This is my 3rd elmo cake attempt. I am getting better, I think, though I would like to give it one more go! This was for my son's 2nd birthday and it was almost as tall as he is. The stomach is cake - chocolate with dark chocolate and cherry filling, and vanilla almond cake with raspberry and marzipan filling all covered in red vanilla almond butter cream frosting. The head, arms and legs are rice crispy treats (rkt) covered in the buttercream. The only thing that I am still needing to get is how to make Elmo smile. He always looks scared - though if I were made out of cake, I might look that way too! *lol* At any rate, it was lots of fun and my son told me next time he wants elmo and cookie monster!