33 of the Most Amazing Sesame Street Cake Ideas

Is your little one a big fan of Sesame Street? Get inspired with our list of best Sesame Street cake ideas and bake them their favorite characters!

A Few Words About Sesame Street Cake

Looking for the perfect Sesame Street cake to celebrate your little one’s birthday? Come and have a look at our list of the most inspiring cakes you can find on the internet.

Starting in the year 1969, Sesame Street has always been a popular and longtime favorite program for both kids and adults. This monumental show has bridged many cultural and educational gaps with its fun and playful format.

Some of your favorite characters on display will be on the list, from Big Bird to Elmo – we have it all. We also have a variety of difficulty levels to please both seasoned bakers and those who have just started.

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Cookie Monster Sesame Street Cake Jars

Here’s a Sesame Street-themed cake that will be a favorite with your family. Not only are they the perfect party favors, but they’re also tasty, affordable, and adorable. Even if you don’t really have any baking skills, these wonderful Cookie Monster cake jars are still manageable.

All you need is a vanilla cake mix, Oreos, candy eyeballs, blue buttercream, and chocolate chip cookies. Start building the cake by lining the bottom of the jar with some of your vanilla cake, then line it up with some Oreos and cookie crumbles.

Then top the jar with your blue buttercream, plop two candy eyeballs, and several more cookies so that it looks exactly like Cookie Monster!

Calories per serving: 1406
Total preparation time: 1 hour 10 minutes

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Number-Shaped Sesame Street Cake

Looking for the perfect Sesame Street cupcake cake? This number-shaped Sesame Street sheet cake can be the perfect and simple way for you to celebrate at any age.

In this tutorial, they are demonstrating how they make the cake for Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary. But this can easily be changed to your little one’s age.

It will make the perfect 1st birthday Sesame Street cake. The cake is a simple vanilla sponge sheet cake that is cut and shaped into a number.

Then the maker topped off the cake with some buttercream for filling and started creating the fondant topping. The fondant topping is made to look like they’re parts of Sesame Street characters. Such a fun cake to make!

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Cookie Monster Simple Sesame Street Cake Design

Is your little one’s favorite character Cookie Monster? It probably is. His playful and innocent demeanor is almost always everyone’s favorite. This Sesame Street theme cake is rather a simple cake that anyone can make.

The cake consists of layers of delicious chocolate cake sponge that’s filled with chocolate ganache, blue frosting, and chocolate chip cookies.

To make things easier for you, the maker wrote that you could buy the cookies pre-made, so all you need to do is just put them in Cookie Monster’s mouth! 

If you’re inspired by Cake Boss Sesame Street cake, why not try this simple one instead? It’s a cute character cake that anyone can make!

Total Preparation Time: 3 hours

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Easy Cookie Monster Sesame Street Cake

We’re still with everybody’s favorite adorable blue character. This is another Cookie Monster Sesame Street cake design that everyone will be delighted to enjoy. The cake features Cookie Monster hugging and taking a bite out of a cookie at the same time.

If you’re confused about how he can hug and eat simultaneously, it’s because you’ll create a huge cake that’s as big as him. The base cake is made out of vanilla sponge cake, but you can customize it according to your preference.

It is then covered with light brown and blue buttercream icing to emulate Cookie Monster and his beloved cookie. Stick some M&M’s onto the cookie part, and you’re done! Truly one of the most adorable Sesame Street cake ideas.

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Big Bird Sesame Street Themed Cake

Here’s a change of scenery, this time, you’re going to be learning how to create a Big Bird Sesame Street birthday cake. This is one of the most unique Sesame Street cake ideas because not everyone is focusing on this lovable, goofy yellow bird.

The base cake is made using vanilla sponge cake, but we recommend you customize this and maybe take the yellow theme further by using a pineapple cake mix instead.

After you reach a considerable height with your cake, then start working on your decorative elements. The cake is decorated with colored fondants, and you’re done with your Big Bird cake!

