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hEY GUYS, I MADE A THREAD FOR MY CAKES, I HOPE THAT'S OKAY  ::MonkeyEek::

Here's one I did last week, never made a guitar cake before!!  ::MonkeyTongue::
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Hi Monken...as soon as I read about your new thread, I hopped on over!  I just love your work and this is very cool that you'll have your own spot to post the pics.  Thanks so much for sharing... ::MonkeyDance::

Oh my Monken. You never cease to amaze me! My son in involved in a guitar project at college. I will be sure he sees this one too. I hope you don't mind, but I have made a folder and have put all your cakes in there to peruse. I love you colorful decorating too.

Off topic, but you have had your share of bad weather too. I think I know the approximate area where you live. I have relatives that live in the same area. Stay safe, and hope it wasn't too bad for you last night.

Monken - every time I see your cakes, I get so hungry!    ::MonkeyHaHa::

Your cakes are too pretty to eat!      I wish I had your talent!

I find it so amazing what you do, I don't want you to give away your trade secrets, but how do you get  all the shapes and sizes for all your cakes? I'm guessing you make a big sheet cake and then cut the shapes, you better get paid very well for your cakes, because you sure deserve to. ::MonkeyDance::

How neat Monken!  I used to do some cake decorating til my hands started giving me fits.

Do you do this as a  hobby or do you sell them?

AWWW! Thanks Numbers, I will post some more here when i get the pics downloaded!  ::MonkeyWink::

Fannie Mae, you have a folder!!! That is the nicest thing ever!! I'm gonna post some more soon, I have 2 books filled with pictures but alot of them aren't on my computer.  ::MonkeyRoll::
We have had alot of bad weather it seems, Ms & Al have been raked this year! We drove home in a severe thunderstorm yesterday afternoon, I thought we were never gonna get home! It was raining so hard you couldn't see the road at all!! My Hubby was driving, well, he was stearing!  ::MonkeyTongue:: Anyways I have family near Trimm, so i always know what the weather is doing up there! Is that where you are? You probably already know but I'm in east-central Ms. I'm terrified of bad weather so The Weather Channel is a regular in our home!  ::MonkeyEek::  ::MonkeyTongue::
Now when I watch the weather I keep all my monkey friends in mind! Hope your son likes my cake, Hugs, Monken  ::MonkeyWink::

AWWW! Thank you Sassy, I just got feedback on the guitar cake, I got 5 referrals & there wasn't a crumb left, so I guess they liked it!  ::MonkeyRoll::

   ::MonkeyWink:: Really it's not hard, I just draw the shape on newsprint & then use that for my cutting guide. I have all different pan sizes so i can usually put something together the right size. See, you guessed right! And, no my hubby never thinks I charge enough for my cakes & I really don't but I'm so grateful to my customers & all!  ::MonkeyRoll::

Hey there! Both!, & my hands and my back give me fits too! But I love doing them, & I practice new stuff on family!  ::MonkeyTongue::

Monken...beautiful cakes...

I made one of your recipes tonight and we loved it..! it was the Celery Soup Casserole....Yummy! definitely will make it again...!
thanks!

I am from Mobile, but live in Ohio now. I have many relatives all over Ms, and Al. My favorite Aunt and cousins used to live in Meridian. I still have many relative in the Quitman area. I also have relatives in the Butler County area in Al. I sure miss the south, and am planning to move back someday. Thanks so much for responding and posting your cakes.

I have family in Mobile, too! I'm glad the move is only temporary, it's hard to leave here forever!  ::MonkeyRoll::

Hey Cookie, that's great! My Mom used to make that when we were growing up & it's a comfort food for me. i love it & it's quick & easy!  ::MonkeyWink::

Some of you guys have seen these already, but at least they'll all be in the same spot!!  ::MonkeyTongue::
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My favorite is the butterfly cake, but your candyland cake comes in a close second!

I can barely put sprinkles on cupcakes straight let alone paint with frosting! 

Monken,
Sorry I missed you on the Caylee thread. I am so glad to hear we are getting to see some more pics of you beautiful cakes. Also glad to see you here after the bad storms the past couple of days. I will check back from time to time. Sounds like you have your hands full right now.

those cakes look yummy!

Hey, hey! I know it's about time! Here's some more I've done recently. Gotta make my hubby a cake for graduation next week, too! Our neighbors are having a cook-out to celebrate his graduation & a birthday so it'll be half & half. We'll see how it turns out!  ::MonkeyTongue::
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OMG are you flipping kidding me? These are honestly the best cakes I have ever seen.  ::MonkeyDance:: ::cartwheel::
How do you do them? Wow! You sould go on that show on Food Netwook, Ace of cakes! They got nothing on you!
Do you own a bakery in your town? If not, then you should look into opening one. I competely think you would be very successful! This is your calling!

Monken!! You just blow me away everytime you post your cakes. Girl! You are amazing!!!!

On another note, I made my prized butternut pound cake today, and I am almost out of butternut extract. I used to get the best at Watkins, but they don't sell it any more. I buy McCormicks brand now when I can find it, but it is not as full of flavor as the Watkins. Do you have any idea where I might be able to order some??? TIA

Happy Mothers Day.

Fanny Mae

Fanny...would you consider sharing your recipe for the butternut pound cake? I saw that you were baking it in another thread and it sounded divine!
Monken your cakes are beautiful! I bet they taste as good as they look!

Oh, Fanny...I love the flavorings that Pampered Chef sells...the vanilla and some others are really good so if they have the butternut, I bet that it is really good...you can order online...

Sure Cookie, I will give it to you. I am already in bed tonight and about to go to sleep. I will post it for you and tell you where I put it. I will look at the Pampered Chef too. That is the only problem with making the cake is finding to extract.  See you in the morning. Happy Mother's Day.

thanks Fanny! I love making home made desserts...they don't look like Monkens, but they taste really good...loves me some home made desserts!

Fanny, I looked in a pampered chef catalog and also online for tastefully simple and I did not see the butternut spice that you are looking for...

Thank you Cookie. I haven't gotten Monken's permission but I am going to post the pound cake recipe on this site. Maybe she can help us find the butternut extract. If she wants the recipe moved from here I will ask Klaas to put it in an appropriate thread.

Miss Katie's Butternut Pound Cake (May she rest in peace. ::MonkeyAngel:: )

2 sticks of butter, softened
1/2 cup of Crisco
3 cups of sugar
2 Tbsps of butternut Extract (yes, tablespoons)

Cream above ingredients together

Add 5 whole eggs, one at the time, blending well.(I've used both large and medium, doesn't matter.)

In another bowl combine:
3 cups of regular flour. I usually measure first, then sift  with 1/4 Tsp salt.

Measure:
I small can evaporated milk with enough water to make a cup.

Alternately add small amounts of flour  and milk, blend well. Scrape bowl frequently.

Grease and flour a tube (angel food cake type that is two piece) pan. After putting batter in pan, pick up pan and drop against the counter a few times to remove bubbles in batter. I usually put the tube pan on a cookie sheet as occasionally it may leak a little. Place in a cold oven. Turn oven to 325 degrees for 1 hour and 45 mins. Take out and cool on a rack for 15 mins. Turn out of pan, and finish cooling. I like the crusty top so I cool it with that side up. Enjoy!!


Here's hoping we can find a good source for good butternut extract. McCormicks will do but the flavor is not as full.

Monken, I hope you don't mind me putting this here. If you do I understand. I will move it. Just let me know.
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MMMMMM. . . .cake!. . . . .MMMMMM!

Yours look too pretty to eat, Monken!  However, in person I bet I could just force myself, haha!

Fanny....sounds luscious! I will get the ingredients and make it sometime this week! yummy!
thank you so much!

Hey you guys!  ::MonkeyDance:: I am so sorry I haven't been in here more. Fanny, That cake recipe sounds great, I'm gonna try it too!  ::MonkeyTongue:: Thank you for your responses, everyone. I've had sooo much going on lately that I've got behind on the threads & that makes me really stressed out! If nothing else I always check in on the Caylee thread to catch up. Love you all! Monken  ::MonkeyRoll::

No, no, leave it here, Fanny, & I'm checking on the extract too! I'll let you know if i find a good source!

Thanks Monken for letting me post it here. Cookie and I were already discussing it so that is why I did it. Thanks for looking for the extract too. I knew if anyone could find it, it would be you.

Here is a link to Spice Barn and they list a vanilla, butter & nut extract, don't know if that is the same thing, but here goes:

http://spicebarn.com/extracts_flavorings.htm

And another one from Party Cakes'n things:

http://www.partycakesnthings.com/proddetail.php?prod=VBN

Are you still here? I was looking and I think this source may probably the best. The one from the Spice Barn looks clear. The one form here says that it makes the cake yellow, and that 's the one you want. I sometimes can find McCormick Vanilla butter nut and it is satifactory, but I find I tend to add a little bit more than two TBSP to make it a little more flavorful. This brand on this link says its the old fashion kind. I think I will order some. Good cookin'! Let me know how it turns out. Please say a prayer for my good friend Miss Kitty that gave me this recipe. She is gone now, and I miss her very much. She was one of the best, spunkiest ladies I ever knew.

Tracygirl, you are so sweet! Ace of cakes would kick me out!  ::MonkeyTongue:: And once my granddaughter is old enough to start school(she'll be 4 in Sept.) I'm gonna think about that bakery. I can barely keep up(I had an order on my answering machine when we got home last night) I had 3 to do last week & It's very time consuming, about 5 hours per cake from start to finish! The inside is also colored to match the outside, & people LOVE that!  ::MonkeyTongue::

Fanny, bless your heart!!  ::MonkeyRoll:: I searched for that extract & I found Lorann butternut on ebay, It's not expensive at all(I'll post the link) Is this the one you use? They have a million different flavors!!  They are supposed to be super flavored so they come in very small amounts! let me know what you think! I'm ordering some so i can make your cake!  ::MonkeyTongue:: I also order from www.pattycakes.com & they have it too, but their shipping rates are high. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=250394271625

That link got screwed up, try this one  ::MonkeyTongue::

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Thank you Cookie!  ::MonkeyWink::  I didn't think about Pampered Chef, I'll bet theirs is really good!

