Elmo Cake Tutorial

I am not a Cake decorator by any means 

but I did think it would be fun to decorate a cake for Little M's first Birthday

I am lucky enough to have a Mother in Law and a Sister in Law that

both decorate beautiful cakes so I did get a few pointers

and borrowed some icing bags and tips from my MIL

Well the little one has been OBSESSED with Elmo lately

so I got onto KSL classified and low and behold there

was the exact cake pan I wanted for only $5

I had my hubby so snatch it up for me 

and it still looked brand new

This is my crazy kitchen as I was rushing to make the cake for his party 

Running late like always

Can you say STRESSED?!

First I had to get the Funfetti cake it is the most fun and 

it is for a fun little one year old

Plus it has pudding mix in it so it was really moist

Make the cake just like it says on the box 

To prepare your pan you spread shortening all over it and flour it so the cake will slide right out when you want it to

 Pour the cake mix into the pan and bake it as instructed on the box

While it was baking it was time to get all the frosting colored and ready

I got Strawberry frosting because then I wouldn't have to use as much 

red food coloring to turn it Elmo red

Plus it is yummy :)

I used the vanilla frosting for the white parts of the eyes and also colored it orange for the nose

I used a tube of precolored black frosting because it is so hard to get it the dark black with food coloring

I got the tube at Michaels

These are the food coloring I used for the frosting

I feel like this kind made especially for cake decorating are

better because they don't leave the gross after taste that the regular food coloring does if you use too much

I already had the red one from when I made Ty a U of U law school cake a while back

and I borrowed the orange from my Mother in law

Here is elmo when he is cooked and not yet decorated

See he just slides right out if you use shortening and flour to prepare your pan

Then the decorating began

First I did the mouth I just put a tip right on the end of the tube of frosting and piped it right in then I smoothed out the mouth with a little spatula 

Next, I did the main red of the face first I just put it all on there covering all of the main face of elmo
using the frosting spatula

Then I took the spatula and lifted the frosting to make him look hairy

Next I put the orange on the nose smoothing it carefully so the orange didn't get any where else on the face

Next it was time for the eyes I just used the plane white frosting and smoothed it around the eyes

Lastly I used the black frosting tube with the tip and make the eyeballs. 

And there he is complete

Isn't he cute

It was pretty easy and so much fun to do for my little man

and his Elmo themed Birthday party

And it was delicious

Just ask him?

Oh how I LOVE this boy!

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