This Sesame Street Birthday Cake Design was a really fun cake to do. I baked my homemade recipe into cupcakes (you can use any cupcake recipe). I used the grass Wilton tip #233 for the Muppet hair and created the eyes from white and black fondant. I added mini cookies in the Cookie Monster cupcakes … Read more
First, I baked two standard round cake layers for this Cookie Monster Cake. I used a standard yellow cake mix. Next, I baked both halves of the Wilton Soccer Ball Sphere Pan. I used Betty Crocker Triple Chocolate Fudge cake mix plus a package of chocolate jello instant pudding mix to “dense it up”. If … Read more
This Cookie Monster Cake was my very first cake I have ever done, and it was for my son’s 1st birthday. Every one raved how realistic it was. I used pipping nozzle number 233 for the fur and Betty Crocker vanilla icing tinted with blue coloring. I used ping pong balls for the eyes and … Read more
For my twin daughters 2nd birthday we did a Sesame Street character theme. I made 2 large cakes for the party guests and 2 individual cakes for my girls. This Oscar the Grouch cake was made from a 4 inch spring form pan. It makes the perfect size for an individual cake. I had cups … Read more
I used the same Cookie monster image for both of these cakes. I copied the image onto wax paper & used it as a stencil to trace onto the cakes. I used a chocolate chip cookie w/ 2 chunks tore out of it to resemble bite marks & piped the icing over the cookie to … Read more
My daughter talks about Elmo non-stop, so naturally her cake was Elmo. I used the Wilton Elmo birthday cake pan. I found out that if you make the red frosting 3 days in advance (with the no-taste tulip red), it will get redder over time instead of jus t d ark pink. I liked giving … Read more
This Elmo cake was made simply by using one cake mix and two 8 inch round cake pans. I bought two containers of Pillsburys Creamy vanilla frosting for the decorating. I tinted one and a quarter containers of icing red and spread some between the two stacked layers. I tinted a small amount of the … Read more
For my son’s second birthday I decided to attempt cake decorating for the first time. He loves Elmo so we decided on a Sesame Street Gang Birthday Cake. It was a joint effort between my hubby and me. He rolled the fondant and did the letters (we did not have letter cutters). The toppers are … Read more
I made this Abby Cadabby And Elmo Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. She loves Elmo and that’s what she asked for. I made 2 boxed cakes and frosted them with canned icing. For the design I covered the picture of Elmo and Abby with plastic wrap and taped it to a cutting board. … Read more
I made these Homemade Elmo and Cookie Monster Birthday Cakes for my twin boys’ first birthdays. To make these cakes, I used some ideas I found on this website and made it my own! Elmo: I baked 2 boxed cake mixes in a Kitchen Aid stand mixer bowl for about 1 hr. 45 min at … Read more
My daughter loves Sesame street and so I decided to make an Elmo cake. A couple of weeks before her second birthday she fell in love with Zoe so I couldnt help but make a Zoe too. For Elmo I used the Wilton Elmo pan. First I frosted the eyes and nose. Then the eye … Read more