I made this Curious George Birthday Cake Design for a 2 year old’s birthday. I used regular cake mix and store bought frosting (2 years old’s don’t know the difference). I used a Pyrex bowl to make the body and the sports ball pan to make the head. Using a picture from a kid’s book … Read more
I started out with a Wilton Animal Cracker cake pan for the face. I had to build up the nose a little with more cake so the face would be flat. I copied off the Curious George mask from pbs.com and used it as a template. I blew up the mask to the size that … Read more
Used water with a few drops of blue food coloring for sky and did the same thing with green food coloring for the grass. I painted it on with a bakery brush. For Curious George I checked other Curious George cakes but in the end I blew up a coloring page to the size I … Read more
This Curious George cake has a huge story behind it. Initially I had positioned his head in the corner using the stacked method and a lollipop stick inserted down into the cake for added support. The cake was almost complete except for a last few details which I was going to finish in the morning. … Read more
This Curious George Birthday Cake is a basic two layer yellow cake made from store bought yellow cake mix and Sam’s Club Amaryllis Yellow Butter cream frosting. We like the frosting because it is dairy free for those with allergies and is reasonably priced at about $2 per pound. The tub that I bought was … Read more
I made this Homemade Curious George 1st Birthday Cake for a friend’s son’s birthday. Because I enjoy the decorating process more than the baking process, I just used a cake mix to make this cake and some cupcakes. It is frosted with buttercream frosting (confectioners sugar, milk, butter, Crisco, vanilla). I drew a Curious George … Read more
I used a plush Curious George for two reasons – one it would be way too time consuming to make and two this way my son would have a keepsake from his birthday cake!
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
I used a 9″ round cake pan with chocolate cake for this Curious George Cake. I trimmed the sides slightly to straighten it out and trimmed diagonals at the bottom sides to form the jaw. I used the trimmed off pieces for ears and his piece of hair at the top. Mixed a bit of … Read more
I made this white layer cake for my daughter’s 3rd Curious George themed birthday party. I used boxed cake mix with frosting between the layers. I used canned frosting for the entire thing and colored it as needed. I started by frosting the entire cake in yellow. I had found the picture that I used … Read more
I am a born procrastinator, but occasionally, it works for me. I printed out a George mask and after frosting the cake yellow, I poked thumbtacks carefully through the printed out sheet following the lines like a connect the dots. I then carefully held the sheet over the frosted cake and laid it down to … Read more
