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