My daughter had planned a Cookie Monster Party for her son’s 1st Birthday. Little did we know that there are no decorations or plates with just the Cookie Monster. So we made many of our own decorations, another daughter is very artistic, so we went to town! This Cookie Monster Birthday Cake was a big … Read more
This is a cake I made for my nephew. He loves Elmo, so I decided to make this homemade Elmo birthday cake. There were quite a few people so I knew that the Elmo character pan wouldn’t be enough, so I decided to put that cake on top of a 12×18 sheet cake. I made … Read more
I made this banana chocolate-chip Cookie Monster cake with banana flavored icing for my daughter’s 1st birthday party. I got the idea from other similar cakes on this site! NOTE: Box cakes are not suitable for this. You need a solid cake that won’t crumble or “sag”. Here’s the recipe I used, which I found … Read more
I used one gluten free Betty Crocker cookie mix and one Betty Crocker vanilla frosting for this Gluten Free Cookie Monster Cookie Cake. I added blue food color to make the blue Cookie Monster face. It took an entire small tube of blue food color to get this depth of blue, if you want darker … Read more
I used an Elmo cake pan for this Homemade Elmo Birthday Cake. For his fur I used red food color and coconut. His nose is a large gum drop and his eyes are rolled out of taffy with a licorice berry as the black. The Ice Cream is rolled out and cut/shaped taffy. The hat … Read more
I made this Elmo cake for my best friend’s son’s 1st birthday. We have a deal going on that I make the cakes for her kids and she makes the sausage rolls for my kids, its a great deal. Anyway she waned an Elmo cake as Jed was so into him and just had to … 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
This homemade Elmo birthday cake was so easy to make. We used a 16-inch round Wilton cake pan and an Elmo mold cake pan. We just used ordinary cake mixes prepared as directed (NOTE: It took 3 cake mixes for the round pan and 1 and 1/2 mixes for the Elmo pan). We used ordinary … Read more
I started this Homemade Cookie Monster Birthday Cake with a round pan for the base of the cake made from one cake mix. Then for the top I used one of the bowl shaped pans also using one complete cake mix. I added a layer of frosting underneath the bowl cake to help steady it … Read more
I started this Elmo Cupcakes and Cake with an 8″ single layer round cake, then cutout enough room for 2 eyes to slide into the top part of the cake. I cut off the top of a cupcake, frosted it and put it below/between the eyes to make the nose. I then frosted the entire … Read more
This Homemade Elmo Birthday Cupcakes and Cake is very simple if you have the Wilton Elmo cake pan. Just bake according to directions on pan and also bake a batch of cupcakes. One tip for decorating cake: if you let the frosting get slightly warm before piping the red star shapes, Elmo’s “fur” will appear … 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