Cool Homemade Cookie Monster Cake for a 15 Year Old

Homemade Cookie Monster Cake

This Cookie Monster Cake was a cake that my friend asked me to make for her daughter’s 15th birthday. I knew exactly how I was going to make him. I did two nine inch rounds for the bottom of cookie monster (equivalent to 2 sheet cake servings). It was my special chocolate recipe. I used … Read more

Coolest Homemade Elmo Birthday Cake

Homemade Elmo Birthday Cake

I made this Elmo cake for my daughter’s second birthday party. We were living in Venezuela at the time and I could not get my hands on an Elmo cake pan. I found a picture online of Elmo and my husband used an overhead projecter to enlarge it. We then traced it onto wax paper … Read more

Adorable Homemade Elmo Sheet Cake

Homemade Elmo Cake

My son’s school was having a year end party and many of the kids really like Elmo. I searched and found an appropriate picture for the cake top and made the Elmo cake. The cake is an 11X15 double layer marble cake. I always use the Dr. Oetker cake mixes for my cake because they … Read more

Coolest Oscar The Grouch Cake

Homemade Oscar The Grouch Cake

My daughter is starting to get into Sesame Street, so I made this Oscar the Grouch cake for her 4th birthday. It took quite a bit longer than I’d anticipated (even with making & freezing the cakes ahead of time), but it was worth it! The trash can is made of 4 9″ round layers … Read more

Coolest Fondant Elmo Birthday Cake

Homemade  Fondant Elmo Birthday Cake

This Fondant Elmo Birthday Cake is a birthday cake we made for a 1 year old boy’s birthday. It is a vanilla cake with buttercream icing and totally covered in homemade marshmallow fondant. The decorations are also made of fondant. We used Wilton cutters to cut out the decorations. We did this the day before … Read more

Coolest Oscar the Grouch Birthday Cake

Homemade Oscar the Grouch Birthday Cake

I searched the internet for an Oscar the Grouch Birthday Cake for my son’s 4th birthday, but couldn’t find one that was nice looking but still at my skill level (extremely novice). I finally came up with the idea to do a trifle inside a trash can and to put an Oscar the grouch head … Read more

Sweet Homemade Abby Cadabby Birthday Cake

Homemade Abby Cadabby Birthday Cake

I was asked to make my husband’s niece’s 1st birthday cake. I am known as the cake lady in my and my husbands family. I always baked cakes but just started specialty cakes almost two years ago. This has really become something I love doing. I used the Wilton Abby cake pan for the character, … Read more

Cute Homemade Abby Cadabby Cake

Coolest Abby Cadabby Birthday Cake

For my daughter’s 2nd birthday, I knew she would love an Abby Cadabby theme party. I practiced drawing Abby’s face several times on scratch paper before making the cake. I read Coolest Abby Cakes 2 and 6 for inspiration and advice. To start my Abby Cadabby Birthday Cake, I baked the 3 round cakes using … Read more

Coolest Cookie Monster Cake

Coolest Cookie Monster Cake Photos and How-to Tips

I made this Cookie Monster cake for my son’s second birthday party. It was my very first attempt at decorating! I didn’t want to spend the money on a pan (and couldn’t find cookie monster anyway) so I just baked a sheet cake and iced it white then traced an outline of cookie monster on … Read more

Coolest Homemade Sesame Street Cupcakes 2

My three year old daughter wanted Sesame Street cupcakes. These were easy; kids can help and have fun. I used a box cake mix and a large tub of store bought white frosting. I mixed some food coloring into cups to make red, yellow, green and blue. You do not have to make the frosting … Read more