I wanted to do a Sesame Street theme for my twins’ 2nd birthday. I thought about buying the Elmo mold, but didn’t want to spend the money on it since I would probably only use it once. I think I got the idea to use cupcakes to shape the heads from this site, but I … Read more
Zack loves Sesame Street, so we searched this site for Sesame Street birthday cakes. We just baked a regular 11×15″ cake for this one. We covered the entire cake with white icing first. I drew an outline of Elmo and Cookie Monsters faces on paper plates and we cut them out. For Elmo my husband … Read more
This is an Elmo cake that was made for a little boys 1st Birthday! I used the Wilton Elmo shaped pan. This was the first time that I had used a shaped pan and I love it! It made decorating so easy! I made sure to grease and flour just the bottom of the pan. … Read more
This 3D Elmo Birthday Cake was made of lemon cake for the body and legs, rice krispies for the head, eyes, nose and arms (to keep the cake from being too top-heavy). Elmo’s miniature cake was made of chocolate layer ganache cake. The finished Elmo cake was approx. 18 inch in height. Shape the cake … 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
My son loves anything Sesame Street. For his second birthday I decided to make him a Cookie Monster cake. I looked all around for a pan and no one had or I would have to spend as much for one as I would to buy a cake. I looked at some pictures of Cookie Monster … Read more
A friend asked me to make her a Cookie Monster cake for her little boy’s 2nd birthday. To make this I baked 4 pound cakes from mixes in 9″ round pans and layered them. I covered them with white fondant. I then used a double batch of rice cereal treat to sculpt cookie monster’s shoulders, … Read more
I made this Elmo Birthday Cake Idea for my son’s second birthday as he loves Elmo. I got help from some idea of this site but as I didn’t have an Elmo pan, I decorate a round cake. Frosted with purchased icing, colored with Wilton no taste red color, then I sprinkled some small red … Read more
I have twin boy/girl grandchildren and each year I have made cakes that have coordinating characters. This year was Abby Cadabby and an Elmo Birthday Cake from Sesame Street. An Elmo pan is a Wilton Pan was easy to find. The face is made with a star tip, smooth eyes and the fur with the … Read more
My son LOVES Ernie, and it is hard to find Ernie items especially ones that don’t include his side-kick, Bert. And I don’t like flat sheet cakes, go big or go home! So this Ernie Cupcake Cake Pan Cake is what I came up with for his 2nd Birthday. I used the Wilton Giant Cupcake … Read more
For this Elmo Birthday Cake I used a Wilton Teddy Bear cake mold. I prepared it using the one box of pound cake and one box of pineapple cake mix. Follow the instructions provided on the box or on their website. I do not recommend placing the insert to make a hollow cake. It just … Read more
I wanted to make a small cake for a second birthday party for a little girl who LOVES Elmo! The Elmo Birthday Cake Idea is a basic chocolate cake split in two with raspberry curd in between the two layers. I iced it with yellow-coloured buttercream icing (made with icing sugar, milk and margarine). The … Read more