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Cookie Monster Sesame Street Cake with Cookies

If you have never truly indulged before, then we strongly suggest you try making this cake. Not only does this cake feature our favorite blue monster but it’s actually made using his favorite food item – cookies.

This is a Cookie Monster cake made with cookies! Can you imagine making a cake that Cookie Monster himself will devour? You start making the base cake, a regular vanilla sponge cake with some chocolate chips.

Then make your cookies, or buy them, and line the cookies in between the layers of the cake!

Lastly, use a piping bag to create the shaggy Cookie Monster hair with blue buttercream icing. This is one of the most on-theme Sesame Street birthday cake ideas on our list!

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Cookie Monster Sesame Street Cake

Here’s another adorable Homemade Cookie Monster cake. The decorating method is very easy, even if you’re only a beginner baker. So for those who have just started baking, this particular recipe will be perfect for you.

You don’t need any fondant or special molding ingredients to create his eyes and mouth. All you need is a piping bag to create his shaggy hair, and you’re set. The maker started the cake by baking some vanilla choco chip base cake.

After layering it, she then worked with the fondant material to create his eyes and mouth. When you’re done, you’ll be piping on his fur using blue buttercream.

Total Preparation Time 5 hours 30 minutes

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Layered Cookie Monster Sesame Street Themed Cake

Looking for a Cookie Monster cake that doesn’t require any fondant? Fondant can taste a bit overpowering in terms of sweetness. That’s why we decided to also include this particular cake for all of your buttercream and ganache lovers out there.

This cake is even more decadent than the previous ones because it’s made with chocolate sponge cake with chocolate chips. Then it’s layered in between with some chocolate chip dough frosting.

After that, you’ll whip up some blue Oreo frosting to make his blue exterior. Then pour out chocolate ganache from the top of the cake and line the bottom of the cake with some cookies. Lastly, stick on some open Oreos with black dots to create his eyes!

Calories per serving: 1225
Total preparation time: 55 minutes

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1st Birthday Elmo Cake

Who doesn’t love the adorable Elmo? Here’s an equally adorable Elmo birthday cake that features two different tiers. This 1st birthday Elmo cake has a Sesame Street marquee on the bottom tier – which can be customized with your child’s name and age.

Then the second tier is decorated with Elmo greeting you. Don’t forget the Sesame Street cake toppers, filled with balloons and a fondant number on top of the second tier.

The base cake is made with chocolate sponge cake and layered with vanilla buttercream, but you can switch this with something your kids love. Then the decorative elements are made with fondant.

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3D Elmo Sesame Street Themed Cake

Are you up for a challenge? Why not try this amazing three-dimensional sitting Elmo Sesame Street cake for a change? This cake is an impressive undertaking, as it’s gravity-defying and has a considerable size.

You’ll need some reinforcement if you want to make this cake. That’s why the maker decided to use different ingredients.

Aside from using the usual sponge cakes to make Elmo’s body shape, she also used some Rice Krispies that are put together using marshmallows – they’re quite good if you want to make something with a definitive shape

Customize this cake and maybe add more elements, such as a pink bow, to create a girly 1st girly Elmo birthday cake.

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Cookie Monster Cake

Here’s another adorable Cookie Monster cake. Believe it or not, this cake is even simpler than the others. Because Cookie Monster’s face will be on the side instead of on top of the cake, you’ll be putting only two cookies on his side.

The base cake is also very simply made using chocolate sponge cakes and some vanilla buttercream with a sprinkling of chocolate chip cookies in the middle. Then start working with some blue buttercream frosting to create his hair.

Lastly, you’ll work with some fondant to make the details, such as his eyes and mouth. Put it all together, and as a finishing touch, get two cookies and set it to his side.

For customization, why not use pink fur instead of blue to make this a girly Sesame Street birthday cake? Try to have fun and make this cake your own.

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Elmo and Cookie Monster Sesame Street Birthday Cake

Looking for ideas on Elmo’s birthday theme cake? This one will be perfect for a first birthday because this Elmo cake is also topped with a Cookie Monster-themed “O-N-E” writing.

