For Curious George I enlarged a party napkin on a photocopier, traced it onto a piece of parchment paper and when the yellow frosting had crusted a bit used a sewing needle to poke the outlines onto the cake. When I lifted up the paper there was a very delicate dotted outline of George that … Read more
My son, Aidan chose a Curious George theme for his third birthday. I found all of the supplies at the party store, but was stumped on how to make a Curious George cake that didn’t make me cringe when I looked at it (I’m a perfectionist!). I decided to take my inspiration from the classic … Read more
My homemade Curious George Birthday cake was a chocolate one with chocolate cream cheese icing. The polka dots were simply candy melts pressed into icing. George’s head, the number 2, the nameplate, bananas and yellow hat were handmade from home tinted fondant. The number 2 and George’s head had toothpicks inserted into the fondant so … Read more
When my nephew was in the hospital, I told him I would make him a banana cake when he got out. So when he did, I prepared a Curious George cake in keeping with the banana theme. It was a double layer 10″ chocolate cake filled with banana flavored frosting. I used copious amounts of … Read more
The actual cake itself is just the funfetti mix from Pillsbury (cooked a little under temp guides so that its nice and moist). The icing is homemade almond buttercream, tinted a nice yellow or skin tone wherever needed. The hair is two different kinds of chocolate canned frosting (for color variation). We also used two … Read more
I made a second batch to use for decorating tinting a bit at a time to use for Georges face, the lettering and the border. For the dark brown portions of George’s fur I went ahead and used some of my leftover chocolate frosting from the inside of the cake. It was the perfect color! … Read more
I made this Curious George cake for our niece Hayden’s first birthday party. I used a few of the ideas from this very website and designed my own version. The hat is made from two 6” round cakes stacked with one-half of a sports ball pan on top. The base of the hat is two … Read more
This Curios George Birthday Cake was for my nephew Yaacov. I read the story of Curious George and from that I made my design. I started in ” the forest” then went to the city where the zoo was and then up in the air with the balloons just like Curious George did in the … Read more
My niece Summer is obsessed with Curious George. Most of her imaginative play includes the man with the yellow hat and George gets blamed for things Summer does. I used a Curious George party plate for my design of this Curious George Cake. Cut 2 round cakes and some cupcakes into all the pieces. I … Read more
Roll out ready-made fondant icing that has been colored yellow. Cut a circle out of that using a large plate as a template. Place the carved “doll” cake in the center of the circle. Ice with buttercream icing first to create a smooth finish. After the buttercream icing add more rolled out fondant to 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 made this Curious George cake using a round 28cm (11 inch) cake pan, and a basic dense chocolate cake batter. I printed out the picture of George (drawn to size on the computer) and cut around it, using some of the off-cuts to construct his ears and flick of hair. I fixed the ears … Read more