This Elmo cake is the first cake I have ever decorated, so it was quite an accomplishment for me. I made it for my sons 2nd birthday. I started with a round cake and cut off a triangular shape off the two sides to create Elmo’s shaped face. Then scooped out a bit of cake … Read more
I wanted an easy to make Elmo cake for my sons second birthday. I found out from a previous experience that red icing is extremely messy and staining for a two year old so I wanted to avoid an all red cake too. This cake was super simple! I used a yellow box cake mix … Read more
I wanted to make my daughter an Elmo cake for her first birthday. I browsed online at photos of amazing cakes but never saw one that caught my eye. I saw similar cakes that just stood with an Elmo using Wilton standing bear cake pan. Then I came across a cake that had two characters.It … Read more
I made this Sesame Street cake for my son’s first birthday. It is three tiers of 2 layer cakes, 2 vanilla and 1 chocolate. I used the pre-colored fondant for the bottom and just cut it into equal sized strips. I used jumbo star sprinkles for the middle layer and elmo sugar decorations for the … Read more
I made this Sesame Street birthday cake for my son, Brian’s second birthday. I used two 10 inch round pans for the cake itself, iced with butter cream icing. The figures on the top I carved out of pre-colored fondant. My son has little figures that I used as ‘models’ along with pictures from the … Read more
Here’s my attempt at making Sesame Streets newest edition Abby Cadabby. It’s 3D and everything you see is edible. All together I used 2 cake mixes. Her skirt: I used the Barbie wonder mold. Once you bake that section, just slice off the top a little bit to make the platform flatter and bigger for … Read more
Just practicing for my stepdaughter’s birthday cake. I decide to make her an Abby Cadabby cake with two color cake mix. I made the usual yellow cake recipe but I divided the cake mixture by two and dyed each mixtures, one pink and the other blue. You can also as many colors as you like. … 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 made this Abby Cadabby Birthday Cake for a daughter of my friend. I used the Abby Cadabby cake pan from Wilton and also used the special Wilton cake frosting mix that corresponds with the cake. As you can see, I think that the colors didn’t turn out that great and I wish that I … Read more
I made this Cookie Monster birthday cake for my sons 3rd birthday. I purchased this 1980’s Wilton Cookie Monster cake-pan off of e-Bay. I used boxed cake (Funfetti) and dyed white frosting Royal Blue. I purchased the Royal Blue food coloring from Michael’s rather than using the grocery store brand in order to get the … Read more
First, thank you for this website! It has been a tremendous tool and inspiration when designing cakes! I started this Cookie Monster Cake with a 9×13 cake and trimmed off the slight dome. I added the picture by using one I found on-line and tracing it onto the cake. I first traced the outside of … Read more
I made this Elmo birthday cake using the Wilton Stand Up Cuddly Bear cake mold. I made the bear and the top square cake using one pound cake recipe and one yellow cake recipe mixed together. *Don’t just use yellow cake, because the cake will not be solid enough to stay together** The bottom rectangle … Read more