As strange as it may be, chances are that if you want to order an Elmo Cake from your bakery, you will be told that they can’t do it. Elmo, the character, is copyright protected. That was the case with a friend of my who wanted the Elmo cake for her 3 years old. So to help her out I decided to bake the cake myself (see the picture below). It was a breeze to make this cake with a Wilton’s Elmo Pan cake, you should be able to get this pan at your local baking supply store, or you can order it from Amazon. And as of matter of fact, most of the decorating was done with the tip #32.
When coloring the icing, you should be very careful not to put to much color. It is always better to add more, because it is hard to fix if you add to much color. Just use the tooth pick dipping one end into the coloring and adding one little drop of die at a time.
The inside of the cake is only limited by your imagination. If my memory serves me well, the cake in the picture was a chocolate cake. All the decorating was done in icing.
Hi,
I know this is a really old entry I have been seraching for ideas for an elmo cake for my daughter’s birthday. Can you tell me what size the cake is on the bottom? I have the elmo pan but was wondering what would be the best size pan to use that would support the elmo cake.
Doris,
The “Wilton” Elmo will fit on top of a 11×15 sheet pan. However keep in mind that the Elmo cake along (one cake mix) will feed about 12 people – but I do not recommend filling the Elmo part of the cake. With a sheet cake on the bottom – you should be able to feed about 62 people….
Alternatively, you can put the Elmo cake on top of 16-inch round cake. With a round cake your are looking at 77 guests! 🙂
Do I hear PARTY?! Can I come? Just kidding.
I hope you get this on time and good luck making your cake. Let me know how it went.
Thank you for your reply. I have been meaning to come let you know I got. I have not made the cake yet I have plenty of time not until the end of September hehe.
thanks so much for your tips!
I’m a beginning cake maker so I apologize if this is a really dumb question! I stumbled upon your picture today and I’m going to be making this Elmo Wilton cake for my daughters b-day next week. When I was reading the directions on the Wilton website about stacking the Elmo on another cake, it says to follow the stack tiered cake construction directions. Do I really need to do all that with the dowel rods? Thanks so much in advance! I can only hope that my cake will look as good as yours!
Janna,
Your question is not dumb. When I baked the above cake I did not use the dowel rods. If you are going to put your Elmo on top of a sheet cake, I don’t think you need to do that.
My only advise is not to fill the Elmo- fill only the sheet cake.
Hope it helps. Hope to hear from you after you made your Elmo cake. Feel free to upload your picture of it when you comment!
Hi Jeanne,
Your elmo cake has gained popularity the past few months! I am also making an elmo cake for my daughters birthday… Did you just use one box of cake mix in the elmo pan and filled the other cake pan completely?
Julie, I am so sorry for not responding to your comment sooner. Yes the Elmo cake pan takes one regular cake mix, but I am sure you have figured that one by now. Again I am sorry for such a delay in responding to your question.
Hi there, what do you mean by do not fill the elmo cake, only fill the sheet cake, Imnot sure I’m understanding!! Can I just layer elmo on top or do I need tiring rodes etc?.