Elmo is my daughter Allisons favorite little red monster, so needless to say her 2nd birthday theme was nothing but ELMO! For Elmo’s face, my mother-in-law and I used Wilton ‘s Elmo birthday cake pan and followed the decorating instructions on the insert. The only adjustment we made was we used a large star tip … Read more
I would suggest doing the back ground with white icing using star tip #16 as well instead of icing it smooth. It is a lot easier and looks nicer. This cake pan was purchased on e bay as it is a discontinued Wilton pan. You can print the instructions off the Wiltons site for Elmo … Read more
My two year old son is into Elmo this year. This is the first cake Ive ever made. I needed enough cake for twenty people. I was going through my Wiltons book and came up with the idea of the party hat pan for the extra cake needed. This was perfect. The kids had party … Read more
My Elmo cake is really 72 cupcakes positioned on a giant piece of cardboard in the shape of Elmo’s head. It was a lot of planning. First I made a blueprint design using circles to represent each cupcake and I shaped these circles on paper to make the shape of Elmo’s head. I started baking … Read more
My dad’s name is Elmo and he drives a dump truck, so I thought that this Elmo Birthday Cake would be the perfect cake for his 70th birthday. I used a Wilton teddy bear cake pan for the Elmo. The eyes and nose are made of gumpaste. I formed an open mouth with gumpaste and … Read more
I wanted to create an Elmo Birthday Cake for my son for his second birthday. I had seen the Elmo cake pans, but wanted to do something different, so I made a confetti sheet cake and drew a picture of Elmo on the top of it. I think it turned out pretty good for my … Read more
My younger son was a HUGE Elmo fan when he was little. He didn’t grow out of it untill he was nearly 5. For his 3rd Birthday, I threw him an Elmo themed party and I made this Elmo cake myself. I bought the Elmo-head cake pan off EBay and used 1 pkg of white … Read more
I made this homemade 1st birthday Elmo cake for my nephew’s 1st Birthday. He seemed to like the “tickle me Elmo” I got him for Christmas so much so I thought the Elmo cake would be a great idea. This homemade 1st birthday Elmo cake only took me about an hour to make. I used … Read more
This Elmo Birthday Cake Idea was made from scratch. It consists of 2 sheet cakes, 2 rounds, and 3 cupcakes. The cake is a delicious carrot cake and the cupcakes were chocolate (for those allergic to the nuts). We made the cakes and froze them overnight. The next night we made a gallon of white … Read more
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
This is the Elmo birthday cake I made for my sons 2nd Birthday. He was really into Elmo and I thought it would be neat to make it myself. I used the Elmo birthday cake pan from Wilton and just put it on top of a thin 11×13 pan. The cakes were store-bought Betty Crocker … Read more
My daughter loves Elmo so I hired the Elmo cake pan from a cake shop and gave it a go. I got my ideas for Elmo birthday cakes from all the other great Elmo cakes that have been submitted on this website. I used normal icing for the eyes, nose and mouth as I was … Read more