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Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 13x9-inch baking pan; set aside.
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Combine sugar and 1 cup butter in bowl.
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Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
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Add eggs; continue beating until well mixed.
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Add bananas; beat at low speed until well mixed.
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Add all remaining cake ingredients.
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Continue beating, scraping bowl often, until mixed.
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Pour cake batter into prepared pan.
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Bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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Cool 1 hour.
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Beat 1 1/4 cups butter in bowl until creamy.
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Beat at low speed, gradually adding powdered sugar and salt alternately with whipping cream and vanilla until well mixed.
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Stir in corn syrup.
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Place 1 1/2 cups frosting into another bowl.
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Add cocoa; beat until well mixed.
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Place 1 1/2 cups white frosting in another bowl; tint with 1 drop red food color and 1 drop yellow food color.
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Tint remaining white frosting with yellow food color.
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Place cooled cake upside down onto platter.
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Frost entire cake with yellow frosting.
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Print 2 copies of template.
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Cut around solid lines for full monkey head template.
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Cut second copy out around dotted line for face template.
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Place full monkey head template onto cake; draw around cut-out edges with toothpick.
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Remove template.
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Place face template onto cake; draw around outer edge with toothpick.
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Remove template.
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Cover face and inside of ears with orange frosting piped stars.
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Pipe chocolate frosting stars onto head and ears.
