I made these monkey cupcakes for my daughters 9th birthday! She loves monkeys! I used the Wilton animal cake pan. I cut off the ears and placed them so that it looks like a monkey and not a pig! I used Betty Crocker frosting with Wilton peach color for the area around the monkeys mouth. … Read more
I made these Banana Monkey Face Cupcakes and cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. We had his party at an indoor playground called The Monkey Room in New Orleans so of course, “monkeys” were a fitting theme. I initially wanted to do a banana cake because monkeys eat bananas. Then I got the idea for … Read more
For my son’s daycare class, the Monkeys, I decided what better birthday theme to go with than – monkeys. My son loves them, and what 3 year old doesn’t? I scanned monkey cupcake images on the internet and chose to use Wilton’s idea as my guide. I printed and cut out the template shapes on … Read more
I got this idea from the other monkey cupcakes on this site. To make it my own I made a few little changes. I used M&M’s for the eyes, cause who doesn’t like M&M’s and they add a little bit more color. I used vanilla wafers for the nose/mouth piece. I cut the tip off … Read more
I like to bake but do not know how to decorate. I tried decorating for the first time when I made a pull-apart tortoise cake for my son’s 2nd birthday last year, and I must say it turned out quite nicely but the glaze icing was way to sweet (I had no idea about the … Read more
My daughter’s First Grade class was learning about frogs the last half of the year. I thought what a cute way to end the year with Lilly Pad and Frog Cupcakes. These are very simple as you can see! Prepare the cupcake using the directions on the box. I colored the frosting blue to look … Read more