The cake is a 9×13 and a 6×9 put together. The two “balloons” are cakes made in glass custard dishes. This was my first attempt so I bought an 18-piece Wilton beginner kit which had the tips I needed (#4 and #16 I think?) The boys loved it.
This is a monkey cake I made, from scratch, for my 1 year old’s birthday party. The inside is chocolate cake. The monkey’s face is two 8-inch rounds. I put chocolate icing in the center to hold the cakes together. The monkey’s ears are made from 2 tart pans. I cut the tart pan cakes … Read more
I made this Girly Monkey Cake for my little monkey for her first birthday. I got the general idea from this website (so helpful). I did a few things differently. I used Oreos for eyeballs which made it easy to get a round look. I made it out of banana cake with chocolate chips and … Read more
I made this Funkiest Monkey Cake for my great-nephew’s birthday which was held at a place called The Funky Monkey. It takes a lot of cupcakes, but this was a big party. I wasn’t sure how to lay this out, so I printed/cut out a bunch of 2 ½ inch circles, put up the card … Read more
For our son’s first birthday, I wanted to make him a Homemade Monkey Birthday Cake that he could have all to himself. It actually turned out to be really easy. I made yellow cake with in 2 8″ round pans. One was the face and then I cut the ears out of the other one. … Read more
This monkey cake was made for my daughter’s 15th birthday. It was a basic yellow cake with buttercream filling and chocolate buttercream exterior. I used a stainless steel bowl for the round head and used flowers from my garden for the decorations.
My sister made this Curious George Birthday Cake for our son’s 1st birthday party. She made the cake with 2 flavors, 1 side was chocolate cake with vanilla Bavarian and fresh strawberries. The other side was white cake with vanilla Bavarian and fresh bananas. That side went really good with the monkey theme. The cake … Read more
This Homemade Curious George Cake seems to be the most common to build. I made it for my niece’s son who turned 1. The hat is vanilla sponge with what else, banana filling. Then a buttercreme crumb coat and covered in yellow fondant. The monkey was harder because I didn’t want to use too much … Read more
For this monkey face cake I used a dome shaped cake pan, bananas for filling of course, cupcake cut in half for the ears, black string licorice for the mouth, nose, and hair, M&M’s for eyes, and creamy peanut butter for the nose and ears. I also made cupcakes and put banana runt candies on … Read more
This monkey birthday cake is so easy! Bake the cake in an oven-proof bowl and leave enough batter to make one cupcake. After cooling invert the bowl onto your work surface. Cut in half to make layers. Fill and frost the head with chocolate frosting. Cut the cupcake in half and attach to the head … Read more
I made a three layer Curious George cake for the guests with two banana layers and a chocolate layer in the middle. I copied a picture of Curious George off of the website and used that as a stencil.I made a smaller circus tent cake just for Béla. That one was more complicated. I also … Read more
I filled in the body with chocolate icing using a star tip for texture. For the ears, face and hands I mixed some of the chocolate and vanilla to make a lighter brown. I trimmed the bottom of the cake in the chocolate icing and made lines going from the bottom to the top all … Read more