I made this cake for my niece’s 2nd birthday part. The Elmo head is chocolate make with the Wilton Elmo cake pan. The cake is double layer 12 and 14 in red velvet cake with cream cheese icing. I covered the homemade Elmo birthday cake with home made marshmallow fondant and tinted it yellow and … Read more
I started this Elmo Cupcakes and Cake with an 8″ single layer round cake, then cutout enough room for 2 eyes to slide into the top part of the cake. I cut off the top of a cupcake, frosted it and put it below/between the eyes to make the nose. I then frosted the entire … Read more
I made this Elmo Cake for my very sweet 2yr old little boy!! It is a three layer white cake with coconut cream filling. I made the coconut cream filling from scratch but instead of adding the coconut I used coconut extract because I didn’t want the coconut texture in my cake. I just used … Read more
The Elmo cake was for my first grandson, Michael, on his third birthday. It was an 11” x 17” cake pan and it takes 2 cake mixes for this size pan. I prefer Duncan Hines cake mixes and always sit the oven temperature at 315 degrees so that the cake center will rise flat and … Read more
I made these Sesame characters and Elmo birthday cakes for my sons 1st birthday. I actually surprised myself with how well they turned out! I originally purchased an Elmo cake pan on E-bay but it didn’t arrive in time for me to use it. So I winged it instead. I used one box mix and … Read more
Here is our Elmo cake that we used for my son’s 4th birthday. Used marshmallows for the eyes and m&m’s for the eyes and nose, underneath the orange M&M’s are those gummy orange pieces. We covered it in white frosting and then I used strawberry frosting and darkened it up with food coloring and sprinkled … Read more
My 2 year old grandson, Max, loves everything Elmo. So for his Homemade Elmo Birthday Cake, I made 2 chocolate cake mixes into a 9 x 13 cake, a 6 inch round cake and 14 cupcakes (for extra servings). I made a simple buttercream frosting and colored part of it red with paste color. Do … Read more
This Elmo Birthday Cake is the second decorated cake I have ever made, so I was worried. I used an oval cake pan for the head and king sized muffin tin to make the eyes and nose. I just used Wilton’s buttercream icing and regular chocolate cake. Red is the worst color to try to … Read more
While this Elmo cake didn’t turn out exactly as I had pictured in my mind, I was still pretty happy with the end result. You need: 1. A triple recipe (approx) of rice krispies treats (marshmallows, butter and rice krispies) 2. 1 8×8 cardboard square and 1 8″ round cardboard 3. straws 4. fondant in … Read more
I used an Elmo pan by Wilton and decorated it with buttercream icing. Red was put on with the 233 tip for Wilton (for grass, fur, etc.). Orange and Black were thinned with corn syrup and put on by spatula. White was put on using a spatula.
The Elmo Birthday Cake Idea was a full baby Elmo sculpted out of rice-crispy treats, covered in red icing used from a “furr or grass tip”. He was playing with blocks that said Happy Birthday Aiden and he was holding a block that had a #1 on the front of it. He was sitting on … Read more
I traced the image onto a piece of waxed paper & used it as a stencil to trace the image onto the iced Elmo cake.