Hey Anna! I think that's the hardest part, the first cut, after that it's all over!!  ::MonkeyTongue::

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Thanks Bearly, that is where I used to get it. For  some reason they don't carry the butternut extract anymore. I am heartbroken. I am going to try a few of the ones that Monken and Cookie suggested. I'll try them and see how they turn out, and I will let everybody know.

Check out the Watlkins products.  I have butter pecan, carmel and a load of others. 

Just a comment on the pan.  I have a Tube pan, that I use 'strictly' for angel food cakes. 

You do not grease for Angel Food Cakes, so just a word of warning, if you are making the above cake, either get another pan, cause once you grease this pan, you will not be able to use it for Angel food cakes anymore.

You can use a pan like that for Chiffon cakes, and I do believe that type of pan is a greased one.

Just a bit of info, don't want anyone to have problems, with the pans.

Thanks for that recipe, I have copied it and plan to get myself a new pan and try it out. 

Hey Everyone! Here's a couple of recent ones! I have a Notre Dame groom's cake coming up!  ::MonkeyRoll::
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Hey Fannie, I have to order some cake supplies on ebay & I'm going to order the butternut at the same time. Let me know what you think about this one, I have never even heard of Lorann! And they have some other flavorings that I want too!  ::MonkeyTongue::

Hey Everyone; here's the groom's cake "Notre Dame" that I finished yesterday. This one really kicked my butt, I woke up with a massive headache this morn!  ::MonkeyNoNo::
I have a luau cake to do today, will post a pic when I'm finished. Hope you like, Love you all! Monken  ::MonkeyRoll::
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Monken! now I am really hungry for cake....!
I am trying to lose about 5 lbs so this is the wrong thread for me today...lol!
lovely .....too lovely to eat...but force me!

Monken~  the groom's cake looks great! 

THANKS GUYS!
Here's the luau cake, the colors are so pretty!
It's a beautiful day, i may paint my kitchen!  ::MonkeyRoll::

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Fabulous colors on the luau cake!  I love the way her hair looks like it's swaying out with her lei.  And the big smile on the hula girl is neat.  You are amazing, Monken  ::MonkeyDance::

Paint your kitchen??/ aren't you the ambitious one!

Thank you, Muffy! The inside of this cake was bright pink, orange & yellow! My granddaughters went to this party & got to have some of it!  ::MonkeyRoll::

  ::MonkeyHaHa:: Cookie, I've had the paint for several rooms just sitting here for weeks now & I can't make time for it! Now that hubby has graduated maybe he'll have time to move stuff for me to paint! Oh, & we worked in the yard yesterday, it was a gorgeous day, we have 3 acres to cut & the neighbors are always giving me stuff to plant. I had a ton of irises & glads to find a place for! Love ya!  ::MonkeyRoll::

Thanks Muffy, I haven't got to talk to her about the wedding yet, the inside of this one was navy & gold. They are huge Notre Dame fans. They decided at the last minute on a theme & I ordered the table cover, plates etc. for them. The table cover just happened to come in the day before, boy that's cuttin it close!  ::MonkeyEek::  The wedding was an hour & a half from here so I hope the cake survived the trip okay! We'll see! Love ya!  ::MonkeyRoll::

Hey Guys, my youngest granddaughter will be 4 in Sept. & my daughter has decided on a luau theme for her party! She already has everything purchased! I wanted to post the invitations, they are too cute!  ::MonkeyWink::

Monken... Your cakes are beautiful!!  I wouldn't want to cut into one of them!! Do you live in the Los Angeles area?

Thank you for sharing your pictures with us!!  I can't wait to see more!!

Hi Sweet Face:

Love the cakes, they are beautiful.  Love you, you are beautiful, too!!!

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Hi, Bearly & Califmom, Thank you so much for your comments  ::MonkeyWink::
I have had a break from cakes lately so I've been painting my kitchen; just got finished yesterday! Both granddaughters have been here so it's a challenge!  ::MonkeyEek::
I have another Hannah Montana guitar cake coming up soon & I never know when someone will call with an order. I have regulars this month so they'll be calling!  ::MonkeyTongue::
I'm sorry I haven't been here lately, I still have cake pictures to post, but they're on a cd 7 I gotta dig them up! Love ya'll Monken   ::MonkeyRoll::

The luau cake looks yummy.  ::MonkeyWink::
Hope you ankle is better.

Hey Guys, here's the Dora the Explorer cake i did today.  My arm is better, but hurting now. Hopefully the inflammation will go away by next weekend; i have Tinkerbell to do!   ::MonkeyRoll:: (http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/nanner48_2008/100_0825.jpg)

Monken,,,my 3 yr old grand daughter would love this Dora cake! she loves Dora!
really cute...you are so talented!

Your Dora cake is simply mah-velous Monken!  I hope your arm continues to heal. 

Thank you Cookie & Muffy, Love you!   ::MonkeyRoll::

Hey everyone, here's Tinkerbell; she's looking kinda cross-eyed in the pic, but she doesn't look that way in real-life   ::MonkeyConfused::  Hopefully no one will be taking pictures directly overhead like I do. I can't fix it now, it'll do more harm than good, so maybe no one will notice!  ::MonkeyTongue:: Anyways, it's pretty!  ::MonkeyRoll::

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I had to buzz right over here when I saw a new post by you, Monken.   I was wondering what you've created this time.  It's a very pretty  Tinkerbell cake!  ::MonkeyDance::

Hey Muffy! Thank you! I've been out of pocket so much lately, i feel bad that I'm not posting more. I have a Spiderman cake I'm doing this weekend, we'll see how he turns out! Love ya!   ::MonkeyRoll::

Thanks Monken!  I love to see your creations.  It seems I see one I really, really like.  And then you make another one and I like that one too.  They are ALL the best-est!  Thank you for sharing them with us. 

Aww, Muffy, you're so sweet!!  ::MonkeyRoll:: Spiderman will be ready tomorrow! Love Ya!   ::MonkeyWink:: 

Spiderman?!  My niece's sons are wild about Spidey.  I can't wait to see it.  You know, your avi would make a cute cake  ::MonkeyWink::  Besides the cute as a button monkey, it has great colors and summer fun toys. 

Wow that is a beautiful cake Monken!  I love the bright colors and themes you use.

He really would! The only monkey I've done is curious george! i would love to do a monkey cake with bananas, too! I need to get in there & start on spiderman but I can't tear myself away just yet!  ::MonkeyTongue::

Hey there! Thank you so much! They really loved this cake! I make the cake itself colored too, this one was pink, yellow & green! It's always a great surprise when the cake is cut & everyone sees those colors! I'm doing spiderman today & the cake is red, yellow & blue! I think there are some pics of the inside cakes at the start of this thread, if not I'll post some later, k!  ::MonkeyRoll::

Hi Monken.  Just dropping in to see how the Spidey cake is coming along.   ::MonkeyCool::

Hey Muffy! I finally got my pics downloaded & re-sized! I had to catch up on musings first though!  ::MonkeyTongue:: I'm posting the original picture I found online, the sketch I drew of it, and then some as I decorated. Hope you like!  ::MonkeyWink::

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Wow, what gorgeous looking cakes, and I bet they are delicious  ::MonkeyCool::

Wow, interesting to see the decorating develop.  I'm partial to spiderman,
(my little grandson's fav.) 
Your work is beautiful!!!

Wow Monken, those are awesome!!

Monken~  The Spidey cake is neat-o mosquito!! ::MonkeyDance::  I saw your note for me in musings.  I had to step out for a bit, but when I got back, I had a nice surpirse!  You are so talented.  And patient.  Thanks again for sharing  ::MonkeyAngel::  My nieces sons would love the Spidey cake you created  ::MonkeyDance::

Amazing cakes.  Those are unreal.  Mmmmm Cake. 

I love the SpiderMan.  How long does it take you to make one?

Hey everyone, Thank you so much!!  ::MonkeyWink::

Bluemoon, it takes a really long time, I am not fast at all! For a 1/2 sheet size like most of these it takes at least 4 hours & then at least 30 mins. to clean up! I bake the cake itself the day before & if it's colored too, that almost doubles the bake time  ::MonkeyEek:: I don't make nearly enough making them (my husband reminds me regularly) but I love doing it so much. I've done all kinds of other art but i love cakes the most.

Thank you all so much for commenting, love you all!! Monken  ::MonkeyRoll::

I forgot about making the icing too!  ::MonkeyTongue:: I know I sounds nuts for spending  so much time on them!  ::MonkeyConfused::

By the way, i love this little boy's name on spidey (Jax) so cute!

Monken!!  You are a true artist!  Those cakes are unbelievable!   I wish you lived in the Seattle area, I would order one for my granddaughters up there!    Thanks for posting these.    Wow, just really wow! 

Monken,

Your cakes just get better and better all the time if that is possible.  Each one is a true work of art!

Monken, your work is really beautiful!

Birthday cake is my favorite food.  ::MonkeyHaHa::

Another masterpiece by Monken!!   ::cartwheel:: ::cartwheel:: ::cartwheel::  I love it!!  Great job!! 

Wow Monken!  Spiderman cake is awesome!  I would hate to cut it tho... great job!   ::cartwheel::

Now i want some cake  ::MonkeyHaHa::

Monken, you are so talented!  Cool pics of the various stages too.   ::MonkeyDance::

IMPRESSIVE!!  Just looked at all the pictures and I'm in awe.  Great work!

Great work Monken!   ::MonkeyDance::  I want cake.  ::MonkeyHaHa::

Your cakes are all gorgeous, Monken! I enjoyed seeing your process for creating the Spiderman cake.

Thank you, everyone! I just gave a price on a 3 tier birthday cake but I don't know if she wants it yet or not, we'll see!  ::MonkeyRoll::

A 3 tier birthday cake?!  Cool.  Keeping fingers crossed she wants it, so I might get to see the pics of it.   ::MonkeyDance::

Hey Muffy, it's for a 65th b'day, I just don't know if she wants to spend that much. I just took a last minute order for a cake for tomorrow. It has the FOX logo(bmx, etc.) I don't have boys so I had never heard of it. I'll post a pic later today!  ::MonkeyRoll::

now I am really hungry for cake! yummy looking! you are very talented! I would not have the patience to do what you do! you have to love it to turn out such beautiful creations!

