I made this monkey cake for my son’s first birthday. I made it to look like his favorite stuffed animal that he brings everywhere! I used a buttermilk birthday cake recipe from Nigella Lawson and Ricks buttercream frosting from Allrecipes(made with 3/4 butter, 1/4 shortening). I baked the cakes in a 10 inch round, a … Read more

I made a two layer 9″ banana cake from a box mix and frosted it with a thin layer of buttercream frosting for this Monkey Cake. I then decorated it with a marshmallow fondant I made from a recipe I found on Wilton’s cake website. I colored the fondant for the cake, the monkey, the … Read more

I made this Monkey Birthday Cake Design for my son’s first birthday party. He saw the cake pan at the library and couldn’t stop smiling. The older children insisted we do this one for him. Got the pan, then simply frosted it as suggested in the directions. I used some round chocolate candies for the … Read more

This Monkey Birthday Cake I made for a super sweet little girl who is crazy about monkeys! It was super easy. The cake is a chocolate box cake baked in a 10 inch pan. After it cooled, I cut a little off the top to even the cake out. The part I cut off, I … Read more

The Monkey Baby Shower Cake was a 3 layer 14 inch round cinnamon cake. I used cream cheese icing and piped it all over as stars, and made the rattles, baby bottles, safety pins and letters out of chocolate. The monkey is also made out of solid chocolate, and it ended up weighing 4 lbs! … Read more