Monkey Cake

This is a large monkey face cake I made for a little boy's first birthday party. I baked the cake in a large glass bowl and used a 9-inch round cake as a base. The bowl alone would probably have been enough cake, in hind sight, but I love how it turned out! The ears are made from one regular size cupcake cut in half vertically. It is iced smooth with buttercream. Pictured below is the small version I made for the birthday boy's smash cake. I made it using half of a sports ball pan and a mini-cupcake cut in half vertically.