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
This Elmo themed cake was made for my son’s 2nd birthday. The top is a double layer cake, with butter cream and marshmallow fondant. We used the Sesame Street cut-out on the site as a stencil for the “Greyson” Sesame Street sign. We emphasized the “2” for his birthday. The sides of the cake have … Read more
This Sesame Street cake was for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. She loved it! I took ideas from a few other cakes on this website and kind of combined them all! I used a glass Pyrex bowl to bake the cakes for Elmo and Cookie Monster! For the frosting I used a buttercream for the bottom … Read more
The cake part of this Homemade Budget Sesame Street Birthday Cake was super easy and cheap. I bought 2 boxes of cake mix (I did strawberry and the confetti-vanilla), and baked each in a 9-inch round pan. For the purple icing, I bought plain grocery store vanilla, colored it with Whitman’s food coloring, and lathered … Read more
My friend’s little girl loves Elmo so I found a picture out of a coloring book and traced it on the cake with piping gel. I used Wilton’s buttercream icing recipe and colors. Black gel to fill in the mouth. This was my very first cake so I had a hard time with smoothing the … Read more
For our Son’s second birthday we had a Sesame Street theme. He was so in love with Elmo so we bought a Wilton Elmo shaped cake pan. The closer it was getting to his special day, he was getting more and more in love with the other characters so that’s when we knew that we … Read more
I used the Wilton’s Elmo cake pan for my Elmo Birthday Cake. I mixed a package of red jello in with the red icing so that it would taste better. A friend gave me the idea to use the jello. I baked a set of cupcakes. I put red stars all over the cupcake. I … Read more
I have twin boy/girl grandchildren and each year I have made cakes that have coordinating characters. This year was an Abby Cadabby Character Birthday Cake and Elmo from Sesame Street. An Elmo pan was easy to find, but I wanted an Abby head to coordinate with his and there wasn’t one. I noticed one day … Read more
It was my nephew’s first birthday and I wanted him to have his own cake to make a mess of, so I made him a Cookie Monster Birthday Cake which was the theme of the party. I used 1 Pyrex bowl, and circle cake pans. For the head I baked two halves in the Pyrex … Read more
I used the Wilton 3D cuddly bear cake pan for this Cookie Monster cake. I used the extra batter to create the large chocolate chip “cookie” he is sitting on. Once cool, I cut off the cuddly bears face to create a flatter surface for Cookie monster’s mouth. I also cut off the ears, relocated … Read more
