I had a blast making this banana and monkey cake! It was a banana flavored cake with banana cream filling. I used the Wilton loaf pan which makes a double length loaf of bread or two loaves. Tearing the cakes and filling them then carving the cake into a banana shape, I then crumb coated … Read more
I made this cheeky monkey cake and cupcakes for my son’s 2nd birthday, they were a hit! The main monkey cake was a banana cake batter baked in a Pyrex mixing bowl lined with baking paper, to make a head shape. I also made a dozen cupcakes to use for the monkey ears and smaller monkeys. This … Read more
This monkey cake was made for a baby shower. A week in advance, I made the monkey head from gum paste so it could dry. I baked two 10″ strawberry cakes, two 8″ vanilla cakes, and two 6″ marble cakes. The strawberry cakes had strawberry butter cream filling, the vanilla ones had white butter cream and the marble ones had … Read more
I made this monkey cake for my niece’s baby shower. The cake is 2 tiered and each is 2 layers. The monkey I made out of gum paste, also out of gum paste is the flowers on top. The icing work is all butter cream. When I have to transport a cake I bring the tiers separate and put … Read more
I recently did a first birthday Monkey cake for my great niece Isabella also known as Izzy. I basically did a combination of fondant and flavored icing. The letters, number, and monkey are also done in fondant. I did the letters and numbers on toothpicks, an easy way to just pop them right on the cake, but was sure to … Read more
My neice had recently found out she was having a baby girl, and of course i was happy to share this day with her and throw the babyshower for her! We had a monkey theame shower and she wanted me to make the cake. I used a wilton cake pan with homemade buttercream icing and … Read more
This 1 year old had a big party with a big birthday cake. This cake was created using two 10″ squares for the bottom layer, two 8 inch squares on the middle layer and the top present layer was created out of Rice Krispy Treats. Each layer was covered in colored marshmallow fondant, stacked using … Read more
I made this cake for my daughter’s second birthday, to go along with a trip to the Rainforest Cafe. To make this cake I started with a boxed mix baked in a tube cake pan. I took two spoonfuls out and placed in a muffin tin and baked that alongside the cake. After removing the … Read more
This monkey cake was for my niece, who loves monkeys. We used a football shaped pan for the body, and a 5 inch on the face. We covered the face and nose in caramel wraps while still warm so the caramel smoothed right over it. The tail was also a long rolled piece of caramel. … Read more
This Sitting Monkey Birthday Cake was made for my daughter’s 20th birthday as we were off to Go Ape for the day. This sitting monkey cake was created out of two pudding basins. I used the traditional Victoria sponge cake recipe of 10ozs of flour, sugar and vegetable fat and 2ozs of coco powder, and … Read more
I made this Homemade Monkey Cake for my great nephew’s first birthday party. The party was a jungle animal theme. I did not have the shaped tins I required so in turn I lined a Pyrex dish and a smaller bowl with baking paper and filled both bowls with butter cake packet mix (required 2 … Read more
This Monkey Cake was made for my cousin’s baby shower but can be adapted for anybody who loves monkeys. I used two of my favorite scratch recipes, a yellow cake and a chocolate cake. I made two batches of each. The bottom tier is chocolate and made from 2 10″ rounds. The top is 2 … Read more