My mom and I wanted to make a very special monkey themed cake for my son’s first birthday party. We searched everywhere for the perfect idea and came across this site. Our result of the Monkey Face Birthday Cake was different from all the other ones on here. One lasagna sized pan and two pie … Read more
I made this monkey cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I used two 8″ round pans, stacked them up and cut the shape out. I got the idea from the plates and decorations that I fell in love with. I used the star tip to decorate, colored white icing for the pink and chocolate to … Read more
I made this Curious George cake using a round 28cm (11 inch) cake pan, and a basic dense chocolate cake batter. I printed out the picture of George (drawn to size on the computer) and cut around it, using some of the off-cuts to construct his ears and flick of hair. I fixed the ears … Read more
This Curious George Birthday Cake was done for my godson for his second birthday. It is a 12×18 marble cake. I found a coloring page for George from the internet and cut it out, and outlined the picture into the background icing. I then filled in the various parts of the picture with the different … Read more
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