Monken - I am in awe. { bows in respect }

Monken, I always love to stop by here. First, because the cakes are extraordinary and second because you are a very special Monkey.  I hope your husband is well.

The cakes are simply perfect!! What talent!! I could never do that...I would eat all the frosting  ::MonkeyHaHa::  ::cartwheel:: Then I would eat all the cake!!  ::MonkeyDance::

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Monken,

You are amazing.   Your cakes are fabulous. 

SM's got talent!!!

Thank you everyone!!  ::MonkeyDance::

Okay, here's the "Fox" cake. It's for a 17 year old boy who's about to leave for Camp Shelby.  i have another Hannah Montana guitar cake next week! Love you all  ::MonkeyWink::

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Hey Everyone!  ::MonkeyWink::

I just took an order for a "Twilight" cake for a 16 yr old girl. I don't know if anyone watches that show; the main characters-Edward & Bella. Anyway, I have no idea yet what I'm going to do, but I'll come up with something! I also have the guitar cake this weekend too! I'll post pics when I'm done; Love you all!  ::MonkeyRoll::

I love Twilight.Can't wait to see what you do.   ::MonkeyDance::

Fox cake looks great.  ::MonkeyWink::

Thank you Trimm!   ::MonkeyWink::

Okay, here's the Twilight cake. The background looks black in the picture but it's really dark bluish purple. Hope you like  ::MonkeyRoll::

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Wow Monken the twilight cake is really cool.  ::MonkeyDance:: Did you make the cake colored to match the frosting?
Very nice, I would have to rest a week after that!

My daughter loved it Monken, its great, and while I was here I looked back at all your cakes posted and my daughter loved the Hannah Montana one and the Dale Jr. one....they are all great and you do a exellent Job!!!!

Hey Green Eyes (mine are green too, by the way)! I didn't color the cake on this one, the outside was so dark & dramatic I just thought it might take away from the design. So the inside is white. My granddaughter says i should have made the cake red like blood  ::MonkeyEek:: I'm doing one today that is pink & purple on the inside though!  ::MonkeyTongue::

Thank you & your daughter so much. HH! I'm doing another Hannah Montana guitar cake today! It takes awhile but I'll have a pic of it up asap, k

Thank you all for commenting, love ya! Monken  ::MonkeyRoll::

That's really a dramatic looking cake, Monken!  Thank you so much for sharing your creations with us.  ::MonkeyAngel::

Great cakes as always, Monken!   ::MonkeyDance::

Thanks so much, everyone!  ::MonkeyWink::

Here's the Hannah Montana one I did Fri. It's a little different from the other one, I put the H B'day on the guitar neck. Anyways, that's it for now but more to come, Love you all!   ::MonkeyRoll:: 

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That's gorgeous Monken! 

 ::MonkeyDance:: Thanks Muffy for showing me this picture. Monken's cakes ROCK.

I always look at a blog called Cake Wrecks and Monken would never ever be on that website.  ::MonkeyAngel::

I love it Monken.That is AWESOME.   ::MonkeyDance:: Fantastic work.   ::MonkeyWink::

That is great, your cakes are so beautiful it's a shame that they have to be cut and eaten. But I bet they taste as great as they look  ::MonkeyCool::

Awesome work Monken!   ::MonkeyDance::

My youngest son's girlfriend will flip for the Twilight cake!  I'm bookmarking to show her the next time she's over!

My family likes looking here.  It is always a special request.

 ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance::

Please be very careful not to trip over any tongues while viewing this thread.

 ::MonkeyHaHa:: ::MonkeyHaHa::

Hey everyone! You all are so sweet! I'm so happy you like looking at my cakes! Here's "Stewie", they loved him!

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OMG!! Monken? That cake is awesome!!!  I hadn't seen the Hannah Montana one either!

I just can't imagine being able to create something like your beautiful cakes! I can imagine eating them though!!  YUM!!!    ::MonkeyDevil2::

Thank you so much for sharing them with us though! Calorie free, too!!!!   ::MonkeyTease::

Tripping is only one of the problems!   ::MonkeyEek::

The floors wet from all the drooling! It's a virtual slip and slide!!!   ::MonkeyHaHa::

You are just awesome Monken, and so are your cakes.  ::MonkeyCheer2:: What color did you make the cake in this one? ::MonkeySlide::

Wow, that is just great  ::MonkeyCheer3::

Hey Monken.    ::MonkeyBike::

That cake looks awesome.    ::MonkeyDance::

I love your "Stewie" cake too!   ::MonkeyCheer2::

Monken your cakes are all super dumper!  I love them all...all different and all unique ::MonkeyCheer4::

OH MY GOSH!!  ::MonkeyWink:: Thanks everyone so much!!!
The cake in this one was red, yellow & blue. I have another one I did today that I'll have here in a few! Love you all, Monken   ::MonkeyKiss:: 

Here's the other one! I wish I had a big piece of one of these too, it's my favorite!!   ::MonkeyDance::  You all are just too cute with your responses & I love them!!   ::MonkeyWink::
 

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It's so festive, Monken!
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Monken, what icing do you use? And what is the cake...chocolate?!?!?!?!  licking my lips as I type ::MonkeyDevil::

Move over...I brought us a fork.    ::MonkeyJnBox::

Can ya'll scoot on over a little more?        
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Well, I actually like white cake better than chocolate so I get extra pieces!

Wonderful cakes, Monken.  I don't think I have ever seen such personalization on BD cakes before.  We don't have anything like these in my area.

And is it my imagination or are you really making them more and more, busier and more orders?  I can sure see why that would happen.  How long does each one take to make, start to finish?  I think it would take me about a week on each one and the birthday would be over before I was finished with the cake!

If I take a little corner off the end, do you think they will notice?

 ::MonkeyDevil2::

Thanks.  I brought my own!


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My fork keeps disappearing!   ::MonkeyEek::

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  ::MonkeyCheer3::    Hey Guys! I do love to personalize every cake I make; I put a lot of time into each one. And that's what people love! The cake itself is almost always white & then I color it depending on the color theme, if they want it that way. Sometimes someone will request a different flavor & that's not a problem either. I've done devil's food, red velvet & butter recipe before. I make my icing with powdered sugar, shortening & milk & it is wonderful! It doesn't taste like what you buy at Walmart or a grocery store. I usually bake the cake a day ahead & decorate the next day. It takes 5 to 6 hours to finish a 1/2 sheet size from baking, decorating & clean-up. And yes, I'm getting more & more orders! I don't advertise at all, it's all word of mouth & referrals. i already have orders for sept. & oct! The oct. cake is a birthday but a halloween theme! I've never done a halloween one before & I can't wait   ::cartwheel::  There's a million things you can do for halloween. it may end up being a haunted house scene!! Thank you all for your support & encouragement; i love all of you monkeys!!   ::MonkeyWink:: 

MONKEN!!!! I love the balloon cake!!! I think it's my very favorite!! Of course that changes with each new creation, but that one is really great!!!

Do a self portrait for Halloween!!   ::MonkeyDance::

I just finished your Halloween avi and you have a new outfit!   ::MonkeyHaHa::

I love all your cakes, Monken. Thank you for sharing them with us.  ::MonkeyAngel::

 ::MonkeyCheer3::   Great job, Monken!    I love Family Guy - and Stewie cracks me up.   I wish I could have this cake for my birthday!      I love all your creations.  Thanks for letting us see your work.

My mom makes her icing the same way you do.    Yummy.    Nothing like real homemade icing.     ::MonkeyAngel:: 

Hey & Thanks Sassy!  ::MonkeyKiss::
Okay, here's Tinkerbell; I'll be doing Yo Gabba Gabba Fri. & I'll be back by then. We gotta go shopping for tv's; we're still using the neighbor's  ::MonkeyTongue:: Love you all!

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Amazing Monken, what kind of cake? Yellow, white or chocolate? I love white cake and what we always called Lard icing. The kind of icing that leaves a film on the roof of your mouth. Yummmmm

Beautiful work, Monken..... ::MonkeyCool::

MONKEN!!!

The Tink cake is GORGEOUS!!!!!     ::MonkeyDance:: 

MONKEN!!!!!!!!!

Wow!!!!!!!!!!! Another great looking cake. Grandsons loved your Stewie cake.  ::MonkeyCheer4::

 ::MonkeyCheer4:: Great work Monken.

The Tinkerbell cake you made is really cute Monken, and I love the colors  ::MonkeySlide::

  ::MonkeyHaHa:: That's the icing alright & I usually use white cake & color it.

Thanks everyone, you all are so sweet.  ::MonkeyKiss:: I swear Tink looks like she has buck-teeth in the pic; but she really doesn't poor Tink  ::MonkeyTongue:: Oh & I had someone ask for G.I.Joe, not confirmed yet, so maybe he's coming up too!  ::MonkeyRoll::

I agree!  Who hid my fork?

 ::MonkeyNoNo:: ::MonkeyNoNo::

Hey all!! I'm excited about this cake, i love all of the colors!!

Here's Yo Gabba Gabba  ::MonkeyDance::

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She'll be here any minute to pick it up so gotta run, BBL!   ::MonkeyWink::

The characters in your latest creation look so happy and like they're having fun, Monken.  ::MonkeyDance::  The bright colors are great  ::MonkeyCheer3::

WOW!!  Monken you are so talented.  I am so envious.  I can hardly draw a straight line with a pencil and ruler.   ::MonkeyDevil2::

I wish you lived closer so I could hire you.  I just do the carvel ice cream cakes and if you bring a picture they reproduce it and  put that on the cake.  They are nice but nothing like yours.  ::MonkeyTongue::

You sound like me  ::MonkeyDevil::  The cake is beautiful just like all your cakes. I would sure buy one of your cakes for a special occasion if I lived close to you  ::MonkeyCool::

Thank you all!!    ::MonkeyKiss:: I sure do wish I was close to you all too; I'm in MS. If i could figure out how to ship them without being destroyed that would be great!! I've got my youngest granddaughter's B'day coming up next weekend, so her cake will be next(she'll be 4 & it's a luau party). I finished the design earlier today & can't wait to get started! We're going to Olive Garden for dinner tonight & taking the girls so I'm going to go get them ready. BBl & Love You all!!   ::MonkeyWink::

Monken!!  What a HAPPY CAKE!!  Love it!!  Enjoy your dinner!!

