For those of us who grew up in the last half of the 20th century, snack cakes trigger fond childhood memories. Cake Monkey draws on that sweet nostalgia – and then some – with its whimsical creations.

When pastry chef Elizabeth Belkind and her business partner Lisa Olin opened their cake business Cake Monkey eight years ago, they’d planned on having a storefront too, at least eventually. Now, after ...

Cake Monkey, the eight-year-old pastry specialist that, until recently, operated exclusively out of a commissary, has finally opened its own brick and mortar. The bright pink Beverly Boulevard shop, ...

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Cake Monkey’s newest outlet lands in one of the ritzier parts of Los Angeles County, right in the Conejo Valley along the border with neighboring Thousand Oaks in Ventura County. The shop itself sits ...

When they decided to open the local version of their Los Angeles-based bakery, Cake Monkey, in a former pizzeria, co-owners Lisa Olin and Elizabeth Belkind knew the project might encounter a few ...

Store-bought cinnamon rolls make this King Cake Monkey Bread the easiest dessert ever If your vision of Mardi Gras is stumbling down Bourbon Street in New Orleans among a hoard of strangers stepping ...

It’s been called Matzo Brittle and Matzo Toffee Cracker and, according to the American Jewish online magazine Tablet, was invented by a freelance food writer named Marcy Goldman who, back in the ...

The innocent design was modelled after the birthday girl's favourite toy monkey... FROM organising entertainment to nailing those decorations, planning a child's birthday party is never as simple as ...