Take a look at these cool homemade Sock Monkey cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
I used two 8 inch round German chocolate cakes (froze the cakes for 1/2 hour for easier cutting) for this Sock Monkey cake and frosted with coconut pecan and vanilla frosting. I used red frosting from a tube for the mouth, black gel icing for the eyes, nose, and mouth, and Twizzlers Pull ‘n’ Peel … Read more
I am a SAHM of 2 and started baking their birthday cakes out of necessity (have you seen the cost at a bakery?!). But is has definitely evolved from there. I have gotten so many wonderful ideas from this site. This Sock Monkey cake was my first attempt at a 3-D cake. It was for … Read more
Here is a Sock Monkey cake I chose to do for my son’s first birthday. This is a smash cake Sock Monkey hat and hand made fondant Sock Monkey to accent it. I also chose to do individual Strawberry Shortcakes for the guest to match the theme instead of the traditinal birthday cake. Everything was … Read more
To bake this Sock Monkey Birthday cake for my Mom, I used Wilton brand Jungle Party Monkey cake pan. I decorated it just like a sock monkey! The 3D candy wax lips worked great and I used Twizzler pull-n-peels for the red pom-poms.
Buy any brand of German Chocolate cake mix for this Sock Monkey Cake Design. (The color of this flavor cake is closest to the Sock Monkey sock color in case you get crumbs mixed in with the frosting). Bake it in two 9″ round cake pans (or one 9″ round and a 9″ square Pyrex, … Read more
I was asked to make a 3D Sock Monkey Baby Shower Cake! I had never made a monkey as a cake never mind 3D! So, I made a 12 inch circle cake as the cake for the monkey top to sit on. I then baked two bundt cakes, cut them each in half and filled … Read more
This Sock Monkey Cake Design was a first on many levels! 1st birthday cake, first time to work with fondant, first Topsy-Turvy cake, first baby – okay, maybe I was crazy from oxytocin poisoning from all that breast feeding! The cake was a banana cake (Martha Stewart website for recipe)with chocolate butter cream icing (traditional … Read more
I made this Sock Monkey birthday cake because my grandson had a favorite Sock Monkey. I made a triple round layer cake with lemon filling. A 15 inch round I believe, but that’s a lot of cake. I like to make everything big as I can. Is more fun that way. Then smooth iced it … Read more
These cakes were for my twin boys first birthday. The idea came from their Halloween outfits of a sock monkey. They were sock monkeys and won a contest for most original. Their Christmas ornaments for this year are sock monkeys and my sister made them actual sock monkeys for their birthday. So it came that … Read more