Okay.  That one I don't want to eat.

I just want to sit and smile at it all day!

 ::MonkeyCool:: ::MonkeyCool::

I couldn't agree more!

I wonder whose child I can babysit so I can sit and watch that show.  Hmmm....

 ::MonkeyBike::

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Heck, I would be inventing special occasions and just popping in to visit Monken to see what's baking.

 ::MonkeyJnBox::

 

Hey Everyone!!  ::MonkeyDance::

Here's my Granddaughter's luau cake; I'm off to the party! I've got to travel about 30 mls. with it so I've got it wedged in a plastic bin!! There can't be any sudden stops  ::MonkeyEek:: I'm going to try & remember to take pics of the inside once it's cut. Have a great day, Love you all!   ::MonkeyKiss::

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Your Granddaughter is very fortunate to have you make such a pretty cake for her ::MonkeyCheer3:: 

OMG Monken, that is beautiful!  ::MonkeyCheer4::

Wow,Monken.That cake is awesome!!!!   ::MonkeyFootball::

Monken I agree with all the above posts. The cake is wonderful. Hope you get to take a pic of the inside when it's cut. 

Ohhhhh, Monken!! Now that's a gorgeous cake! And it makes me WANT some. You've outdone yourself with that one!! 

Thanks for the word, Klaas!  I didn't know what to say!

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Granddaughter of Monken!

 ::MonkeyCheer2:: ::MonkeyCheer2:: ::MonkeyCheer2::

  ::MonkeyHaHa::  Bearly! Her name is Abbie & she is a beautiful, perfect child!  ::MonkeyTongue:: Thank you, Thank you, everyone!  ::MonkeyKiss:: If all of the orders I'm being told about are confirmed, I'm going to have a realllllyyyy busy Oct. I can't wait. I've got a wedding coming up in Dec. & I 'm doing a cake tasting with them very soon.
Here's some pics of the inside of the cake, everyone always loves all the colors! Love you all!
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This is beautiful.  I don't know why but this picture made me cry. 

Maybe because I just came from the Caylee thread, I can also hear little children playing in the background, and my son and I are going to dinner tonight before we stop in to see my parents.  I just went from the world of bazaar to the wold of happy homes in a click.

 ::MonkeyAngel::

Monken those are some wild colors. Thank you for sharing.

Hey everyone!! Here's two cakes I've done in the last week! They were thrilled with the tie dye cake; not my choice of colors but it was for a 13 yr. old boy! And if you remember, several months ago this same boy was going through treatment for a malignant tumor in his leg
  ::MonkeyEek:: But he's Great now!! Enjoy & Love you all!   ::MonkeyKiss::

love the cakes Monken!

Monken, you are a true artist. I love all your cakes. Thank you for showing them off to us.  ::MonkeyAngel::

Why couldn't I see the two you posted today?  ::MonkeyWaa::

Love your cakes Monken,
But I am with Fanny Mae I get no pictures of you last cake. I am so happy to hear the young boy is doing so well. ::MonkeyAngel::

Monken,cake please.   ::MonkeyBike::

  ::MonkeyShocked:: This is the first chance I've had to check back in, when I posted last the doorbell rang & it was my Mom & sister. I completely lost track & had no idea the pics didn't post!!!  ::MonkeyEek:: i think I'm losing my mind!!  ::MonkeyCool:: Here they are & so sorry everyone!! love you!!!

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Monken what wonderful cakes. Loved the fall leaves. It's wonderful to see how teen boys are teen boys. You can tell it's a teenage boys cake.  ::MonkeyCheer4:: Thanks for sharing ::MonkeyCheer3::

The cake with the fall leaves and color is very pretty Monken.  The tie dye cake for a teen boy, very cool!   ::MonkeyCool::  Thanks for sharing with us Monken.  I really look forward to see your cakes  ::MonkeySlide::

Monken,great job as always.   ::MonkeyBike::  The look so yummy!

Thank you Monken. The cakes are beautiful as usual. I am always amazed when I come here. I needed something like this to center me again today. The new Caylee Docs are really getting to me. Your cakes and your sweet details to all things lovely and happy helps center me again. You are truely awsome.  ::MonkeyAngel::

 ::MonkeyCheer2::  ::MonkeyCheer3::  ::MonkeyCheer4::

Monken, you make me want cake. White cake with white icing. Not buttercream, but that kind made with shortening that leaves a film on the roof of your mouth. Yummmmmy.

You cakes are beautiful. I wish I were as creative and patient as you to do cakes. JSM

 
Hi Monken!

I come here and am awestruck!  I look at the cakes and the details and cannot imagine what person has that kind of imagination, patience, and talent.  You are truly one of a kind!  (Your cakes are damn good, too!)

 ::MonkeyCheer2:: ::MonkeyCheer2:: ::MonkeyCheer2::

That is so sweet Bearly, Thank you!!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

I have 2 more coming up this weekend. One is an Army logo/camo cake & the other is a soccer cake. I'll have pics posted when i finish!! Thank you all for your interst!! Love you!!   ::MonkeyAngel::

Cake?  ::bee::   

Here they are Muffy!!!!  ::MonkeyWink::

The Army logo really kicked my butt, it took FOREVER!!! But she really loved it!! Tomorrow is my birthday(not 50 yet!  ::MonkeyTongue:: )& my Mom made me a caramel cake, YUM, my favorite!! Love you all!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

OOPS, sorry!!!  ::MonkeyCool::

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 ::MonkeyBike::  Great work Monken.You are very talented.   ::MonkeyCheer4::

 ::MonkeyKiss::

Wow!  ::MonkeySlide:: ::MonkeySlide::

How did you make the logo?   :smt103


Waiting patiently for my slice.

 ::MonkeyAngel::

Or not.....

 ::MonkeyDevil::

Beautiful cakes Monken and a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Great cakes, Monken  ::MonkeyCheer3:: ::MonkeyCheer3::

Hey,Bearly! I just printed a picture of it, cut it out so i could use the circle as a guide & then all the rest I used a toothpick & then just by eye. Logos always take forever, because I want them to be perfect; but I never know when to stop & leave it alone. My hubby kept telling me "it looks great leave it alone,they're gonna look at it for a second & then cut right into it " but I ended up spending waaaay too much time on it!! I'm glad I was finally satisfied with it!!!   ::MonkeyTongue::

beautiful cakes Monken...
 ::MonkeyCheer4::Happy birthday !

Thank you Darla!!   ::MonkeyKiss::

KLAAS!! Oh my gosh, i don't know about that, but that's so sweet of you!!! I was going to check on you in musings; I guess I've missed when you were here; but here you are!!! Thank you, Thank you!!!   ::MonkeyDance::   ::MonkeyDance::

Hey Cookie!! Thank you!!  ::MonkeyWink::

Muffybee, you're just precious, I think you're my biggest fan!!   ::MonkeyWink::

Hey Trimm!! Thank you!!  ::MonkeyRoll:: Is AL or Fl #1? My football obsessed neighbor said they were but the paper yesterday said Fl was?? Anyways, they're in the top 2 !!!    ::MonkeyFootball::   ::MonkeyCheer2::   ::MonkeyCheer2::

Wow !!!!!! Monken what super cakes. You are very talented. I just love seeing what you create.  ::MonkeySkate::

HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Hope you have a great day. Best Wishes God Bless

Thank you for sharing your cakes with us.

Thanks, Green eyes  ::MonkeyKiss:: By the way, my daughter, husband & I all have green eyes!!   ::MonkeyRoll::

Hey everyone!!!! Here's guitar cake number 3!!! Hope you like it!! Halloween cake coming up next!!!!  ::MonkeyDance::

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Monken   Another fabulous cake.  ::MonkeyCheer2:: Everytime I come here and look at your cakes I want cake. ::MonkeyHaHa::

  I love this guitar cake, Monken   :smt106 :smt035 :smt045 :smt038 :smt003 ::bee::

Thank you, sweet little Muffybee!  ::MonkeyKiss::

Here's a pic of a rainbow cake I made for my daughter years ago! I just found it & put it in my cake book & thought you would like!! I have 4 cakes to post this week, can't wait to show everyone how they turn out!! Happy Halloween, Love you all!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

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Oh!! I do love the rainbow cake!   ::MonkeyDance::  I can see why you added it to your cake book.  I'm really a big fan of yours.  I bake bread, rolls, corn bread, bread sticks and such, but about the only cake I ever bake is a bundt cake, because it's so easy.  I put it on a pretty plate, maybe  put a few  leaves or flowers at the base, drizzle the frosting on top/down sides and it's ready to go.  I enjoy your cakes so much.  When someone gets a get you've decorated, I think  it's  special because it's just for them.  Thank you for sharing.  It's a really nice break for me, and I look forward to seeing  what you've created next.   ::MonkeySlide::

Hey Monken.  ::MonkeyJnBox::  The rainbow cake looks yummy!    ::MonkeyCheer4::

hey monken i love your yo gabba gabba cake you made. I wanted to know if you were in the bay area, and if so im giving my son a yo gabba gabba birthday party and i would love to have that cake there. you can send me a message or e-mail me because i would love to have that cake there. thanks

Muffybee, you're just the sweetest person!!!  ::MonkeyAngel::

Babyjames, i so wish I were in your area but I live in Mississippi!  ::MonkeyRoll:: Now if i could just figure out how to ship these cakes without destroying them!!!  ::MonkeyRoll::

Okay here's the ones I did this week, I LOVE the Hallowween cakes, they were so much fun!!!!

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Well Monken all I can say is WOW!!!!! again. I loved them all. I can't wait for youngest grandson to get home so I can show him He just loves your cakes.  ::MonkeyCheer4:: ::MonkeyCheer3:: ::MonkeyCheer2:: ::MonkeyDance:: ::cartwheel:: ::MonkeySlide:: ::MonkeySkate::

Great looking cakes Monken!   ::MonkeyCheer4:: ::MonkeyCheer4::

I think she is your tiniest fan.....just sayin'.

 ::MonkeyDevil::

Gosh, I love this costume CBB made.

