I made this Curious George cake for a friend of mine whose son loves Curious George. It was a huge hit! I started out by drawing Curious George. For the head, I traced the 9″ round cake pan on a piece of paper and drew from there. I made a 9″ round cake (for the … Read more
I decided to have a Curious George themed birthday for my son’s first birthday. As most moms out there will see, there is no cake pan or design specific to Curious George, so I had to tap into my unfound artistic skills. I used a 12″ square cake pan to bake 2 boxes of regular … Read more
I was having a monkey party for my sons first birthday (you know…the only birthday that Mommy gets to pick the theme)! I was going to try the Martha Stewart monkey face cake but it was a little too serious for me. I used store-bought cake mix (he’s only 1). I had to use 2 … Read more
This monkey birthday cake was made for my grandson Lucas 11th birthday party. He wanted a monkey that looked like his character in an online video game. I was successful except for the color. When I went to bed the night before the monkey was pretty orangey but when I woke up the next morning … Read more
This Curious George cake took 1 1/2 tubs each of ready-made chocolate and vanilla frosting. (You will have 4 colors out of the vanilla frosting: yellow flesh white and black.) Flavor a portion of the vanilla frosting with banana extract, tint it with yellow food coloring and use it for the layer in between the … Read more
I used a paint brush on the back of the parchment paper to help transfer the gel when I turned it over onto the cake. I used a small star tip and medium consistency icing to fill in all the features. I used the writing tip and thin consistency icing with a touch of piping … Read more
I looked everywhere for ideas for a Monkey Birthday Cake. My son LOVES monkeys. This monkey is made out of fondant. The bananas and coconuts around the bottom are fondant as well, but can be made from gum past.
This is a Homemade Monkey Birthday Cake for a baby shower. The mom-to-be loves monkeys so I incorporated that into the cake. The colors of the cake also matched those on the shower invite. The cake was made from buttercream frosting and fondant. The monkey was sculpted using fondant.
This is a Monkey Birthday Cake Design. I started with a monkey shaped cake pan that can be purchased at any craft supply store or where ever they sell shaped cake pans. I melted different chocolates and layed it in the pan to get the top piece that went on top of the actual cake. … Read more
My daughter wanted a monkey birthday cake to go with her birthday party theme. We decided to do the monkey head only with luau flower on the monkey’s head. Background was a lime green with hot pink edging. I just looked at some monkey pictures and drew up a design based on her idea. She … Read more
My little sweetie was turning 5 and she collects monkeys, everything she can get her “paws” on has to be monkey. So she asked of course for what else? Mummy to make a Monkey cake. This, in my opinion turned out really well as I had no idea where to start. I took inspiration from … Read more
My son Chase begged for a Curious George Birthday Cake for his 3rd birthday, so I gave in and made one from scratch. I tore out a George face from one of Chase’s coloring books and used a copy machine to enlarge the face to the exact size of cake I wanted. First I made … Read more