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
I wanted a sweet (as in precious) cake for our sons first birthday that went along with the adorable invitation. The invitation was from peekaboopumpkin.com and was a blue monkey. “Join us for some birthday fun our little monkey is turning one’” was the theme. I ordered the cake from the grocery store and asked … Read more
I prepared the cake mixes and baked 3 cakes in Pyrex glass bowls and 2 cakes in 9×13 inch pans. I used the bowl shape cakes to make the belly, face, and the top of the hat of Curious George. I cut out 3 circles from the rectangle cakes to make the rest of the … Read more
to make George look like George I got my daughters stuffed animal and then used home made buttercream frosting tinted brown and also lightened to make tan to create the George we all know and love. He was a huge hit with my daughter and everyone at the party!s stuffed animal and then used home … 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
This forum gave me the confidence to make these Curious George birthday cakes for my twins. There is no pan to work from so I rented a 12″ x 1″2 cake pan and used two boxes of cake mix for each cake. Once the cakes had cooled, I froze them for a day to make … Read more
Due to lack of time and the fact that this Curious George Birthday Cake was the first cake that I’ve ever decorated, I purchased a plain white iced cake from the grocery store. I then bought Wilton white decorators icing to tint myself. First, I tried to make brown by mixing green and red, but … Read more