I made this 3D Elmo Cake for my Elmo loving niece for her birthday. From the neck down, cakes are stacked and carved into the shape of Elmo. The arms and legs are made of rice crispy treats. I used a grass icing tip to make it look like fur. There is a dowel rod … Read more
My daughter loves Elmo, and this Elmo Birthday Cake Idea was super-easy to make! I baked the tiers and froze them (it’s so much easier to frost a frozen cake!) a couple days in advance. I also made marshmallow fondant a few days before, and kept it wrapped up tight in the refrigerator. The night … Read more
This Elmo Birthday Cake was a first birthday cake for a little boy named Evan. His mom said he is Elmo crazy. So I know I had to make it a great and fun cake for him! I used chocolate fudge cake batter for the sheet cake. And the same for the small round. I … Read more
Elmo is my daughter Allisons favorite little red monster, so needless to say her 2nd birthday theme was nothing but ELMO! For Elmo’s face, my mother-in-law and I used Wilton ‘s Elmo birthday cake pan and followed the decorating instructions on the insert. The only adjustment we made was we used a large star tip … Read more
I would suggest doing the back ground with white icing using star tip #16 as well instead of icing it smooth. It is a lot easier and looks nicer. This cake pan was purchased on e bay as it is a discontinued Wilton pan. You can print the instructions off the Wiltons site for Elmo … Read more
My two year old son is into Elmo this year. This is the first cake Ive ever made. I needed enough cake for twenty people. I was going through my Wiltons book and came up with the idea of the party hat pan for the extra cake needed. This was perfect. The kids had party … Read more
My Elmo cake is really 72 cupcakes positioned on a giant piece of cardboard in the shape of Elmo’s head. It was a lot of planning. First I made a blueprint design using circles to represent each cupcake and I shaped these circles on paper to make the shape of Elmo’s head. I started baking … Read more
My dad’s name is Elmo and he drives a dump truck, so I thought that this Elmo Birthday Cake would be the perfect cake for his 70th birthday. I used a Wilton teddy bear cake pan for the Elmo. The eyes and nose are made of gumpaste. I formed an open mouth with gumpaste and … Read more
I wanted to create an Elmo Birthday Cake for my son for his second birthday. I had seen the Elmo cake pans, but wanted to do something different, so I made a confetti sheet cake and drew a picture of Elmo on the top of it. I think it turned out pretty good for my … Read more
My younger son was a HUGE Elmo fan when he was little. He didn’t grow out of it untill he was nearly 5. For his 3rd Birthday, I threw him an Elmo themed party and I made this Elmo cake myself. I bought the Elmo-head cake pan off EBay and used 1 pkg of white … Read more
I made this homemade 1st birthday Elmo cake for my nephew’s 1st Birthday. He seemed to like the “tickle me Elmo” I got him for Christmas so much so I thought the Elmo cake would be a great idea. This homemade 1st birthday Elmo cake only took me about an hour to make. I used … Read more
This Elmo Birthday Cake Idea was made from scratch. It consists of 2 sheet cakes, 2 rounds, and 3 cupcakes. The cake is a delicious carrot cake and the cupcakes were chocolate (for those allergic to the nuts). We made the cakes and froze them overnight. The next night we made a gallon of white … Read more