Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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Fondant Sock Monkey Cupcake Toppers


How adorable!

Fondant Sock Monkey cupcake toppers. 12 in a set.

Each topper is about 1 1/2 "

From the Etsy store of Clineffs Confections.

Monday, August 17, 2009

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Custom Monkey Cupcake/Cake Toppers



These are so precious. This little guy holding a cupcake is my favorite.

Custom monkey cupcake/cake toppers. Three monkey toppers in a set.

Each topper is about 1' tall. Made from polymer clay. Choice of your own detail colors.

From the Etsy shop of Raspberry Pink

Recipe: Sock Monkey Cake Design



Photo from Parenting.com

Recipe and Instructions
by Karen Tack

Ingredients:
  • 1 (9-inch) round cake
  • 2 chocolate-covered doughnuts
  • ½ can (1 cup) vanilla frosting
  • Red food coloring
  • 1 can (16 oz) chocolate frosting
  • ½ cup chocolate sprinkles
  • 2 brown M&M's or black jelly beans
  • 2 miniature York peppermint patties
  • 1 chocolate Twizzler
What you'll need:
  • A bread knife
  • A serving platter
  • 2 resealable sandwich-size plastic bags (Ziploc)
  • Kitchen shears or scissors
Trimming the cakes:
  1. Place the cake on a clean work surface. Using the bread knife, trim a 1 ½-inch triangle-shaped notch from opposite sides of the cake (see template). Discard scraps. Place the trimmed cake onto a serving platter.
  2. Cut ½ inch from one side of each doughnut.
For the white, red, and pink frosting:
  1. Spoon ¼ cup of the untinted vanilla frosting into a resealable plastic bag.
  2. Add enough red food coloring to 2 Tbsp of the vanilla frosting to tint it red and spoon it into a separate resealable plastic bag.
  3. Add a few drops of the red food coloring to the remaining vanilla frosting to tint it a pale pink.
Frosting the cake:
  1. Spread the chocolate frosting onto the top and sides of the cake, avoiding the lower half of the monkey's face.
  2. Spread the pale-pink frosting into a kidney bean–shaped area over the monkey's mouth, chin, and cheeks, as pictured.
  3. Press the chocolate sprinkles into the forehead, the top of the head, and the underside of the monkey's chin.
Assembling the cake:
  1. Press the trimmed edges of the doughnuts onto the cake for the monkey's ears. Press the M&M's or the jelly beans into the center of the cake to make the monkey's nostrils.
  2. Snip a very small corner from each bag of frosting. Pipe a red frosting line onto the pink part of the cake for the monkey's smile.
  3. Pipe 2 white circles onto the top of the cake for the monkey's eyes and press the peppermint candies into them. Add a dab of white frosting for the sparkle in each eye, as pictured.
  4. Snip the chocolate Twizzler into thin 2-inch strands with kitchen shears or clean scissors and insert them into the top of the cake for the monkey's hair.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

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Sock Monkey Themed Party Cupcakes by Artisan Cake Company




These precious Sock Monkey cupcakes were created by Oregon based Artisan Cake Company for a Sock Monkey themed party. The banana cupcake toppers were created with fondant. The Sock Monkey face cupcakes are my favorites.

Notice the collection of handmade Sock Monkeys guarding the tree full of cupcakes. What perfect cupcakes for a child's party!

Impish Monkey Cupcakes


Monkey Cupcakes
Photo from Google Images

These adorable monkey cupcakes are the perfect sweet treat for your lil monkey. Who could resist chocolate cupcakes with these impish faces?

Sock Monkey lurves his cupcakes!