Cool Homemade 3D Cookie Monster Head Birthday Cake

Homemade Cookie Monster Birthday Cake

I started this Homemade Cookie Monster Birthday Cake with a round pan for the base of the cake made from one cake mix. Then for the top I used one of the bowl shaped pans also using one complete cake mix. I added a layer of frosting underneath the bowl cake to help steady it … Read more

Coolest Elmo Cupcakes and Cake

Homemade  Elmo Cupcakes and Cake

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

Coolest Elmo Birthday Cupcakes and Cake

Homemade Elmo Birthday Cupcakes and Cake

This Homemade Elmo Birthday Cupcakes and Cake is very simple if you have the Wilton Elmo cake pan. Just bake according to directions on pan and also bake a batch of cupcakes. One tip for decorating cake: if you let the frosting get slightly warm before piping the red star shapes, Elmo’s “fur” will appear … Read more

Coolest 2nd Birthday Elmo Cake

Homemade  2nd Birthday Elmo Cake

I made this fun 2nd Birthday Elmo Cake for my son, Owen, who turns 2 tomorrow and is a big Elmo fan. My friends and family kept me company while I decorated Elmos’s entire face and let’s be honest–most of my face was covered by the end as well! Making Owen’s cake from scratch each … Read more

Coolest Animated Elmo Cake

Coolest Animated Elmo Cakes

We were asked to make one of those cool animated Elmo cakes for our friends daughter’s second birthday. The theme is Elmo so we were going to try to make a cake to match his TV show, Elmo’s World. We decided to steer away from eating Elmo since it may have traumatized the two year … Read more

Coolest Zoe Sesame Street Picture Cakes and Tips 2

I bought a large sponge slab cake from our local supermarket, found a Sesame Street picture on the net of my daughters favorite Sesame Street character which I found on the Sesame Street website., blew it up on the computer, used it as a template and then cut it out. I iced and decorated it … Read more

Coolest Elmo Birthday Cake Photos and How-To Tips 2

We had and Elmo and Big Bird party. I bought the Elmo birthday cake pan. I used chocolate cake with chocolate chips in Elmo for my son and made a butter cream icing with soymilk. I waited till the cake was cool to spread the butter cream frosting on the cake. I added food coloring … Read more

Coolest Elmo Cake Photos and How-To Tips 6

This Elmo cake was my very first decorated cake. I used the Wilton cake pan, and baked one box of yellow cake according to the directions. I made buttercream icing, and tinted it in various colors. I used Wilton tip #3 and #16 to decorate the entire surface. It was extremely time consuming, especially since … Read more

Coolest Homemade Elmo Birthday Cakes 11

For my son Justins 2nd birthday party, I made this Elmo birthday cake. I just used the Wilton’s cake pan, his favorite lemon cake mix and made lemon butter cream icing and dyed the icing colors that I needed.s 2nd birthday party, I made this Elmo birthday cake. I just used the Wiltons cake pan, … Read more

Coolest Homemade Sesame Street Cake

Homemade Sesame Street Cake

I saw a cake like this Sesame Street cake online and thought it would be really cute for my son’s upcoming birthday. I thought I would have a trial run first and this is how it came out. I made a marble double layer 8″ cake and a marble double layer 6″ cake. I used … Read more

Coolest Sesame Street Cake

Homemade Sesame Street Cake

My two-year-old loves Sesame Street so much, so I designed this Sesame Street Cake for her birthday party. The actual cake is a 3-tiered, 12 inch, chocolate cake, with buttercream frosting. I bought Wilton pure white fondant and dyed it purple to cover the cake. Then I made the green “Happy Birthday” sign out of … Read more

Coolest Elmo and Big Bird Cake

Homemade Elmo and Big Bird Cake

I got the idea for the Elmo and Big Bird Cake from this website. My cake required 4 cake mixes and several icings- I am not a baker, nor am I very crafty but this was my 1st baby’s 1st birthday and the cake had to be special! I used two small Pyrex bowls for … Read more