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
I dared to make an Elmo Birthday Cake for my grand-daughter’s 2nd birthday. I was trying to match the green color from the Sesame Street sign, but it turned out a big mess, because I have no idea how to mix colors, so the first batch of frosting ended up in the garbage. I then … Read more
My daughter is starting to get into Sesame Street, so I made this Oscar the Grouch cake for her 4th birthday. It took quite a bit longer than I’d anticipated (even with making & freezing the cakes ahead of time), but it was worth it! The trash can is made of 4 9″ round layers … Read more
This Fondant Elmo Birthday Cake is a birthday cake we made for a 1 year old boy’s birthday. It is a vanilla cake with buttercream icing and totally covered in homemade marshmallow fondant. The decorations are also made of fondant. We used Wilton cutters to cut out the decorations. We did this the day before … Read more
I searched the internet for an Oscar the Grouch Birthday Cake for my son’s 4th birthday, but couldn’t find one that was nice looking but still at my skill level (extremely novice). I finally came up with the idea to do a trifle inside a trash can and to put an Oscar the grouch head … Read more
I was asked to make my husband’s niece’s 1st birthday cake. I am known as the cake lady in my and my husbands family. I always baked cakes but just started specialty cakes almost two years ago. This has really become something I love doing. I used the Wilton Abby cake pan for the character, … Read more
For my daughter’s 2nd birthday, I knew she would love an Abby Cadabby theme party. I practiced drawing Abby’s face several times on scratch paper before making the cake. I read Coolest Abby Cakes 2 and 6 for inspiration and advice. To start my Abby Cadabby Birthday Cake, I baked the 3 round cakes using … Read more
I made this Cookie Monster cake for my son’s second birthday party. It was my very first attempt at decorating! I didn’t want to spend the money on a pan (and couldn’t find cookie monster anyway) so I just baked a sheet cake and iced it white then traced an outline of cookie monster on … Read more
My three year old daughter wanted Sesame Street cupcakes. These were easy; kids can help and have fun. I used a box cake mix and a large tub of store bought white frosting. I mixed some food coloring into cups to make red, yellow, green and blue. You do not have to make the frosting … Read more
This cake was painfully easy! I just used a spring form pan to bake it in. Its a single layer. I used white frosting with blue food coloring for the fur. I used a knife to form peaks for the rough fur look. The eyes are easy. Just white frosting circles with smaller black circles. … Read more
My little boy was turning 1 and loved Elmo so I came up with this really simple way to create an Elmo cake. I used a 10-inch round cake pan and made a chocolate Devils food cake out of a box and used store bought red white and black icing to do the rest. I … Read more
For my Elmo birthday cakes I made two 9″ round cakes of any flavor. I went and got one can of frosting and put the frosting on the cake. For the elmo I made the basic butter cream icing and I decorated it on a peace of wax paper so if I made a mistake … Read more