 ::MonkeyDevil::

See that first picture she printed with the chomping teeth?  Now I know why Muffy is always here first, she waits till Monken bakes the cake, then......................




 ::MonkeyJnBox::

She takes a little piece out of the corner and gulps it down before we get here.  The criminal always returns to the scene of the crime.

 :smt045

Check it out, little bee size bites on every cake.

 :smt083

What great work!

 ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance::

I think I'll just wait around here and see if I can beat that bee to the sweets!


Oops, I think she is on to me...



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 ::bee::   :smt106 :smt040

 ::MonkeyLaugh::   ::bee:: :smt018

I saw a new post on Monkens' thread   :smt118  and buzzed   ::bee:: right over here and thought   :smt115   "oh goody, new cake today!!"      :smt106  But no new cakes  :smt088  That's okay, I can wait (a little longer)   :mrgreen:    ::bee::

Hey Everybody!! I'm sorry it's taken so long to post these, I've been so busy with the Holidays & all! I don't know yet if I'll have any more to do beforew Christmas; but maybe!! Enjoy, Love you all!!  ::MonkeyWink::  ::ElfMonkey::  ::santawink::

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Wow Monken they are great. Tevye will love the Sponge Bob cake.  ::santawink:: 

Great work Monken.   ::DancingSantaMonkey1::

I love the cakes, Monken  ::MonkeyDance::  The Sponge Bob cakes looks so colorful and so happy  ::MonkeySlide::     Having a special cake with the Cougar on it is a really nice touch for a celebration.     ::MonkeyFootball::    I'll bet everyone took a picture of the Cougar cake  ::MonkeyCheer4::   

Your work is amazing, Monken. 

Monken, I love the colors on the Sponge Bob cake, so bright and cheerful!!!

Thanks so much, everyone!!   ::ElfMonkey::   ::DancingSantaMonkey1::
The Cougars are a really small private school that have to play 8 man football. It is a christian school that my daughter attended in elementary. I'm so proud of them! The sponge bob cake was for a little girl who likes both him & butterflies; so I put them together!!  ::MonkeyTongue:: You all are so sweet to comment!!   ::MonkeyKiss::

Monken!! The cakes are BEE-U-TI-FIL!!!!!!!    ::DancingSantaMonkey1::

 ::MonkeyKiss::

Hey Guys, here we go, the slumber party cake matches their party supplies.
The zebra cake is for a 19 yr. old girl who is also a huge new Orleans Saints fan(so are we!!!  ::MonkeyCheer4:: ) that's why the fleur-de-lis! Hope you like!  ::MonkeyTongue::

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WOW Monken another marvelous job.  The Saints cake is so different. I first thought of a Zebra  ::MonkeyHaHa:: Great Job once again.  ::DancingSantaMonkey1::

I want that Saints Cake!!!! I am listening to them online right now because I don't have cable.

Really that is the most beautiful cake I have ever ever ever seen in my life. I want that for my Birthday! Great job Monken  ::MonkeyKiss::

OMG I want sponge bob cake....my B-day is in May and I live at :
LMAO!! Nice work !!!

Monken!  You continue to outdo yourself time after time!   ::MonkeyDance::

Thank You Everyone!!!
GreenEyes, Ashley made up her own design; pink inside, zebra stripes & the Saints fleur-de-lis on top!!  ::MonkeyTongue:: It all does look cool together!!
NoRose, We don't have the NFL channel either so we watched the game online! It was on NFL.com, you just follow the links to watch it live!!   ::MonkeyCheer4::
I don't have another order until the week after Christmas, another SpongeBob!
BBL Love you all!!  ::hohohosanta::  ::santawink::  ::snowmanlaugh::

Thanks again for sharing your cakes with us Monken  ::DancingSantaMonkey1::  And did I read in musings you also made pralines?   :smt106

The cakes are beautiful, Monken!  Good thing you took pictures before that bee flew in!

 ::MonkeyDevil::

 :smt106 ::bee:: ::MonkeyKiss2::

Monken, I am making your orange slice cake for tomorrow's dinner...wish me luck on it...it sounds good! I sliced up the orange candies..do you have an easier way of doing it besides using kitchen scissors? mine kept getting sticky...don't mind me,,,I am a whiner... ::MonkeyWaa:: ::MonkeyWaa::

Muffy, is this a picture of you line dancing? 

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I see antennae and lots of eyes but not your wings.  I know you have lots of eyes, and even more eyes in the back of your head.   Do bells have to ring for bees to get their wings, too?    ::MonkeyShocked::




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Ack!  Oh no!  Klaas, help! Hurry!  Bring the bee extractor, I swallowed Muffy!

 ::MonkeyShocked:: ::MonkeyShocked:: ::MonkeyShocked::

Don't cry, Cookie!  A little wine is good with dinner!


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COOKIE, I'M SO SORRY I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO CHECK BACK HERE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW YOUR ORANGE SLICE CAKE TURNED OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you liked it, too!! It's our favorite!! I just cut my orange slices with a knife; they are sticky!!  ::MonkeyDance::  ::MonkeyKiss::

Okay, here's another Spongebob. i forgot to set the date on my camera again so it's screwed up, anyways I love how it turned out, Love you all!!!

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Love your cakes Monken!  You are so talented.  You could go into business and ship the cakes frozen.  All you need is a real good freezer  ::MonkeyCool::

  ::MonkeyCheer4:: I love that cake Monken. It is beautiful.  ::MonkeySkate::

 ::MonkeyDance::  The cake looks great!   ::MonkeyCheer4:: ::MonkeyCheer4::

Thanks Klaas! You know, I've had someone suggest that & I'm going to try it out on a relative first to see how it turns out! It would have to be shipped in a cooler or something to keep it from thawing.  ::MonkeySkate::

Thank you everyone!! I have a Miami Hurricanes coming up next week & I may have another Saints cake for a playoff party coming up, so we'll see! Love ya!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

I loved the Sponge Bob/Patrick cake, Monken  ::MonkeyDance::  I'll be waiting with anticipation for your next creation  ::MonkeySlide::

MONKEN! You've outdone yourself on these cakes! I love the Zebra stripes and spongebob is just too cute! You really should start a business with your talents! I want some cake!!   ::MonkeyDance::

Bearly...I know that wine goes good with dinner...lol...boy do  I know that one! lol...

Monken.....the orange slice cake turned out really good...everyone really liked it...
I think that you should go into business too with your cakes...do you remember reading about a woman who was going to lose her home through foreclosure I think it was and she started making and selling her cakes from her kitchen....applesauce cakes? anyways, she not only saved herself from losing her home, but she turned it into a really successful business...You could do the same! I was tempted to order one of her cakes and I still may do that if I can find the article on her again...I would order one of your cakes and have it shipped to me! you should check into it..She started out just making and selling them to family and friends and word spread!

 ::MonkeyJnBox::  Checking in to see if there's any cake in here... ::MonkeyDance::

I have been so hungry for chocolate cake...Hubs and I started a "diet" today ....trying to lose a few pounds before we go on our cruise the end of this month! can't imagine getting into a swim suit after all the cookies and sweets from Christmas...
I am hoping that my whim to have chocolate cake will go away soon or I may have to cheat and this is the first day of the "diet"!

Hey Cookie, I'm so glad the orange slice cake was a hit!
Was the woman you're talking about on Oprah? I don't usually watch Oprah but I do remember seeing something like that on her show. And sometimes there are stories like that in the Parade that comes in the Sunday paper. Anyway, it sounds like a great idea, I just have to figure out how to ship mine frozen & keep them that way while shipped. Klaas memtioned freezing them, too. The only problem is the cost to ship that way & the cake would have to be in some kind of styrofoam container. I'm going to try to ship one to a relative first to see how it turns out!! Thank you so much, Cookie!!! Love You!!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

Thanks so much Everyone!!  ::MonkeyDance::  ::MonkeyKiss::

I got an order last night for a Transformers cake that i do believe is going to kick my butt. They want "Optimus Prime" on it  ::MonkeyShocked::
Here he is

Oh, & before i forget, I am going to attempt to make my own fondant. I have had so many people ask me about making fondant cakes but the pre-made fondant that you can buy tastes horrible!! i made a birthday cake before for my daughter using that fondant & it was awful! So the only way i will do it is if I make my own. I read an article the other day that stated the same thing about packaged fondant but it said if you make your own it is great! So that's what I'm going to try to do. i already have the recipe & it's not hard at all. Wish me luck; I don't know when I'll do it but it will be soon! Love you all!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

Monken wishing you luck with your fondant. But I know you will be able to make it without any problems. My daughter use to make her own when she would make cakes for the family. I am looking forward to seeing your transformer cake.
 ::MonkeyKiss::

Checking in on the cake thread.  MMMMMMmmmmmm fondant.   ::MonkeyDance::  I've heard making fondant cakes can be tricky, But they are so lovely. 

errr...what is a fondant cake?

Monken...I am really looking forward to the transformer cake! that should be something.. I think that woman who made and sold her cakes was on Oprah...it was an awesome story! her cake sounded really really good!

Cookie, I'll find a pic of a fondant cake & post it for you, k. I know you've seen a million of them, they are really smooth & perfect looking!

Here's the latest :

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Here's some fondant cakes:

<a href='http://blog.pinkcakebox.com/polka-dot-birthday-cake-2007-07-22.htm'><img src='http://www.pinkcakebox.com/images/cake338.jpg' alt='Birthday Cake Childrens Birthday Cakes'></a>

The second link at the top is another one, they're so pretty!  ::MonkeyRoll::

SM poster Nonesuche and her daughter make fondant cakes and cookies and they are REALLY pretty and delicious!

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oh yes...I have seen those cakes and cookies! did not know what they were called..they are so beautiful! how do they get them so smooth looking???

Monken, I am pretty sure we are related.  We are both Monkeys!   ::MonkeySlide::

I wonder if you could find the answer online and not have to reinvent the wheel.  Long ago, my friend used to mail packages to her daughter across the country--her husband was in the armed forces.  She mailed a cake for her b-day and it always arrived perfectly.

 ::MonkeyCool::

Waiting for the cake, cuz!

 ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance::


PS  I wish you would put the link in your signature line, it takes me a while to find this on my own,  I am sure I am not the only one.  The Bee, I believe, has you on 'speed dial.'

