cake. I trimmed the sides slightly to straighten it out and trimmed diagonals at the bottom sides to form the jaw. I used the trimmed off pieces for ears and his piece of hair at the top. Mixed a bit of … Read more
My son loves Curious George so I decided to make him a Curious George Birthday Cake for his 2nd birthday. I put this cake together after looking at a few different designs on this website. My goal was to make this cake as easy on myself as possible, so I wouldn’t get too stressed out. … Read more
I used the same general idea from another post on this site. Thanks for the great idea! Instead of nutter butters for the ears I used mini Nilla wafers with a bit cut off. Basically they are yellow cake mix, chocolate frosting recipe from the back of the Hersheys unsweetened cocoa box, eyes are Cheerios, … Read more