Naughty Monkey Face Birthday Cake

Naughty Monkey Face Birthday Cake

Given below is one of the easiest 1st birthday cake recipes that you can make at home. This chocolate cake recipe is in the shape of a naughty monkey that will put a smile on the face of every child at the party. There are two parts to the cake: the sponge and the frosting. For the sponge cake you will need: - Corn flour - 1/3 cup - Plain flour - 1/3 cup - Self-raising flour - 1/3 cup - Unsweetened cocoa powder - 4 tablespoons - Eggs at room temperature - 4 - Castor sugar - 2/3 cup - Vanilla essence - 1 teaspoon To prepare: - Preheat the oven to 180C. - Separate the egg whites and whisk them to form soft peaks. - Add the egg yolks and sugar to it and use an electric blender to whip the mix until the mixture is almost 3 times the volume and light yellow in color.

- Sift the flours together in a separate bowl. - Add the flours, cocoa powder and vanilla essence to the prepared mix and fold the mix gently. - Pour the batter in a greased 9-inch cake tin and bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes. - When ready, the cake will be springy to touch. Let the cake cool completely before you start assembling the cake. For assembling the cake you will need: - Chocolate doughnuts - 2 - Vanilla frosting - 1 cup - Chocolate sprinklers - 1/2 cup - Chocolate frosting - 2 1/2 cups - Brown jelly beans - 2 - Oreo cookies - 2 - Mixed fruit jam - 2 teaspoons - Chocolate twizzler - 1 - Piping bags To prepare: - Place the cake on a 15-inch serving board. - Trim the top sides of the cake (about 1/2 inch from all sides). - Cut the doughnuts about an inch from the sides. - Place the cut doughnuts near the cut portions of the cake to resemble the ears. - Spread the chocolate frosting on the top half of the cake in a thick layer. - Mix a few drops of red food coloring in 1/2 cup of vanilla frosting to get a pale pink color. - Spread this frosting on the lower half of the cake giving it a kidney bean shape for the mouth. - Then use a piping bag to pipe the jam on the icing to form the shape of a smiling mouth. - Use the jelly beans to make the nose of the monkey. - Press the chocolate sprinklers on the top, forehead portion and the chin of the monkey to make hairs. - Pipe two circles of white vanilla frosting to form the base of the eyes. Put one Oreo cookie on each white circle. - Snip the chocolate twizzler and place the pieces on the top of the cake to form the hair. - Cool in the fridge to let the frosting set before serving the cake.