 ::MonkeyWink::

See what I mean--speed dial.  I hear she flies very fast, too.

 ::MonkeyCool::

You will just kick back--harder!

 ::MonkeyDance::

Of course I wish you luck.  But why ask for luck when you have so much talent?

 ::MonkeyKiss::

Oh yeah!   :smt106 ::bee:: :smt044

 ::MonkeyHaHa::

Hey Everybody! i finally got the Transformers cake downloaded. It turned out pretty good. Now this week i have my Granddaughter's 11th birthday & she wants Juicy Couture!! Her party will be at my house on the 6th. Besides the cake I'm making her invitations & Juicy stickers for the treat bags. Here's "Optimus Prime"! BBL  ::MonkeyKiss::

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WOW LOVE IT!!!!  That is so cool Monken you are amazing.

I love it Monken!!   ::MonkeySlide::

  ::MonkeyCheer4:: Awesome cake Monken!!! I can't wait to see the Juicy Couture cake!!!  ::MonkeyTongue::

Awesome!  What great detail.  I can't believe someone actually cut into this artwork!

 ::rhino:: ::rhino:: ::rhino::

Maybe you should start making 'Birthday Party Kits."

Thank you everyone!!  ::MonkeyDance::
I really wanted to make a Saints cake for us for the superbowl but I just don't have time.  ::MonkeyNoNo:: I made cupcakes yesterday for her to take to school(I always do that) ::MonkeyWink::. next week I have a birthday/valentine cake with the Cape Hatteras lighthouse on it!! The Juicy cake will be tiered, square, i think, I'm still working on the design!  ::MonkeyTongue:: Love you!!

I'll be looking forward to seeing the cake with the Cape Hatteras lighthouse on it.     ::MonkeyDance::  And I guess we'll just have to be patient and wait for the Juicy cake.   :smt045 :smt045 ::bee::

Is that bee in here looking for cake? 

 ::rhino:: ::rhino:: ::rhino::

 :smt106 ::bee:: :smt044 :smt077

Good thing bees don't eat much.  Bears do!  I am just afraid I am going to take a bite (a petite one, I am a lady bear after all  :queen:), and get stung!  :smt119

Maybe you better mark the spot where you are so we don't (accidentally of course), eat the piece that you are chomping away on.  Maybe like this:

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 How would the forum run without you?

    ::MonkeyTears::

Hey everybody!!  ::MonkeyWink:: I am just now getting to posting my cake pics, I'm sorry it's taken so long. i had to turn down 2 cake orders last week, I just did not have the time  ::MonkeyNoNo:: Esp. with having my granddaughter's party here at my house! It was wild, but fun, as usual  ::MonkeyTongue:: I've got more orders now from pics of my superbowl cake being emailed around. Here they are, BBS Love you all!  ::MonkeyKiss::

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Okay now, I hope this works because it looks like photobucket has changed again! And I'm not sure which code to use  ::MonkeyNoNo::

Arrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhh, now i don't know what to do, I'll try another link!!









All fixed, Cutie.  Look up there ^

Oh I love the "Believe  Dat" Super Bowl  cake    ::MonkeyHeart::     ::MonkeyCheer4::

I'm sorry I'm not able to help you with your photobucket problem, Monken. 

Both cakes are incredible, Monken!

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 ::rhino:: ::rhino::

Hey, Thank You whoever fixed my pics,  ::MonkeyHeart::  I hope it was a temporary problem cause i have the lighthouse cake ready to download. It really turned out well! The Juicy cake I just was not all that happy with, the kids loved it but i had it pictured differently. Anyway, back in a bit!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

Yea, it's working again!  ::MonkeyDance:: Here's the lighthouse/valentine's cake
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Monken  The cakes are wonderful. ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance::

I can't pick which one is my favorite, they all are so  cool.  ::MonkeySlide::

You're welcome!

The lighthouse cake is beautiful.  Monken, you have an amazing talent!

 ::MonkeyHeart::

Oh yeah!!!  I got here before the  ::bee:: .

 ::MonkeyJnBox:: ::MonkeyJnBox:: ::MonkeyJnBox::

 ::MonkeyHaHa:: ::MonkeyHaHa:: ::MonkeyHaHa::

 ::MonkeyShocked::   ::MonkeyHaHa::

Don't worry, I saved you a big piece with lots of icing!

 ::piggy::

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It's gorgeous  ::MonkeyDance::

 ::MonkeyHeart:: Beautiful Cake Monken!  ::MonkeyTongue::

Thank you everyone!!  ::MonkeyKiss:: I made fondant today & it was not hard at all, just time-consuming. That's why fondant cakes cost so much more! I'm going to experiment with coloring it & then decorate a cake. I'll post the results when it's done. Not sure how soon that'll be though. My next cake order is Dora & Boots. It'll be so cute!! Love you all!  ::MonkeyKiss::

I'm waitin' for the next cake  ::rhino::  Love you too, Monken  ::MonkeyKiss::  I have to keep checking back in here, in case that Bearly-Bear comes in here.  Last time Bearly got in here before I did.      But at least she saved me some cake.   ::MonkeyAngel::  I love this thread, it's so sweet.    :smt060

Hey everyone, Hey sweet little Muffybee! Here are the latest three. i have already started getting orders for May  ::MonkeyEek:: One is for a 50th wedding anniv.! Anyways, hope you like, Love you all!  ::MonkeyKiss::  ::MonkeyHeart::

Saints
Max & Ruby
iCarly
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Wow!!  Once again Monken fabulous looking cakes. I love the Max & Ruby one.  ::MonkeyHeart::

I made a fresh pot of coffee...now, I want cake!     ::MonkeyTongue::

Beautiful as ever,  Monken.  You know you're doing everything right when you have to turn away business!   ::MonkeyDance::

Thank you guys! I have a Metallica  ::MonkeyEek:: guitar cake coming up this week. I have been painting my granddaughter's room so I've been away more than I want, I have to keep up with everyone! I'm off to musings  ::MonkeyKiss::

Monken,those cakes look great!   ::MonkeyDance::

ITA   :smt106 :smt045 ::bee:: ::rhino::

Yup and I enjoyed every morsel!

 ::piggy::

Those cakes really look wonderful.  I would so hate to cut in them, but if I didn't the bee would, so here goes!

 ::MonkeyDevil::

 :smt106 :smt106  Mmmmmmm caaaaake  ::MonkeyDance::   ::bee:: :smt055 :smt044

every time I come over to this thread I end up wanting to make a cake! or at least eating a cake!  ::piggy::

I saw from the posting index you had posted in here cookie , and I thought there might be some new cakes.   ::MonkeyHaHa::   "Anticipation.  Anticipation...."   ::piggy::     ::bee::

I had to go out and buy a cake cause I was hungry for one after looking at Monken's cakes! I should know better! I got a white cake with white frosting...it is cake for 2..so hubs and I can each have 1 piece and then it will be gone..till the next time...

The cake for 2 is a good idea.  My husband doesn't like cake or pastries, so I guess I could eat both pieces ::MonkeyDevil::  Monken's cakes are really an art form and it would be hard for me to cut into one.  I suppose I would overcome that eventually   :smt106  I haven't had cake since about mid December, so I might just feed my need and have a slice of cake next time I'm out in a restaurant or bakery.  Dessert first!!

I love desserts..hubs does not eat sweets until the middle of the night..! he gets up every night from bed to eat whatever he gets his hands on...otherwise he wants no part of sweets....I can eat them anytime but  I never get out of bed in the middle of the night to eat, ever!

That's a good idea.

Don't be distracted by the bee, she will eat the cake Monken sets out while you have your guard down!  She eats the icing first, don't let her fool you into thinking she is a tiny bee and won't eat much.  That is one mighty good appetite for a little bee!  Now remember, don't turn your back on her.

 ::MonkeyTongue::

Who?  Me?  Look at this bee and tell me, would she do that?   ::bee::   Oh yes.  She certainly would.   :smt106 :smt106 :smt060  Cake  :smt060

Here ya go Muffy, have at it!  ::MonkeyHaHa:: Love you all!!
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A guitar with flames!  I know my son would just love one like that for his b-day.  Great work, Monken! 

Love the cake Monken.  ::MonkeyTongue::

Monken your cake makes me want to rock out!  ::MonkeyHaHa:: It's wonderful. I am surprised there is any thing left after Muffy & Bearly get down tasting it ::MonkeyHaHa::  They always look so yummy.

Thanks everyone! I've been painting & redecorating again. I'm getting ready to post some pics in the decorating thread that I've been doing if ya'll wanna see!  ::MonkeyTongue::

Monken, that is sooooooooooooooooo neat.  you are the Ace-tte of Cakes!  does Food Network know about you ::MonkeyKiss::

Way to go....you are so talented and so busy!!! ::MonkeyCheer4::

Monken,that cake is awesome!   ::MonkeyDance::

Thank you, ya'll are so sweet!  ::MonkeyHeart::

you are so talented Monken! I would not have the patience to do what you do..!

Monken, that cake is just awesome. Seth is gonna be thrilled. ::MonkeySlide::

Awesome cake!  I can't wait to see the decorating!  Do you rent yourself out?

 ::MonkeyKiss::

Hey Guys, I made a Spring cake yesterday for a little girl, it's beautiful! I'll post the picture soon. I have 5 cakes due next week  ::MonkeyShocked:: I'm going to be working my arse off!  ::MonkeyTongue:: I'll be doing one for my daughter & combining the traditional icing with fondant. I've got to get used to using fondant! She loves bright colors so it'll be interesting  ::MonkeyTongue:: Be back soon!  ::MonkeyKiss::

5 cakes?!  ::MonkeySlide::    I can hardly wait  ::MonkeyCool:: 

Looks like I'll be staying up all night  to beat the Bee to the cakes!

