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
These Elmo Cupcakes were really easy to make! I made red buttercream frosting and used the Wilton grass tip (#233) for Elmo’s furry face. I used pre-made, store bought eyes made from sugar for Elmo’s eyes. I used a Wilton round tip (#12) to pipe an oval mound for Elmo’s nose. For Elmo’s mouth, I … Read more
I managed to make this Elmo Cake Idea the night before my son’s 2nd birthday party; when I say the night before I mean 3AM. I made a 3 layer cake and covered it in cream cheese frosting. For the Elmo head I traced the Elmo face on the frosting with a bamboo stick (anything … Read more
I made this delicious Homemade Elmo Birthday Cake for my cousin’s 2nd birthday. He loves Elmo and this cake made his birthday extra special!. For the bottom tier, I used a 10 inch round and the cake was a triple layer of van/choc/van with vanilla buttercream in between each layer. Middle tier was a 8inch … Read more
I made this Elmo birthday cake for my nephew Ethans 2nd birthday. Elmo was one of his first words so it was an easy choice. I added crayon candles that I found in the grocery store (Elmo loves his crayons!) that happened to match the Elmo paper plates that were available at that time. I … Read more
My daughter was very into Elmo, so for her second birthday, I did an Elmo theme. I bought a cake pan to make balls and put the ball together for Elmos head. I cut off part of the back so it would lay flat securely. I made an 8×11 cake and trimmed it to make … Read more
With the help of my daughter-in-law and grand-daughter I did the Elmo Birthday Cake cake using the Wilton Elmo face. Steph drew the body and Sam designed the balloon cakes to go with Elmo. It took 6 cake mixes to make the whole project. Two large butter cream batches. Lots of red and use the … Read more
