Sesame Street Elmo Birthday Cake & Cupcake Ideas

Sesame Street were something it was pointless living without when we were kids. Now the trait has passed on to our kids and they love Sesame street even more. The first ABC's and 123's of our life were taught by yellow bird, Elmo, Abby Caddabby, Cookie Monster and other sesame street characters.

If you are planning to have an Elmo themed party with your child's special day coming over, then you dont have to look anymore for all the stuff you will need. This page will provide you with amazing ideas on how to make a delicious and fabulous cake at home. The kid will love Elmo staring at him on his birthday!

If you know how to mix a cake batter then nothing more is difficult in preparing a cake. Everything else you will find here. Cake Toppers, Edible Images, Elmo Pans, Cupcake Decorations, everything can be found here without having to shop for hours. Order all the products online and have them delivered at your doorstep.

A cake can be designed simply or can be made more big and differently designs. It depends on your creativity but the end result for both is always good. Also, ordering a cake at a bakery will appeal you more but the value of the cake will increase pretty much if you decide to make it with your own hands for your child.

Use some of these ideas to base your cake on:

• Make an Elmo faced cake by using the cake pan featured below. This cake pan by Wilton is highly recommended by online buyers and is guaranteed for its good quality.
• Make a single tiered cake and top it up with Edible cake images available easily. These images will be easy to use and wont require much work to be done. All you will have to do is prepare any shape of the cake, cover with icing and place the image over it.
• Another option for decorating single tiered cakes is to use cake toppers. Toppers in shape of spoons and forks are also available. Kids love to eat with these and they also look good on the cake.
• Double or Multi tiered cakes can also be beautifully decorated with Toppers, Rings or you can use fondant cutouts or cake painting.

Cakes can always be replaced with or presented with cupcakes. Matching cakes and cupcakes look beautiful placed together and kids easily get excited on seeing them. Themed cupcake stands are easily available now a days to place your cupcakes on. All you need to do is use Elmo themed baking cups to make cupcakes in and decorate with cupcake toppings.

• Cupcake rings can be used to decorate the cake.
• Cupcake stand to place your cupcakes on will look great placed on the table.
• Decoration will be really fun if you use fondant for decoration. Fondant is just like a play doh for adults!
• Icing frosting or cupcake decorations will make your cupcakes tasty and beautiful.
• Spell out the name of child and a birthday message by Elmo for making your kids birthday special.

Use the following tips to decorate your Elmo cakes and cupcakes

• Fondant: Fondant will always give a neat look to your cake or cupcake. Fondant rings can be cutout to place on cupcakes. It can be molded easily to make characters. Cutters help a lot to cutout flowers, hearts and other patterns from it.
• Frosting: Frosting is a good option for small cakes but is messy to use on big cakes. But it always gives a good result if handled carefully and used expertly.
• Sugar paste: Sugar paste takes in colored dyes and produces really good combinations of colors. A unique, funky stylish cake can be decorated with sugar paste. It also retains well in extreme weather conditions.

Elmo themed fondant is featured below. This fondant by Fondarific is of great quality and is highly liked and recommended by buyers and users online.