Curious George Cake

Â What little child does not love Curious George? The next time you are invited to birthday party or you want to make something special for your little one, why not give a cake. Cakes are always known for “get well soon” occasions or welcome gifts.

Here is one specially made for kids. The Curious George cake is a fun and creative gift that is sure to get screams and smiles of joy out of the little ones.

What you’ll need:

knife
rubber spatula
muffin pan and cupcake papers
chocolate cake mix
well greased oven safe glass bowl, preferably 2 quarts
wire baking rack
caramel frosting
2 doublestuffed oreo cookies (minis if you can find them)
small amount of red icing and black icing

Now you have all your ingredients, let’s get cooking.

Follow directions for mixing cake
Pour 2/3 of batter into the greased glass bowl
Use remaining to fill up the 3 muffins (3/4 full, each)
Put cake and cupcakes in oven and bake until done (cupcakes will cook faster than cake)
Once finished, allow to cool completely on the wire racks

Eveything must be completely cooled so that the frosting won’t get crumbs in it. Ok, everything is cooked and cooled. Let’s make us a Curious George!

Face

Use the caramel frosting to make the face shape as shown in the picture. Like a large 8 for the upper and the bottom is simple. Make sure to come all the way to the bottom of the cake.
Get the frosting as smooth as possible using the spatula.

Ears

Put frosting on one cupcake using the caramel frosting
Cut the cupcake vertically in half
Put each half onto the side of the head using frosting to secure it

Eyes

Take the Oreos apart
Flatten out the creme into circular shapes and place accordingly on the face
Use the oreo cookie part for the pupil
Draw eyebrows using the black frosting

Nose

Use the black icing to draw the nose and the nostrils as pictured

Mouth

Using the black frosting, draw a shallow “U” about 1 1/2 inches below the nose
Draw the bottom of the mouth, make sure to connect it to the top and leave room for the tongue
For the tongue, use the red icing and make the tongue

Now you have yourself a pretty nice adorable Curious George. Plate it and it’s ready for any child!! You can box it up or leave it as is.

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