Coolest Monkey Cake 38

by Laura
(Tucson, AZ)

Monkey Cake with Animal Cupcakes

My daughter wanted a zoo theme for her 2nd birthday and loves monkeys, so with the help of this site and my Mom, I created this monkey cake.

It started with the Wilton 3D bear mold and a 9x13 cake to use for "parts". First we shaved the face to make it more monkey-like, then using frosting as glue, added ears & a tail cut out of the 9x13 cake. The frosting is just grocery store tub chocolate and white frosting tinted with food coloring.

The cupcakes are a combination of normal muffins and heart shaped muffins using a heart shaped muffin pan I have. We then decorated them as various animals - elephants, tigers and lions. The whiskers & mane are chocolate licorice cut into tiny strips while the eyes are M&Ms with a dot of frosting for the pupil.

Finally we cut letters for my daughters name, Liz, from the remainder of the 9x13 cake, frosted them and added the candles. It turned out great! Many of the kids wanted to hug the monkey or pick it up like a stuffed animal. Very time consuming, but well worth it.