Baby Chimp's Ready To Chomp!
A chimpanzee cake made with a mini standing bear set and mini cupcakes, decorated with buttercream star toppers, customizable with a personal message, and serves 4.
Ingredients
mini cake (baked using Mini Stand-Up Bear Set pan and cooled, ears removed)
1
mini muffin cake (baked using standard muffin pan and cooled)
1
Buttercream Icing or Chocolate Buttercream Icing (for assembly and decoration)
to taste
White Ready-To-Use Rolled Fondant (for legs, ears, arms, tail)
6 oz
vanilla wafers (trimmed into crescent shapes for ears)
several
cornstarch (anti-stick)
to taste
Instructions
1
Prepare the Cakes
Bake and cool the mini muffin and mini cake. Remove the mini cake's ears and place on a foil-wrapped cake round or serving plate.
2
Make the Ears
Trim vanilla wafers into crescent shapes to fit the curve of the head.
3
Make the Legs
Begin shaping from a ½ x 4-inch fondant log, forming wider thighs that taper to narrow ankles, with teardrop-shaped feet with toes. Use icing to attach the ears and legs.
4
Decorate the Head
Use a #5 tip to outline and fill the inner ears, face, and foot pads (smooth with a cornstarch-dusted finger). Cover the muzzle and smooth. Use a #3 tip to dot the eyes (slightly flatten) and outline the mouth. Use a #2 tip to outline the nostrils. Use a #16 tip to cover the body.
5
Assemble
Smoothly frost the mini muffin and place between the legs. Make arms: roll two ½ x 3½-inch logs, shape into bent elbows and slightly flattened hands. Attach with icing, placing hands on the mini muffin. Lift arms, use a #5 tip to outline and fill the palms (smooth), then place back on the mini muffin. Use a #16 tip to cover the arms.
6
Make the Tail
Shape a fondant rope into a ¼ x 5½-inch length. Curl and attach with icing at the bottom of the back. Use a #16 tip to cover the tail.
7
Write the Message
Use a #3 tip to pipe a message on the mini muffin. Serves 4.
