My daughter LOVES Sesame Street. We even went to Sesame Place in PA this summer. For her 2nd birthday, I knew what the theme would be! I am not super crafty, so out of all of the characters, I thought Cookie would be the easiest because he is one color. I purchased blue food coloring … Read more
I used the doll mold for the head and cut part of the top off to make the Oscar the Grouch head more round. I used an 8″ round for the lid on top of his head. If I needed more cake I would have used 10″ rounds on the bottom for the garbage can. … Read more
My son wanted a Cookie Monster cake for his 2nd birthday. This was really fairly easy. I used one box of chocolate cake mix and made two round cakes and two cupcakes with it. I stacked the two round cakes with a little icing between the layers. I cut each cupcake in half so that … Read more
This is the Elmo birthday cake I made for my sons 2nd Birthday. He was really into Elmo and I thought it would be neat to make it myself. I used the Elmo birthday cake pan from Wilton and just put it on top of a thin 11×13 pan. The cakes were store-bought Betty Crocker … Read more
My daughter loves Elmo so I hired the Elmo cake pan from a cake shop and gave it a go. I got my ideas for Elmo birthday cakes from all the other great Elmo cakes that have been submitted on this website. I used normal icing for the eyes, nose and mouth as I was … Read more
I found a picture of Elmo online, printed it on cardstock, laminated it then cut it out for a stencil. I laid it on the iced half sheet cake and traced it with a toothpick. After filling it in with the appropriate colors I added giant sized sprinkle stars.
I saw a homemade Sesame Street first birthday cake online similar to this one and it was perfect for my granddaughter’s first birthday. I baked three-pound cakes and baked them in 10, 8, and 6-inch pans. Each cake was two layers.I filled the layers with cooked pudding and iced them with homemade butter cream frosting. … Read more
This is the first cake I have ever made like this so I was a little nervous. I looked around online for some ideas and then built this homemade 1st birthday Sesame Street cake. The inside of the cake is tye-dye which is simply a white cake mix separated and colored and then layered in … Read more
I didn’t do my son’s first birthday justice, so I wanted to do something a bit more special this time around. I got lots of inspiration from this site and decided to attempt a tiered fondant cake. I checked out a few other sites for tips and techniques and decided to give it a shot, … Read more
Here’s my attempt at a 3D Elmo Cake. Body: I used the Wilton 3D teddy bear cake mold. I shaved off the ears and muzzle. Carved out a mouth where black frosting would go. Eyes: I used gumpaste to roll the eyes and piped on black buttercream dots for the eyes. Attach with toothpicks. Nose: … Read more
Elmo’s head is made from 2 boxed cake recipes baked in a Kitchen Aid stand mixer bowl. I baked it for 1 and ½ hours at 350 and then checked it every 10 minutes using a bamboo skewer until done. Getting the frosting “Elmo red” took 1 and a half bottles of food coloring. Line … Read more
I made this Cookie Monster Birthday Cake for my son’s second birthday. He loves Sesame Street and Cookie Monster in particular. I used 2 round chocolate sheet cakes (very dense cakes) and stacked them with whipped cream in between. I printed out a picture of Cookie Monster and my husband used a toothpick to outline … Read more