For my son’s first birthday I had no choice but to bring to life his favorite character in the whole world: the beloved Elmo from PBS’s Sesame Street.
I say I had no choice because, really, there was no other choice. My son’s obsession with the red furry fella had overshadowed his love for Curious George in its entirety months before his birthday.
For this project I made my signature chocolate cake (ahem, Betty Crocker Devil’s Food mix) with milk chocolate frosting. Everything else is color icing.
As for tools, I use butter knives, toothpics, and a decoration syringe to squeeze icing or frosting onto the cake with precision.
I was pretty proud of this one, the first real notch on my repertoire. And it was delicious, too!
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