Monkey Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube/Bundt® pan.
• Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag. Cut biscuits into quarters. Shake 6 to 8 biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix. Arrange pieces in the bottom of the prepared pan. Continue until all biscuits are coated and placed in pan. If using nuts and raisins, arrange them in and among the biscuit pieces as you go along.
• In a small saucepan, melt the margarine with the brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the biscuits.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. Do not cut! The bread just pulls apart.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces; shape into balls. In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Roll each ball in cinnamon sugar. Arrange evenly in a generously greased 9- or 10-in. fluted tube pan. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar., Combine butter and brown sugar; pour over the top. Place tube pan on baking sheet; bake until dough is golden brown and cooked through, 35-45 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before inverting bread onto a serving platter.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour an 8 1/2-inch-diameter 3-quart stainless-steel or ovenproof bowl and 1 cup of a large (1-cup capacity) muffin tin; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together bananas, buttermilk, and vanilla.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter and brown sugar; mix on medium-high until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Mix in eggs. Reduce speed to medium; mix in flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with banana mixture. Stir in pecans.
• Fill prepared muffin cup three-quarters full. Transfer remaining batter to prepared baking bowl. Transfer to oven, side by side. Bake cupcake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool in tin on a wire rack. Continue baking large cake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes more (1 hour and 40 minutes total). Let cool in bowl on a wire rack 30 minutes. Invert bowl to remove cake; let cool completely.
• Trim flat side of cake to be level. Trim away top of cupcake to be level. Cut cupcake in half vertically for the two monkey ears. Cut bowl cake in half horizontally to make 2 layers. Spread 3/4 cup chocolate buttercream on top of flat layer. Top with domed layer. Transfer to a cake plate. Spread a thick layer of chocolate buttercream over entire monkey head. Spread buttercream over cupcake ears. Attach ears to sides of head, top of cupcake facing forward, securing with toothpicks.
• Place remaining chocolate frosting in a piping bag fitted with a small plain round tip (such as Ateco #5). Pipe dots around bottom edge of cake in a continuous line. Switch to a small multi-opening tip (such as Ateco #233); pipe hair on top of head.
• Fill another piping bag fitted with a large plain round tip (such as Ateco #11) with yellow buttercream. Pipe an oval near the front base of cake. Fill in with frosting, and smooth. Place 2 small pieces of licorice rope inside for nose. Add a long piece of rope for mouth. Place licorice drops above oval for eyes. Pipe yellow half-circles in centers of ears; fill in with frosting, and smooth. Decorated cake can be refrigerated up to 3 hours.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a plastic bag combine, 1 cup of sugar and 1 tbsp of cinnamon.
• Cut each biscuit into pieces and put into the bag and coat them with the cinnamon mixture.
• Place in an ungreased bundt pan.
• In a small saucepan, bring to boil, 3/4 cup of butter, 1 cup of sugar, 2 tbsp of white karo syrup and 2 tbsp of cinnamon, stir constantly.
• Pour over biscuits.
• Bake for 35 - 40 minutes.
• Remove from pan immediately, be careful of the cinnamon oozing all over the place. But that is the best part of the cake!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Butter and flour an 8 1/2-inch-diameter 3-quart stainless-steel or oven proof bowl and 1 cup of a large (1-cup capacity) muffin tin; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
• In a separate medium bowl, whisk together bananas, buttermilk, and vanilla.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter and brown sugar; mix on medium-high until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes; mix in eggs.
• Reduce speed to medium; mix in flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with banana mixture.
• Fill prepared muffin cup three-quarters full.
• Transfer remaining batter to prepared baking bowl.
• Transfer to oven, side by side.
• Bake cupcake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• Let cool in tin on a wire rack.
• Continue baking large cake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes more (1 hour and 40 minutes total).
• Let cool in bowl on a wire rack 30 minutes.
• Invert bowl to remove cake; let cool completely.
• Trim flat side of cake to be level.
• Trim away top of cupcake to be level.
• Cut cupcake in half vertically for the two monkey ears.
• Cut bowl cake in half horizontally to make 2 layers.
• Spread 3/4 cup chocolate buttercream on top of flat layer.
• Top with domed layer.
• Transfer to a cake plate.
• Spread a thick layer of chocolate buttercream over entire monkey head.
• Spread icing over cupcake ears.
• Attach ears to sides of head, top of cupcake facing forward, securing with toothpicks.
• Fill a piping bag fitted with a large plain round tip with yellow icing.
• Pipe an oval near the front base of cake.
• Fill in with frosting, and smooth.
• Place 2 small pieces of licorice rope inside for nose.
• Add a long piece of rope for mouth.
• Place Junior Mints above oval for eyes.
• Pipe yellow half-circles in centers of ears; fill in with frosting, and smooth.
• Decorated cake can be refrigerated up to 3 hours.