I made this Elmo cake for my daughter’s second birthday party. We were living in Venezuela at the time and I could not get my hands on an Elmo cake pan. I found a picture online of Elmo and my husband used an overhead projecter to enlarge it. We then traced it onto wax paper … Read more
My son’s school was having a year end party and many of the kids really like Elmo. I searched and found an appropriate picture for the cake top and made the Elmo cake. The cake is an 11X15 double layer marble cake. I always use the Dr. Oetker cake mixes for my cake because they … Read more
This Elmo Cake was prepared using the standard Wilton Elmo cake pan. I used the Wilton “no taste” red to make the color so deep. I recommend buying 2 or 3 large jars of that coloring to make it bold enough. Especially if you’re going from white icing to red, it takes a lot. I … Read more
My daughter’s 1st birthday cake had to be an Elmo Birthday Cake, since she cheered every time he appeared on TV. I have never made a character cake before, and I just followed a picture I had of him. I used Wilson frosting red, black, white, and orange. Next, I used the star tip for his … 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 prepared this Elmo birthday cake as a normal 2-layer cake; I used two round 9-inch cake pans. I then used food coloring in frosting, Oreo Cookies for eyes, and a lump of frosting with orange food coloring for a very sweet nose.
The Elmo cake was made for my sons 2nd birthday. My Aunt and Mom are very talented but have not had any formal training. All they did to make the cake was found a picture to go from and then worked there magic. I thought I would submit the photo just to help other people … Read more
I used a large round cake pan and large cupcake pan for this Elmo cake. I cut one of the large cupcakes in half and placed them on each side of the round cake to make an oval. I filled in the gaps with frosting. The kids liked it. I placed two large cupcakes at … 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
This Elmo cake is a double layer, round, chocolate cake. I made coconut filling in between the layers. To frost I used buttercream frosting and mixed in beet juice red color to start then added the no taste red paste. I made the frosting the day before and let the color set. After frosting the … Read more
This Elmo Birthday Cake was a chocolate box cake and homemade chocolate frosting inside. All the piping on the outside was done using store bought frosting dyed the colors I wanted. I covered the cake with fondant. I am still learning how to use fondant. I have been having problems with it cracking on the … Read more
Like most 2 year old’s, my son is an Elmo fanatic. So what else could I do for his birthday but to make an Elmo’s Alphabet Cake? I got the idea for this cake from another mother on this site but put my own touches on it. My son is learning the alphabet so I … Read more