 ::piggy:: ::piggy:: ::piggy:: ::piggy:: ::piggy::

Hey, here's the Springtime cake. I have 5 to do this week, I'll post them when I'm done. they are Saints, baby's 1st Bday football, my daughter's multi-color peace sign cake with fondant, a bowling party, and a black & white horse for my niece's bday! Whew, I'm tired already!  ::MonkeyTongue:: BBl  ::MonkeyKiss::

Sorry, forget the pic:  ::MonkeyEek::
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Wonderful Monken, They always look to good to eat. ::MonkeyHaHa::  I had to get here before MuffyBee and Bearly, to make sure I got some before they ate it all. ::MonkeyHaHa::

 :smt007  Love the cake, Monken   :smt106 ::bee::

Beautiful work Monken!   ::MonkeySkate::

Thank you everyone! That cake had a ton of icing on it! Half the cake would be like getting a corner piece!!!  ::MonkeyTongue::

It sure is a sweet looking  cake.   :smt060   I'll take half the cake or a corner piece, either is fine with me.    :flower: Or even both for that matter.    :smt106      ::bee::  I'll even share some of it with Bearly if she gets here in time...   ::piggy::

Good Morning! Here's the cakes i did this week. One I thought i had to do this week is not due til the 17th, Thank goodness!!  ::MonkeyEek:: Anyways, here they are; the horse is for my niece, she wanted it exactly how it is, spots & all  ::MonkeyEek:: (she's 9) Happy Easter!
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Hey, I just noticed, i also had a baby cake with a football on it & I forgot to take a picture of it!!  ::MonkeyWaa:: Oh well!

Sorry, didn't mean to get one twice!!  ::MonkeyEek::

 ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance::  They're beautiful Monken  ::MonkeyDance::

The smiley cake with peace signs is so bright and happy looking  ::MonkeyCool::  But I'll just bet the girl that got the birthday cake with the horse on it was so happy.   ::rhino::  The cheerleader cake is  ::MonkeyCheer4::

Beautiful cakes Monken, I really like the Saints cake and the top one with the smileys they are all adorable.  ::MonkeyAngel::

Yummy! ::piggy:: ::piggy:: ::piggy::  what time is dessert???

Oh, a day late and a bite short!

 ::MonkeyNoNo::

Beautiful cake, Monken.  It still looks so fresh!

 ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance::

Monken, I cannot believe the detail you put in each and every cake along with a big helping of love.  Did the family take pictures of the baby cake?  Can they send one to you?

 ::rhino:: ::rhino:: ::rhino::

Hey Beary, yes, I'm sure she did & she may even have it on her facebook, I'll check & see!


This order came in & I had to move quickly, she'll be here at noon to pick it up, so cute!
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Hey everyone! I have bowling, baseball, Saints, & 50th anniv. all coming up soon, plus whatever else comes in, in between! Love you all!  ::MonkeyKiss::

Monken what a darling cake. My boys would have loved to have one of those cakes when they were little. Great job as always ::MonkeyDance::

Cute cake  Monken  ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance::

Yummy!Great looking cake.    ::piggy::

 ::MonkeyAngel:: Beautiful cake Monken!!!  ::MonkeyTongue::

Thank you everyone!!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

BEARLY!!!!! She did have them on facebook!!! And look how adorable he looks enjoying his cake!! OMG!!  ::MonkeyDance::  ::MonkeyDance::  ::MonkeyDance::

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The birthday boy is lovin' his  cake      ::MonkeyDance::   He's a real cutie  ::MonkeyCool::

I love the picture of the little boy enjoying his cake!  I am glad you got a picture!

The dump truck picture is so cute, I feel like playing with it.

 ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance::

Good Morning All! here's 2 more, the first one came in at the last minute. It's a small cake so I had time to do it. It's Order of the Eastern Star, a Masonic org. The other one is well, bowling!  Love you all!!
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Nice details on the Eastern Star cake Monken.  The bowling cake almost has a 3D effect.  Very nice!   ::rhino::

Great cakes Monken and love the pics of the little baby enjoying his yummy cake.  ::MonkeyTongue::

Wow!  You call that a small cake--there is a lot of work in there.  I love the bowling cake, it reminds me of my Dad, wish you loved closer, his birthday is in June.

I think I see little flying insect tongue prints in that bowling cake.  I wonder how that happened?

 ::MonkeyTongue::

BBM

 :smt102   :smt106 :2rofl: ::bee::

Great looking cakes Monken!   ::MonkeyDance::
That little guy in the photo is so precious.   ::MonkeyAngel::

Just looking for more cakes before you know who gets her you know what on the cake first.

 ::MonkeyCool::

Hey Everyone, here's the cake I did this weekend(before all hell broke loose!  ::MonkeyEek:: )
Got another this weekend too!  ::MonkeyKiss::
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 ::MonkeyShocked::

You mean that bee got in the cakes? 

Beautiful cake, Monken!  I am so sorry about the weather you had.  I was praying...hard!

 ::MonkeyAngel::

Hey everyone  ::MonkeyWink:: Here's the Golden wedding anniv. cake i did this week, it turned out beautiful! The couple it was for are wonderful & I've done cakes for their grandkids for years!! I've got 3 next week plus a baby cake! One of the cakes I'll be using fondant for the trim!! (http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq239/nanner48_2008/100_2203.jpg)
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It's a beautiful cake, Monken  ::rhino::

 ::MonkeyCheer:: Gorgeous

Beautiful cake Monken ::MonkeyCheer4:: I am sure they loved it. ::MonkeyKiss::

Just beautiful, all your cakes are beautiful, and I bet are very tasty as well  ::MonkeyCool::

BBM

 :smt106 ::bee::   ::MonkeyDance::

I would be afraid to cut into the beautiful cakes, but something tells me I would, and would eat way more than I should  ::MonkeyCool::

They really do taste great!!  ::MonkeyWink::

Hey everyone, here's the latest! The first one is my first (ordered) fondant cake, it looks great but it was soooo time-comsuming. Esp. since I'm not used to it yet & I have so little room in my kitchen! Hope you like, have a great day all!  ::MonkeyKiss::

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So many great looking cakes, Monken  ::MonkeyDance::  You've really been busy haven't you?  The fondant cake looks quite elegant.  My niece had one as a wedding cake, and used black and white with red ribbon on stacked square boxes as her cake.  It tasted as good as it looked, and that was wonderful.   ::bee:: :smt106 :smt060

Monken  Just awesome ::MonkeyDance:: I love the bubbles on the Sponge Bob cake ::MonkeyCheer4:: Your Fondant cake is really pretty. Once again you have out done yourself. ::MonkeyKiss::

Since I never heard of fondant cakes before, I looked it up. The info says it is time consuming and can be scary the first time you make one. Yours looks absolutely beautiful, as does all your cakes  ::MonkeyCool::

Beautiful cakes Monken.  ::MonkeyAngel::

Monken, you have outdone yourself, and that is saying something!

 ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance::

Thanks everyone!!  ::MonkeyKiss::
The fondant bow is pieced together. You cut strips 3 sizes, fold over & lay each one sideways so the loop doesn't fall on itself & let dry. Once the fondant is dry, it's surprisingly tough. You still have to be careful but it dries stiff so you can handle it, although it does crack easily(I made extra loops!) Then you start laying the loops & stacking using icing as glue. Once the icing dries it holds together well. The fondant strip around the bottom, I used a detail brush to paint Happy Birthday with gel color & then placed around the cake. Much easier than trying to paint it on the cake! Thank so for being interested, Love you all!!  ::MonkeyKiss::  ::MonkeyWink::

Hey guys, i have 3 new ones, the Miss. State one is really maroon but it looks so dark in the picture. I have more orders in July, one is a nude woman complete from mid-thigh on up! (boy do i wish I could use the shocked smiley!) & I won't be posting a pic for that one! :) Another is either Elmo or safari(she hasn't decided yet), & a wedding cake order for Oct that is "denim" colored with white stitching; I'll post a pic of a cake I'm using to go by. Anyways here they are BBS

Well crapola! Photobucket is messed up again where it doesn't list the link under the picture & I don't know which link to use when you click on share. Does anyone know which one to use?! :(

Yea, here they are!!!

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Monken  How cool the cakes are.  Love the second one it says beach, sun & fun.  You are amazing. :)

great looking cakes! they all are perfect looking! you are so talented!

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We wanna see it!

The cakes are beautiful.  Best of all, I beat the bee and got to look at them before she put her footprints in them.  Now, maybe if I just take a little taste off the end before the bee gets here and catches me!

I think I am going to move near you, Monken, so I get to taste one of these bad boys.  I have a great idea, I'll spend a week in each state and visit all the monkeys!

I wish I could meet you too, Bearly, i think about meeting you guys all the time! Sometimes it's frustrating having friends you can't see, ya know :} I still need to come up with a way to ship cakes safely!
I have a "My Little Pony" cake coming up, it's going to be really cute. Thanks everyone for your comments, Love you all!!

Heh heh Bearly...How do you know I wasn't already here?  Bees can hover you know? 

The cakes are so lovely, Monken.

As long as you are hovering and not tasting!

Hey Everybody! I have 3 more here, July is going to be  full month; I 've got 3 more next week & one will be mostly fondant! Can't wait to see how it turns out. It is an ice cream sundae party & the cake will have a 3D(cake & fondant) sundae on top. I'm a little scared but i think i can do it. Enjoy, Love you all!
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Lovely cakes Monken!!  Eli's western cake is cool!  The  red paisley scarf if amazing!!!  I really like the bright happy colors in the Little Pony cake and the detailing on the flowers is neat!  Blake's birthday cake has the dump truck and the airplane actually smiling.  :--)  Nice work, Monken!

Monken   Loved the cakes. Yum you are so talented.

Monken, you are so talented and the cakes look yummy !!

Thank you Guys! I love the paisley scarf too! It took a little while to do. My husband is a little miffed at me for not charging more because it takes me so long to do them(avg. time is 4 hrs. just to decorate the outside) but I have a hard time raising my prices esp. with longtime customers. I charge 45.00 for a 1/2 sheet size regardless of how long it takes me on the design, & that price has been the same for several years. I guess I need to start charging depending on design, i don't know? Fondant is a different story though! Verrrry time-consuming! :)

Hey All!!! Here's the cakes I've done this week; soooo busy! The ice cream sundae cake turned out better than I thought it would, it sure took awhile to decorate & everyone was thrilled with their cakes(Thank Goodness) So here they are:

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Looks like you've really been a busy baker/cake decorator Monken!!  All of the cakes are so bright and colorful!  My fav this time is the Pirate Cake.  Arrrrggggh! 

