Monkey Cake

This cake was made for a sweet little girl celebrating her 2nd birthday. I had a lot of fun figuring out how to make this. I will admit that the monkey took two tries. The first time I made the head and the body out of cake. Well, it fell apart on me and I had to try something else. I decided to make the head out of Styrofoam so it would be lighter. It worked. I also didn't trim as much cake from the body so it held together better than the first attempt. The monkey arms, legs, and tail are made out of fondant as well as the bird and the half eaten banana.

I was terrified to travel with this cake. I had so many dowel rods going through each layer and many going through all the layers. I was nervous the whole morning until I got the call that the cake made it just fine. It had to travel two hours!!! A high five to the dad that picked it up and was so super careful in making sure it got home to his wife and sweet birthday girl!!

I did not come up with this design. It of course looks wonderful and the original designers are amazing! One day, I know I will be able to be that good!! Practice, practice, practice!! Lucky for me...that practice is so much fun!!!! =o)