Mini Monkey Cake

Here's my second attempt at making a mini monkey cake

for Mr Kevin's 1st birthday at the end of the month.

The first one never got decorated because the cake

all fell apart coming out.

This time around I was patient and didn't try to 

remove the cake until it had cooled.  I used a large

fruit can for the base and only filled it about half full.

For the top I used a mug that was the perfect size

in diameter to the can.  I sprayed them both heavily 

with Pam cooking spray and they just popped right out.

For the tan muzzle, eyes and ears I used vanilla wafers. 

I also used mini chocolate donuts for the ears and cut

off 1/4" on one end.  I think for the real one I will use

mini vanilla wafers for the ears so there isn't so much

tan showing.  Next time around I know what I will

do and not do so I am glad I practiced first :-)

Mini Cake

I just remembered it was safe to share this mini cake 

photo with you that I made for a friend's birthday.

I want to stress that I am not a cake decorator 

whatsoever I just wing it. I have found some 

helpful tools as I go along.  One of them is an 

icing sculpting set my hubby gave me for my 

birthday. That's what I used to create the

ridges around main part of the cake.

To bake my cake I used an idea I borrowed from 

pinterest where you bake mini cakes using food 

cans you've saved.  For this cake I used a large 

canned pear can and sprayed the inside with Pam 

cooking spray and then filled it 3/4 the way full.

For the flavoring I used packets of crystal light 

raspberry pink lemonade to flavor both the white 

cake mix and the frosting.

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Spring Chickies Cake

Spring Chickies Cake

I made this cake for a friend's sister who raises and loves chickens. Its actually a peach flavored cake with peach flavored frosting.  The chickies are cake balls/pops (You can click HERE to view my other cake pops). For the base of the cake I used a round layer cake and the smaller center is half of my wilton's giant cupcake pan.

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Easy Bake!

I was a cooking maniac this weekend! Besides 

cooking for my son and daughter in love to 

put in the freezer for when our grand son is born

I cooked for Easter as well. I knew all that practice 

with my Easy Bake Oven would pay off!

I made more cake pops but without the pop! I

followed the basic recipe HERE from Alisa Burke.

but instead of chocolate I baked a strawberry 

cake and used strawberry frosting, yum!  I also

rolled them into balls and then used spoons

to plunge them into the melted chocolate!

The other thing I made for 

Easter morning is Monkey Bread.

I followed this recipe HERE. 

Let me tell you this was sinfully 

delicious an EASY and I will now be 

making it for every holiday 

occasion and then some!

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