My boyfriend who is 31 this year is a massive cookie monster fan (you are never too old!) so I decided to make him a Homemade Cookie Monster Birthday Cake after seeing all the other cool cookie monster cakes out there. I started by using Betty Crocker’s Super Moist Butter Cake mix. I figured I … 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
This cake began as small rounds. I stacked 3 of them for the can. Then I cut the 4th in half and placed them back to back on the top of the can. I used a grass pull tip to make Oscar the Grouchs hair and a 5 for the rest of the decorations. I … Read more
I found a vintage Cookie Monster cake pan years ago when I moved into a new apartment. I finally used it last year to make double cakes for my brother and my sister-in-laws birthdays, which fall one day apart. The cake pan is small so in order to have enough cake for everyone I made … 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
This is my first attempt at a birthday cake after completing an introductory cake class. I made this Sesame Street cake for my son’s first birthday. We used the Sesame Street Beginning’s First Birthday party supplies. The cake is two layers, using a 12″ round pan. I frosted the entire cake with white buttercream and … Read more
This homemade Sesame Street 1st birthday cake with the accompanying mini-cakes was a HUGE hit at my twin boys’ 1st birthday! I started with the Wilton “#1” pan. I used a chocolate cake mix. I used Wilton’s decorating class butter cream icing recipe and to change the flavor of the icing I used clear almond … Read more
My son absolutely loves Sesame Street and so when choosing the theme for his third birthday it was a no-brainer. His two favorite characters are of course Elmo and Cookie Monster. I made this Sesame Street Birthday Cake Design using an 11×14 rectangular pan. There are three layers (vanilla/chocolate/vanilla) separated with chocolate icing. I dirty … Read more
These Sesame Street cakes were for my twin boys first birthday. My original idea was to get a Wilton Elmo cake pan but after looking at the design in the store I thought it would be pretty easy to make an Elmo face out of a round cake. I bought a beginner’s cake decorating kit … Read more
With the help of my daughter-in-law and grand-daughter I did the Elmo Birthday Cake cake using the Wilton Elmo face. Steph drew the body and Sam designed the balloon cakes to go with Elmo. It took 6 cake mixes to make the whole project. Two large butter cream batches. Lots of red and use the … Read more
My one-year old loves Plaza Sesamo. We don’t speak Spanish so I let him watch that hoping he’ll pick up some. His favorite is Archibaldo (Grover – don’t ask me why they changed his name.) He gets the biggest smile whenever he is on the screen and quite often laughs at him. So I looked … Read more