I wanted to make a birthday cake for my niece's 2nd birthday and her mom told me that she's into Elmo and Barney. I'm not very partial to Barney so I decided to make an Elmo cake. Her mom also wanted to stay away from too much food coloring so the cake is carrot cake with buttercream frosting; I also made and placed the decorations in a way so they could be easily taken off. Since my niece is turning 2 and won't be a baby much longer, I made a "baby Elmo" cake topper.
Instead of rimming the bottom of the cake completely with fondant, I sporadically grouped fondant balls (so they can be easily taken off).
Right view:
Left view:
Aerial view: The letters were cut out of a mixture of fondant and gum paste and I surrounded each letter with sugar confetti (I put them on one at a time with tweezers). I thought the mosaic effect of the confetti was pretty cool!
Sesame Street sign: I used yellow sprinkles to create the sign's border.
One more picture:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADDY!!!
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