I made this Abby Cadabby Birthday Cake for a daughter of my friend. I used the Abby Cadabby cake pan from Wilton and also used the special Wilton cake frosting mix that corresponds with the cake. As you can see, I think that the colors didn’t turn out that great and I wish that I … Read more
I made this Cookie Monster birthday cake for my sons 3rd birthday. I purchased this 1980’s Wilton Cookie Monster cake-pan off of e-Bay. I used boxed cake (Funfetti) and dyed white frosting Royal Blue. I purchased the Royal Blue food coloring from Michael’s rather than using the grocery store brand in order to get the … Read more
First, thank you for this website! It has been a tremendous tool and inspiration when designing cakes! I started this Cookie Monster Cake with a 9×13 cake and trimmed off the slight dome. I added the picture by using one I found on-line and tracing it onto the cake. I first traced the outside of … Read more
I made this Elmo birthday cake using the Wilton Stand Up Cuddly Bear cake mold. I made the bear and the top square cake using one pound cake recipe and one yellow cake recipe mixed together. *Don’t just use yellow cake, because the cake will not be solid enough to stay together** The bottom rectangle … Read more
Our 2 year old daughter loves Elmo and I was looking for easy ideas as we were shifting to a bigger apartment on her birthday weekend and this is my first time even icing a cake. When I browsed and found this site, I was quite thrilled. I got all my ideas for this Elmo … Read more
Ernie and tub are entirely edible. I used 3 cake mixes, oval for tub, round for head, small bundnt pan for neck, loaf pan for cutting arms. I covered the Sesame Street Ernie Fondant Cake in marshmallow fondant over buttercream frosting. Water in tub-marbled white/blue.
My son loves Elmo so I decided to make a homemade Elmo cake for his 2nd b’day. I made the base using 2 cake mixes in 11×15 sheet pan. Then baked the Elmo face using 1 cake mix in an Elmo shaped pan separately, iced the bottom cake and then put the Elmo cake on … Read more
I am a 12 year old girl who absolutely LOVES making cupcakes and cakes! I’ve been making them since I was about 4! So when I heard that my for my friend’s birthday she was having a dinner party, I knew I just had to make something! I was completely stuck for ideas when I … Read more
I made this Homemade Elmo Cake using a 10″ round pan and cupcakes. I cut the outer ring of the cake off and saved the pieces to form the Elmo head, then using the pieces I formed his shoulders and arm. A cupcake for his hand and a little nub for a thumb. For the … Read more
I was trying to figure out what cake to make for my son for his first birthday and was having a hard time deciding until my mum said “What about Cookie Monster – he eats everything in site just like B!” Perfect! So, after gaining inspiration through both here and Google I was ready to … Read more
Heres how I made my Cookie Monster cake: I baked two cakes – one vanilla and one chocolate, each in a large Pyrex bowl. (This takes a long time to cook since it is so deep). After they cooled I placed the “bowl” shaped one on the bottom and frosted it blue (vanilla frosting with … 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