Coolest Curious George CupCake Birthday Cake

Homemade Curious George CupCake Birthday Cake

For my son’s 2nd birthday he wanted a Curious George CupCake Birthday Cake, so when I was thinking about how to design this cake, I came to the conclusion that George’s head is round like a cupcake! I baked a bunch of cupcakes, put them together to form the general shape of a monkey’s head … Read more

Fun Homemade Curious George Cake

Curious George Cake

My husband joined me in the kitchen to make this fun Curious George cake. I began with a printout of Curious George’s face, enlarged to fit the pan. I taped the printout to a cutting board, and over that I taped wax paper. For each color I used candy melts and chocolate chips, piped out … Read more

Coolest Curious George Cake Photos and Tips 11

The large cake is a traditional butter cake, which used 9 eggs – it was a very firm cake which made cutting out the Curious George shape easier. The Curious George feet and hands had to be attached using toothpicks. The balloon cakes (same recipe but with 6 eggs each) were made using an oval … Read more

Coolest Homemade Curious George Cakes 4

The cake is a 9×13 and a 6×9 put together. The two “balloons” are cakes made in glass custard dishes. This was my first attempt so I bought an 18-piece Wilton beginner kit which had the tips I needed (#4 and #16 I think?) The boys loved it.

Coolest Curious George Cake

Homemade Curious George Cake

I picked a picture from color pages on line, that looked like it would make a good “3-D design” and be a “do-able challenge”. When I checked Coolest Cake website for anyone who may have some tips on how to shape a 3-D George, I saw that there were a few others who picked this … Read more

Coolest Curious George Birthday Cake Design

Homemade Curious George Birthday Cake Design

I made this Curious George Birthday Cake Design for a 2 year old’s birthday. I used regular cake mix and store bought frosting (2 years old’s don’t know the difference). I used a Pyrex bowl to make the body and the sports ball pan to make the head. Using a picture from a kid’s book … Read more

Coolest Curious George Cake Photos and Tips 1

I started out with a Wilton Animal Cracker cake pan for the face. I had to build up the nose a little with more cake so the face would be flat. I copied off the Curious George mask from pbs.com and used it as a template. I blew up the mask to the size that … Read more

Coolest Homemade Curious George Cakes 5

Used water with a few drops of blue food coloring for sky and did the same thing with green food coloring for the grass. I painted it on with a bakery brush. For Curious George I checked other Curious George cakes but in the end I blew up a coloring page to the size I … Read more

Coolest Homemade Curious George Cake With Banana Smash Cake

Homemade Curious George Cake

This Curious George cake has a huge story behind it. Initially I had positioned his head in the corner using the stacked method and a lollipop stick inserted down into the cake for added support. The cake was almost complete except for a last few details which I was going to finish in the morning. … Read more

Coolest Curious George Birthday Cake

Homemade Curious George Birthday Cake

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

Coolest Curious George 1st Birthday Cake

Homemade Curious George 1st Birthday Cake

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