Elmo.

My baby turned two a couple of weeks ago, and since I used to post my cakes on this blog, I figure I shouldn't miss out on the chance to post her birthday cake.  I baked it the night before and actually froze it for the night, which turned out to be a brilliant idea, since the frozen cake was much easier to work with than a freshly baked one.

I also decided to go for fondant on the nose, eyes and mouth, and I think it turned out great.  I was worried about how hard it would be to cut those shapes, until a light bulb turned on and I just layed the fondant right on the elmo cake pan and basically traced it right there.  And then a little trimming once it was placed, and it looked fantastic!  I did the fur with a grass tip after all the fondant was placed...and it took about a 1/2 hour to pipe once I finally got the red mixed.  I'd say, in total, including bake time, the entire cake probably took about 3 hours.  Not too bad - although I wonder how much I could charge for 3 hours work on a birthday cake?