2nd Birthday Elmo Cake & Marshmallow Fondant Recipe

My nieces birthday was actually last month but I never thought to put it up on here. Like most 2 year olds my niece is in love with Elmo and honestly, kid or adult who doesn't love Elmo? He's cute and fuzzy and so lovable. I made a vanilla cake with vanilla icing, nothing too crazy but decorated the cake with white and colored fondant. I don't have pictures of me making or rolling out the fondant because it is such a messy job there was no place for a camera in the kitchen, but I will walk you through each step on how to make this cake or just about any other cake with fondant on top.

Making homemade fondant is actually pretty easy, just very, very messy. It doesn't take too much skill or artistic talent, all you need is a little creativity and some cookie cutters, food dye and you're good to go!

My Birthday Cake - S'Mores Pie!

So yesterday was my birthday and naturally my husband asked me the basics, what did I want him to cook me for dinner and what kind of cake did I want? Typically that answer for me is a no brainer and I did answer my usual for dinner his specialty chicken dish and mushroom risotto (I will have to have a guest post from my husband on here one day with his dishes - they are just divine!), usually cake is easy too - ever since our wedding red velvet cake is both of our top choice for any celebration. This year though I wanted something different and since I had asked him to make a fairly labor intensive dinner I thought I take over my own birthday cake.

I did a lot of searching and finally decided on the S'Mores Pie from Steph's Bite by Bite, it looked delicious and it is just perfect for me....lots of chocolate and marshmallows and a graham cracker crust. I only varied the recipe slightly and to take my pie one step further I used my own homemade marshmallows that I made earlier in the week. It was perfect...happy birthday to me!