The base cake can be made with whatever flavors you prefer because you will be covering it with red buttercream frosting entirely. Then the maker used a textured mold to create Elmo’s fur.

But you can easily bypass this by carefully using a carving knife on your red buttercream. Then she created the details using fondant, including Cookie Monster “ONE” writing. The O is made to resemble a cookie.

This can easily be customized using TWO as well, so you can use TW as the blue part and O as the cookie. With that, this can be a 2nd birthday Elmo cake too!

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Elmo and Cookie Monster Sesame Street Cake Design

Want a more classic Sesame Street-themed cake as your birthday cake? Then try making this cake instead. This wonderful cake is a single-tier cake with Elmo, Cookie Monster, and some balloons as toppings.

But it also features a rainbow lining on the side of the cake and the Sesame Street marquee right in the middle of the cake. Looking at it will definitely make you reminisce about your past with the show.

The base cake can be made with any type of sponge cake that’s your favorite because you’re going to cover the whole thing using fondant. You’ll also be creating the characters and balloons using fondant.

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Easy Elmo Sesame Street Cake

Here’s another super simple and beginner-friendly Sesame Street cake idea that anyone can do easily at home. What’s also very helpful with this recipe is that they have two different versions of the tutorial – both written and on video.

That means you can go back and forth and use the instructions that are clearest to you. This Elmo cake can be customized by using any base cake that’s your favorite.

Then you’ll make some decorations using fondant for Elmo’s nose, eyes, and mouth. After you’re done with the fondant, put everything together onto the cake and start piping on your red buttercream.

Total preparation time: 5 hours 30 minutes

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Elmo Sesame Street Cake with Rainbow Surprise

If you’re looking for a different Elmo cake style, this cake can be an alternative option. What’s also wonderful about this cake is that it has a rainbow surprise inside! She made this surprise by lining the cake using different colored sponge cakes.

You can also do this by using food coloring on your vanilla sponge cakes before you bake them. It just takes a little bit more patience and more cake tins!

The cake is then layered with some white buttercream and decorated with several fondant elements. She made Elmo’s face as well as some circles to liven up the plain white base, making it more festive.

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Cool Cookie Monster Sesame Street Cake

Here’s another easy Cookie Monster cake tutorial that’s meant to be used by beginners and those who are new to baking. For this tutorial, you can start by baking your own favorite flavor for your base cake.

If you’re not experienced, you can use a vanilla sponge cake recipe, as it’s the most forgiving. You will then layer them into a considerable height – a minimum of two layers.

Then you start decorating it with some blue buttercream frosting and piping bag to create Cookie Monster fur all over the cake’s surface. Last but not least, put on fondant eyes and mouth together with some pieces of cookies.

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Sesame Street Birthday Cake

Looking for a multi-tiered and impressive-looking Sesame Street cake? Why not try this one if you have the energy and time? This is a two-tier cake made with some of the best decorative elements we’ve seen on this list.

The bottom of the cake will feature all the characters you can imagine – Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Elmo, and others. Then the second tier will have your child’s name and age inside the Sesame Street marquee.

The whole cake will also be green, just like Sesame Street’s theme color. You’ll use fondant to create elements and printouts of the characters.

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Two-Tier Sesame Street Birthday Cake

Here is another simple multi-tier cake featuring the characters of Sesame Street. The cake is a two-tier cake with white background and the characters’ faces on the bottom of the cake, then an orange background with a Sesame Street marquee on the second tier.

On top of the cake will be a jumping Elmo topper. The cake is decorated with multiple fondant elements, so if you’re not comfortable working with fondant, this recipe will be an experience for you.

The characters’ faces are printed on using edible papers, so at least that’s something you can skip. The Elmo topper is also made by using an Elmo toy.

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DIY Elmo Birthday Cake

Do you want a simple Elmo cake that’s single-tiered and easy to make? Try this one for a change, and let us know how it goes! This cake is the perfect introduction for those new to baking and still working out the best way to create their cakes.