Mine too, Monken!  Can we share beesley?

Absolutely, Bearly.      ::rhino::   What a windfall.  Five cakes!!   ::piggy:: 

You have been a busy monkey Monken. They are wonderful. Love the Pirate, The Judge is funny. I am a pastel Monkey so I like the Ice Cream Cake. They are all super. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.  ::MonkeyCheer4::

Thanks Green Eyes & everyone, here are some more I've done & I still have more to download! Green Eyes  you'll love some of the next ones, they're pastel!  ::MonkeyKiss::

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Pastel ones in the next download!!  ::MonkeyWink::

Okay, here's the others, I love the last one, with the monogram. It's for a 2 year old believe it or not!  ::MonkeyEek:: I love the fondant balls around the bottom too! BBS!  ::MonkeyKiss::
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Monken  They are all absolutely without a doubt wonderful. The 1/2 century one is a crack up , the slot one reminds me of my son. I really loved the pastel ones.  ::MonkeyDance::
Thanks again hope hubs is doing well.

Thank you! The 1/2 century one; i told the girl I'd beat my daughter's butt if she did that to me (I'll be a 1/2 century this year!) She thought that was so funny!  ::MonkeyTongue:: I'll have a tiered fondant creation coming up in the next couple weeks, can't wait to see how that turns out! Love you all!  ::MonkeyKiss::

I really enjoy this thread Monken.  ::dogwag::    I'm looking forward to the tiered fondant ::piggy::

She changed her mind Muffy, she couldn't afford to spend the money on it so she went with a half sheet cake  ::MonkeyNoNo:: But it did turn out beautiful!! I haven't posted here in forever! I have several cakes to post & my granddaughter's 5th b'day party is this weekend too! She wants super mario  ::MonkeyEek:: I have to catch up, I've been sooo busy since school started! I miss & love you all!!  ::MonkeyKiss:: BBL

It's good to see you again Monken!!  (and I look forward to seeing more luscious, delicious cakes too!!)  ::MonkeyHaHa:: ::piggy:: ::MonkeyHaHa::   ::bee:: 

Hey Muffy, here ya go (I have a 3 tier bday cake due Sun, too!) Love you all!!

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It's cake heaven  ::MonkeyAngel::   ::bee::

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Wow Monken they are all wonderful.  I am glad you have been busy I was getting worried some thing was wrong. Your very talented. I love looking at all your cakes.  ::MonkeyCheer4:: ::MonkeyDance::

I love looking at the cakes as well...only thing is that whenever I do need to order a cake,I am always disappointed that I cant get a "monken cake"!!!

My first visit to this thread and I really enjoyed looking at this art.
Sadly, it is only 7:20 AM and I am drooling........................

Thank you for sharing your talent, Monken.

beautiful art work on your cakes as usual Monken...

Thank you everybody, you all are so sweet! I hope you like! I have a wedding this week & the cake is denim!!  ::MonkeyEek::   With silver fondant bows! We'll see!  ::MonkeyTongue:: Anyways enjoy, Love you all!

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Monken they are all fabulous  ::MonkeyCheer4:: ::MonkeyCheer4:: I can't pick one that's my favorite I love them all. The wedding cake sounds like another wonderful creation by Monken.  ::MonkeyKiss::

so talented Monken!! love looking at these cakes...

How sweet it is!! ::MonkeyDance::  Lot's of beautiful new cake creations  ::piggy:: They're wonderful Monken  ::MonkeyDance::

Absolutely gorgeous!  I have missed seeing your beautiful and creative cakes.

Oh...and they are delicious, too.  (Don't tell the bee, I took a little taste)!

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Monken...your cakes are gorgeous and your hubby is right ..you don't charge enough. My niece does cakes and the fondant is really expensive .Around here it is $20.00 for 5 lbs. Ashley gets $350.00 for a wedding cake. And hers are cheap compared to another lady here.

Hey Darla! I didn't know your niece did cakes!!  ::MonkeyWink:: I make my own fondant & it is sooo time consuming, but it's worth it! I haven't done an all fondant cake yet, it's usually buttercream with fondant accents like a big bow or something. But I'm so afraid I'll scare customers away with pricing. I really don't have much to compare to, I use tara's in Hattiesburg & then price way under, but I do spend a whole lot of time on every cake. I'm posting pics today of the denim wedding cakes I did. There were two the same size (two-tiered) with silver fondant bows. i charged her 225.00 for both. She said that was way under anyone else's price, but i don't know what those prices were. I've charged 45.00 for a half sheet cake for years regardless of design. Maybe I should go up 5.00 or so? Anyways thank you Darla!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

Oh, i forgot on the denim cakes i also used a texture sheet to make the icing look like fabric. It's hard to tell in the pictures but she really liked it!! here's some new ones!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

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This was the groom's cake!  ::MonkeyWink::
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Monken  They are gorgeous.  I love the blue Denim cake with the sliver bow. Your cakes are wonderful. I agree with Darla you don't charge enough.  ::MonkeyCool::  I always love coming in here and see what you have come up with. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. ::MonkeyKiss::

Hey Monken!Great looking cakes!Yummy.

Greeneyes,I'll run and get a couple of forks.....if I hurry we can finish off one of these before Muffy catches us!     ::MonkeyJnBox::     ::piggy::

Quick Trimm  ::MonkeyDevil:: You know she is a busy Bee

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Wow, I'm impressed with your cakes, Monken!  You are good!!!

Thank you everyone!!  ::MonkeyKiss::
Here's the latest, a local nursing home was celebrating 40 years of business! I have an order next week for a smaller version (for a wedding) that came in from someone seeing this one.

Love you all!!

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That is beautiful Monken.   ::MonkeyDance::   ::MonkeyCheer4::

Hey Monken!Looks so yummy!   ::MonkeyCheer4::

The cake you've created for the nursing home's 40th is very elegant, Monken!   ::MonkeyCool::

Hey Everyone!! I can't believe I finally got this updated! Here's some of my recent cakes, hope you like!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

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Just beautiful Monken. ::piggy::

Awesome Monken  How you fit all these cakes in with Christmas amazes me. They are wonderful. I take it that Sponge Bob & Spiderman were twins.

Thank you for posting pics of the beautiful cakes you've created, Monken!   ::bee::

Hey all! I can't believe it's been a month since I posted here! I swear I get so busy i forget. i do have some more cakes to post. My oldest granddaughter's bday is 2/3 & she wants a "crimson tide" cake!  ::MonkeyWink:: I also have a tiered minnie mousecake due this week, it's going to be sooo cute! And then more coming up including a tiered mardi gras cake the end of this month. Just wanted to check in, love you all!  ::MonkeyKiss::

Can't wait. ::piggy::

Bring on the cake!   ::MonkeyDance::

 ::lookie::  Checking to see if Monken's posted her latest cake creations.   ::piggy::   ::bee::

Ha Ha, here ya go Muffy:
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 ::MonkeyDance::  Thanks Monken!  I can see you've been really busy!  They're beautiful.   ::MonkeyDance::  And I wish I could take just a tiny little taste...mmmmmmm!  I'll bet they taste as good as they look  ::bee::

Monken you have been busy. Gee they are all wonderful. Thanks for sharing them with us.

You've done it again Monken. ::piggy::

Monken..don't know how you do all these beautiful cakes! you are so talented!

Thank you everyone! More to come!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

Monken - did you see this?  Jeans cake?

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Monken! I love looking at the fruits of your creativeness!!  ::MonkeyDance::

It makes me HUNGRY!! You are one talented Monkey!!   ::MonkeyKiss::

I suppose it's alright in here to make a special delivery. I made you a new avi, if you'd like a change of clothes for Easter:

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CBB! I love it! Thanks for making me a new outfit!! I'll chage today!!
Klaas, that cake is adorable!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

I have 19 pictures to post here! Boy, am I behind!!  ::MonkeyEek::  They're coming up!! 

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Now i have another baby sesame street and another four wheeler cake! Customers now will look through my cake books & pick out what they want, sometimes. I don't really like to do the same cake twice but I changed them up a little! Also the owl cake was for my daughter's bday, she loves 70's owls and the last one is a Nicki Minaj a rapper!  ::MonkeyCool::

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just beautiful cakes Monken! love looking at them...

Hey Everyone, hope you enjoy all of these! This week i have a corset cake for a surprise wedding shower for a guy!  ::MonkeyShocked:: And a two tiered Tinkerbell cake!   ::MonkeyKiss::

Monken, you cakes are gorgeous. I especially LOVE the Mardi Gras cake and the owl cake. You are one talented monkey!!!

Thank You, Cookie!!  ::MonkeyKiss::

Thank you! i thought it would take a while for you all to notice they were posted, how did you know?!!   ::MonkeyTongue:: 

OUT STANDING!!!!  Monken I can't pick a favorite one they are all cool. Thanks for sharing.

Monken I don't know how you do it...just fantastic !!!!

I do not know how I missed this thread, but you are very talented Monken.  Love them all. 

I watch those cake shows on TV all the time like Cake Boss, and I wish I had an ounce of your talent. 

For my son's bday last year, he wanted like a military cake with guns and army dudes.  Local bakery did not even have little army dudes, I had to have hubby go to walmart and pick some up and bring them to the bakery.  It came out okay, but not as great as your cakes look. 

Thank you everyone, you are all so sweet to comment! Love you all!   ::MonkeyKiss:: 

The cakes look great Monken!   ::MonkeyDance:: Yummy.   ::piggy::

OMG, Monken!! You just keep getting better and better!! The cakes are amazing!!  ::MonkeyDance::

I can't pick a favorite either, but I do love the Mardis Gras Birthday and the Birthday for Baleigh!

Oh, Geez........ I'm trying so hard to get rid of this basketball I'm carrying around my waist before my son's wedding and this thread is HARD to be in!!   ::MonkeyHaHa::

I could just eat my way right through it!   ::MonkeyWink::

 ::rhino:: ::piggy:: ::piggy::

Thank you so much CBB & I love my new Easter outfit!!!    ::MonkeyKiss:: 

I wish I could make him a cake Zoo! I would love that!!   ::MonkeyKiss::  

Thanks Bearly & everyone!!    ::MonkeyAngel::