I got a call from an old colleague needing a cake for his son's first birthday. They knew they wanted a monkey themed cake but weren't sure on exactly what they wanted. I sent them googling, and they cake to me with a very cute single layer cake with monkeys and palm trees. Carlos ran with that and we made some changes since he wanted a 2 tier cake.
This was a very fun cake. I was a little skeptical of my skills with fondant sculpting, as the most I've done before is cars and shoes for a christening cake. I found a tutorial and fiddled around and gave it the ol' college try. A successful test run, and Carlos was in business for monkeys on a cake.
The real monkeys took some time. Roughly 2 hours for the both of them. This was new territory for me, and I wanted to do it right, so I took my time. I'm amazed at how well they turned out. I don't have to be afraid of sculpting anymore.
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| Death stare aside, super cute! |
The monkeys were to be surrounded my bananas, so I spent a little time making tiny bunches of bananas. Staking them to look natural was trickier than one would think.
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| I've got a lovely bunch of ... bananas |
The finished product: My Monkey Cake!
This turned out better than I was expecting. Leaps and bounds better. I should have charged more to be honest. I tend to give family and friends a bit of a discount, especially when trying something new in case it doesn't turn out well. But this... this was a masterpiece. There is nothing about it I wished I did differently - that's rare to say.
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| Those are some happy monkeys! |
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| Oh these? Just an afternoon snack. |
I made the trees go all the way around so it wasn't bare at the back. I love how they turned out.
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| And yes... I made sure to hang the bananas the right way |
Here she is!
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