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Monkey Cake

By Stacy 4 Comments

I used to have another blog all about birthday parties. But then this blog took off and then the domain of the birthday blog was stolen so I shut it down. And I decided to transfer the cake tutorials posts here :)

The Monkey Cake

My baby turned one today! It is hard to believe. We call him our little monkey so I made him a monkey cake. I painted a monkey on his bedroom wall and so I matched the cake to that.

I think they are pretty close :)

I started with 2 cupcakes and one round cake. After they cooled I put them in the freezer. Cakes are easier to carve if they are firm.

I cut small semi-circles out of the cupcakes so they would fig snugly against the “head”. I cut triangles out of the round cake to give him some cheeks.

After that I crumb coated it all in the dark chocolate frosting and put it back in the freezer. When the crumb coat has firmed up I frost the final layer of frosting. The cake is so cold that it makes the frosting almost hard. It makes it easy to smooth it out. For the detail I put frosting in a plastic sandwich bag and cut the corner off. I just squeezed and decorated.

My little guy wasn’t quite sure what to think about it!

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  1. Riana says

    February 22, 2016 at 4:36 am

    Hi there,

    I love your cake, it is so cute! Do you know what type of icing you used, as I am trying to collect the ingredients to make this cake for my nephew and can’t seem to find a lighter brown like you have in the picture. Also, what did you use for the cute hair on the top of his head? thanks!

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  2. Victoria says

    March 28, 2016 at 4:31 am

    Hi

    I love this cake and am keen on a monkey theme for my little boy’s 1st as well. Can you explain what the following means please:
    After that I crumb coated it all in the dark chocolate frosting and put it back in the freezer.

    What is crumb coated please? Also, how did you get the lighter brown colour frosting? Im new to colour frosting and decorating past putting a few things on top of a cake!

    Thank you!

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  3. Brenda says

    December 1, 2016 at 6:46 am

    Hi, What size of round cake pan was used?

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