O how time flies....this time last year, I was moving into my new apartment, back in Indy after being in Bloomington for 7 years. And, one year ago today, little Jack was born. Jack is my boss's son, he and his wife's first child. After seeing some of the other cakes I had done, Heather (Jack's mom) asked me about doing his first birthday cake. Of course I said yes, and the theme....Monkeys! Monkeys have been a bit of a theme for the first year of Jack's life, so it only seemed appropriate to have a monkey theme for his first birthday.
I started looking online to try and get some ideas, and the main ideas I saw just sort of fell short. Most of what Heather and I found was based on one flat, character type pan, which was cute, but I knew I could do better. Thanks to a little help from the Wilton forums, and a little creativity, we came up with a plan. Here's the pics!
To make the monkey, I used the Wilton stand up bear pan. I moved the ears down a bit, and added a cereal treat arm and banana which was covered in melting chocolate to give it a shine. The face, feet, and belly were fondant.
Every baby needs a smash cake for their first birthday, so I used the mini bear pan and added fondant arms and legs to make him look a little more monkey like. Moved his ears down too!
Set-up at the party
Happy Birthday Jack!
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