Friday, April 30, 2010

A Monkey Safari Birthday Cake

I've been a bad blogger this week. I have FOUR cakes to post from last week...and now a bunch more from this week! Not to mention, I have 2 more stringwork tutorials to post. I promise I'll catch up!

Here's one of the more fun cakes from last week:


The cake design was based on one Debbie had done in the past, and I thought it was such a cute idea to have the little monkeys peeking from behind the palm trees. I also liked the design because I didn't have to make all those little monkey bodies!


The monkey on the top of the cake was modeled after the party invitation, and he was surrounded by festive little packages!
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7 comments:

  1. RoxanneApril 30, 2010 at 11:24 PM

    Ooh I love the 3D monkey faces/ trees... are these modeling chocolate or fondant? :)

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  2. MelApril 30, 2010 at 11:39 PM

    Fondant! And super fast & easy to make!

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  3. SueMay 1, 2010 at 10:07 AM

    This is such a cute cake! Wish you lived here so you could make an end of the year cake for my 5th grade monkey-heads!

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  4. Erin LeighMay 2, 2010 at 1:04 PM

    did you use fondant for the number 8? how do you get it to stand up? is it just really thick fondant? thanks!

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  5. MelMay 2, 2010 at 6:09 PM

    Erin, when I make numbers to stand on top of the cake, I usually use gum paste or fondant with a little Tylose/Gum Tex mixed in. I always thread a skewer up the number before it dries so that you can insert the skewer into the cake and stand the number upright. :)

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  6. Erin LeighMay 7, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    thanks mel!

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  7. AnonymousOctober 27, 2010 at 4:26 PM

    I love your work. My 7 year old is having her bday party in December at Rainforest Cafe and this cake is absolutely perfect for the theme!! How I wish you lived in Texas!!
    Tiffany

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