Tuesday, August 4, 2009

A monkey cake for our little monkey

Owen's 1st birthday is tomorrow, can you believe it? One of Owen's nicknames is "monkey", and in honor of that, Taylor and I each made him a monkey cake. Taylor did such a great job- her cake is adorable!!

The eyes are made of York peppermint patties, the nose is made of licorice Jelly Belly jelly beans, the hair is made of chocolate sprinkles and the ears are mini chocolate donuts. The only part missing are three little shoots of hair at the top of the cake that are supposed to be made from chocolate Twizzlers, but I couldn't find chocolate Twizzlers anywhere. The cake is still darn cute without it though- don't you agree?

Check tomorrow for pictures of Owen tearing into his cake. No worries, we will be sure to remove the peppermint patties, donuts and jelly beans before giving the cake to the little guy :)








Here is the original cake design. I think we did a pretty darn good job (even though it's sans Twizzlers).

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Man, a year goes by so fast! We'll be there soon enough. I have a feeling Avery will need one of those rocking bathtime submarines. Those are awesome!