For my son’s 8th birthday my mother and I came up with the idea to make him a frog cake. We saw the cakes on this website and liked some of the ideas but we wanted to make something different. So we made 2 9×13 cakes and put them together to make one big cake. … Read more
I basically took ideas from the frog cupcakes already posted. I made chocolate cupcakes, tinted frosting green and frosted the cupcakes. Then I took large marshmallows and cut them into thirds making three circles. I then cut the bottom quarter off each marshmallow circle to make it flat on the bottom (think dome). I took … Read more
For these cute frog cupcakes, you will need to make a batch of frosting and tint green with food coloring. Or, you could “cheat” to save time (like I had to do this time) and buy a large container of pre-made whipped frosting and tint it green. You will also need a small amount of … Read more
My niece wanted a frog cake for her 12th birthday. I made this one using 8″ and 10″ square pans. The icing is buttercream. The frog I made out of sugar paste that I made using Wiltons Gum Tek and Glucose recipe. I didn’t realize that the sugar paste had to rest for 8-12 hours … Read more
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
