Coolest Homemade 2 Tiered Elmo Birthday Cake With Fondant Elmo Topper

I made this Elmo Birthday Cake for my beautiful little niece. It was her 2nd birthday. I made it with Betty Crocker cake mix. I just added food coloring to the batter so it had a marble effect inside. Very cool, just swirl some food coloring in some kind of a pattern.

I use Wilton icing, very creamy & Wilton fondant to make Elmo. Working with fondant is like playing with clay, just shape it to what ever form you need. I also cut out numbers and letters from the fondant to decorate the cake and write happy birthday. I used tip 2d for the borders. The hardest part of making this cake was the layers of different colors, top & sides.

Other than that it was a piece of cake!

I do not sell any of my cakes. I just make them for the people that are special to me. I teach Wilton cake decorating and have cake decorating parties.