The maker started by making her cake using vanilla sponge cakes and raspberry buttercream. But if that’s not your favorite flavor, you can switch it with something else.

Then you’ll be rolling out some fondant to create the base of the yellow cake. Lastly, stick Elmo’s printout onto the cake using some edible paper, and you’re done!

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Easy Cookie Monster Sesame Street Cake

This is another Cookie Monster tutorial for all you cookie lovers out there. And one of the things we’ve noticed with this tutorial is the maker herself. She’s barely a teenager!

Nothing will if this doesn’t show you that anyone can bake this cake. Why not show this to your kids and ask them to help you out? We bet this little girl’s baking ability will inspire them.

The cake is a vanilla base cake covered in blue buttercream icing. You will then create several elements using fondant to make his eyes and mouth. Finish it off with some crumbled cookies.

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Matching Elmo Smash Cake and Elmo Birthday Cake

If you’ve been looking for a Sesame Street smash cake recipe, we’re here to end your suffering. The maker will show you how to create two Elmo smash cakes and a birthday cake in this tutorial.

A smash cake is a smaller cake created to appease a baby’s first birthday. The baby can do anything they’d like to that cake, and most of the time, they’ll smash it – hence the name.

That’s why they usually also prepare a separate, bigger birthday cake, just like they do in this tutorial. These cakes are made using buttercream for the fur and fondant for the details.

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Sesame Street Cake Sicles

If you’re a simple person, you might want to create something that’s much simpler than a cake. That’s why we included these wonderful Sesame Street-themed Cakesicles. Cakesicles look similar to ice cream; instead, they’ll be cakes inside!

Because it’s supposed to look like ice cream, one of the things you’ll need to prepare is the ice cream mold. Because you’ll be creating the chocolate mold using these ice cream-shaped silicone.

Then you’ll insert some cake crumbles inside the mold to create the filling. Lastly, create some details using colored fondant, put them all together, and you’re finished!

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Simple Cookie Monster Sesame Street Cake

Here’s a cute little idea for a Cookie Monster cake. Not only will this cake feature the blue monster’s face himself, but it will also be lined with a cookie base at the bottom of the cake.

Truly a different take than the usual Cookie Monster cake. You’ll be creating a vanilla base cake, but if you want to, you can create a more specialized taste that’s more to your preference.

Then you’ll be layering those cakes to a considerable height because we want to make two different parts here – the cookie base and the Cookie Monster. Put on some fondant details and pipe on the blue buttercream. Then line the bottom of the cake with some cookie crumbles.

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Easy Elmo Birthday Cake

Here’s a fun Elmo face cake that’s also very easy and customizable. What we love about this tutorial is that the maker will take you step by step on your baking journey and tell you several tips on how to customize this cake.

The cake is made with double-layer vanilla cake with some buttercream frosting to create the fur effect. After you layer the cake, cover them with red frosting and pipe on the fur using a grass tip.

Then lastly, put some fondant details onto the cake to create Elmo’s adorable face. The maker also said that you could switch the buttercream with red fondant instead if you’re overwhelmed with the thought of piping.

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Super Easy Cookie Monster Sesame Street Cake

This cake is another simple Cookie Monster cake that you can easily make if you’re short on time. The cake is a single-tier cake featuring his adorable blue face and cookie crumbles.

Start by having your sponge cake ready, the maker has the cake as a two-layered cake, but you can make it taller if you’d like. Then pipe on the blue fur using buttercream and a piping tip.

When you’re done with the fur, you will then create the fondant details. What’s great about these cakes is that you can easily prepare the base cake the night before and have it decorated the next day.

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Sesame Street Cake

Here’s another cute but simple Sesame Street-themed cake that you won’t have any trouble making. The cake is a single-tier cake that’s very manageable, even for beginner bakers.

The maker decided to create a funfetti base cake, but if that’s not your favorite, you can substitute it with different ones. Stack the cake into three layers, and then cover them with some white vanilla buttercream.

Then start creating the details using some fondant – the letters and circles. You’ll also use printouts of Sesame Street characters to put on the bottom of the cake.

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Customized Sesame Street Cake

Do you want to make something that’s more festive? Then try this two-tier cake that will delight any fan of Sesame Street. Your kids will be screaming joyfully when they see two of their favorite characters featured in this cake.

The bottom will be Cookie Monster, and the top tier will be Elmo. This cake is basically an Elmo face cake and a Cookie Monster face cake put together into one brilliant cake.

You’ll create the cake using buttercream frosting for the fur and fondant for their details – such as their mouths, eyes, Elmo’s nose, and Cookie Monster cookies.

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Sesame Street Cake 2 Tier

Was our double-character cake from before not enough to please you? Don’t worry. We also included this cute and wonderful two-tier cake featuring three different Sesame Street characters – Cookie Monster, Big Bird, and Elmo.

You might be wondering, if it’s two tiers, then where does the one character go to? Well, the bottom tier is Cookie Monster, the top tier is Big Bird, and lastly, Elmo will be featured as a topper instead of an extra tier!

The cake is made using buttercream frosting and fondant detailing for their face. You can try to customize this cake using other characters, maybe green for Oscar the Grouch? The choice is yours.

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Cookie Monster and Elmo Birthday Cake

This very detailed tutorial will show you how you can paint Elmo and Cookie Monster’s faces onto some white fondant to create two different smash cakes!

You might feel like you’re in a free art class when you watch this tutorial because she will take you step-by-step, from how to use the stencil to color choices for your edible paint.

What’s wonderful is that you can easily customize this by painting on different characters instead of just Elmo and Cookie Monster, just by using different colors of edible paint. Truly a fun project that your little one will love and remember forever.

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Oscar Sesame Street Cake with Sugar Paste

Here’s something that you don’t see often. This recipe does not feature a character that’s regularly mentioned, but he’s still a top-notch character in our hearts – Oscar the Grouch.

The cake is made with sugar paste instead of buttercream icing, making the taste more pleasant. The base cake is made with some vanilla sponge cakes, but you can customize this using your favorite flavor.

It’s then decorated with some green sugar paste using a piping tip to create his fur. Lastly, you’ll be using some black and white fondant to create Oscar’s details and face.

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Sesame Street Cupcake Cake

Want to make a Sesame Street cupcake cake? Try this recipe as an alternative to the huge cakes we’ve been showing you. What’s great about cupcake cakes is that they’re easier and faster to bake, but they can still have an impressive look when they’re put together.

This recipe will show you how to create the number 2 using cupcakes. Line them up, then cover the whole cupcake’s surface using vanilla buttercream.

Then start creating decorations using some fondant. The maker decided to use simple and colorful circular shapes that are synonymous with Sesame Street. Lastly, make Elmo’s face and Sesame Street’s marquee.

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Sesame Street Theme Cake

If we’ve shown you cakes with three different characters previously, we’re taking it to the next level. This multi-tiered cake will have four different characters shown on the cake. What’s unique about this cake is that it’s not really a four-tier cake.

It’s only a two-tier cake. But the maker has two different sides of the cake, showing different characters! That’s four for the price of one.

The characters they use in this tutorial are Elmo, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, and Oscar the Grouch, which makes this a wonderful show of primary colors. Go ahead and make this one. We bet everyone will love it since their favorite characters will be on display.

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Sesame Street Cake Inspiration

Are you having a big party with your friends and family? You should definitely make this cake to liven up said party if you are. This cake is considerably large – with three tiers of different characters.

You can start with your favorite flavor as the base cake, then coat it with some crumb coat. Then you’ll work with buttercream to create the characters’ furs. The bottom layer will be Cookie Monster with his blue buttercream frosting.

The next layer will be Oscar the Grouch with green buttercream frosting. Last but certainly not least, we’ll have the baby of the family – Elmo, as the top tier with his red buttercream frosting.

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