Monkey Cake!

This carved monkey cake was for a little boy named Byron. Originally his mommy asked for a spongebob cake until her husband suggested that I try to make his favorite stuffed animal that he doesn't put down. She sent me the picture and I quickly decided that I could do it! The body is yellow cake with raspberry butter cream, and the head is Styrofoam covered with fondant. The eyes nose and mouth were drawn on with a food writer. The 10" round is chocolate fudge cake with cream cheese frosting.

Had a small meltdown when it came to carving the Styrofoam because while I was carving I guess I cut too deep in and all these tiny balls came pouring out. Luckily I had two other balls that were different densities and it all worked out perfectly.

So happy to make a little boy happy on his birthday!

Here is what the cake was based on: