Going Bananas Monkey Cake | Donna Hay

Ingredients

• 2½ cups (375g) self-raising (self-rising) flour, sifted
• ½ cup (50g) cocoa, sifted
• 1⅓ cups (385g) caster (superfine) sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1¾ cups (430ml) milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 250g unsalted butter, melted
• 400g banana lollies
• 3 chocolate-coated wheat biscuits
• licorice rope, cut into 1cm strips
• 2 chocolate and cream-filled biscuits
• 2 mini chocolate and cream-filled biscuits
• 3 pretzel sticks
• 250g unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups (320g) icing (confectioner’s) sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract