I decided to make this monkey face cake for my daughters first birthday. I thought it would fit, as she was born in the year of the Monkey for the Chinese New Year. I made it a banana cake, and used cocoa and butter for the icing, as I know you shouldn’t give infants chocolate. … Read more
My son loves monkeys so we decided to have a “MONKEY” party for his 3rd birthday. My ideas for this monkey birthday cake came from this website. I wasnt able to get the Wilton Animal Cracker Tin that was recommended – so instead I cooked 3 large Victoria sponges. Two cakes were stacked together and … Read more
I made the cake out of the Wilton yellow cake recipe and baked a 11×18 sheet pan and one 6″ round pan. I had to double the recipe to be sure I had enough. The decorating was done in the Wilton butter frosting for the base coat on the main and small cake. I then … Read more
There is not a cake pan for Curious George Cakes, so when my niece turned one they wanted Curious George – and I wanted her to have him! I had only had one cake decorating class so I had to think of something pretty simple. This was it – just stars.
I made this Monkey Birthday Cake using a 3D bear cake pan. I cut off the ears and used buttercream icing to reattach them in the proper location. The eyes, mouth, tongue and nose are fondant and the rest is Chocolate Fudge or Chocolate Icing applied with a start tip.
I made this Monkey Around Cake for a co-worker’s grandson. It was his 1st birthday. In the recent months leading up to his first birthday the family started calling Andrew, “little monkey”. Needless to say the theme for the cake was easy! This is WILTON Monkey Pan #2105-1023. I decorated it as directed except that … Read more
Someone requested a Monkey cake from me, but gave me no idea as to how they wanted it to look. I looked on the internet but nothing really grabbed my attention. I wanted a unique Monkey Cake Design for them. One day I was shopping and came across a chocolate mold of monkeys. I wasn’t … Read more
I made this homemade monkey cake for my son Mason’s 4th birthday. I started with baking a boxed cake mix in the Wilton monkey cake pan. I then iced the sides with white icing that I had thinned out a bit with water. All the dark brown icing is Wilton’s chocolate decorator’s icing. To creat … Read more
My son wanted a monkey cake for his birthday so we went searching on the net for inspiration. We came across a picture of a cake with a monkey sitting on a pile of bananas…of course that is the one he loved. I am not a professional baker or anything so I was scared. But … Read more
I made this Curious George Birthday Cake for my partner’s nephew for his birthday present. He loves monkeys and seeing as George is his fav I thought it was the best one to do. I made it using a Madeira sponge which took 10 eggs, only just had a bowl big enough. I used an … Read more
My niece Summer is obsessed with Curious George. Most of her imaginative play includes the man with the yellow hat and George gets blamed for things Summer does. I used a Curious George party plate for my design of this Curious George Cake. Cut 2 round cakes and some cupcakes into all the pieces. I … Read more
For my sons first birthday, my husband and I decided to do a jungle/monkey theme. I used the Wilton “Animal Cracker” cake pan. The pan gives you four different ideas and instructions for animals you can create (giraffe, panda bear, pig and cat). It really looks like a bear but you just decorate it accordingly. … Read more