Elmo Cut -up cake

by Jill
(Bakersfield,Ca)

My 2 year old grandson Bradley loves Elmo and I grew up with my mom always making us cut-up cakes of all kinds from the Bakers coconut cake book, for our birthdays. So I decided to try and do one for Bradley's 2nd birthday. All I did was bake a 13x9 sheet cake and a 6 in. round cake for his head. It took 3 cake mixes so I could get the height I wanted. Drew out a pattern of Elmo and traced it with a knife on the sheet cake, and then cut it out. For his head I just cut a half cresent out of the round cake to get that Elmo shape. Then cut 2 circle out of the left over cake pieces for his hands and 2 half circles for his feet. I had to build up the feet with a small layer of cake pieces to make them stand up higher than his legs. Then I cut a tear drop shape for his nose. I frosted him in red and covered him in red tinted coconut. Frosted his nose orange and mouth black and used marshmallows for his eye, dotted with black frosting for the pupils.They are in place with toothpicks.