When shopping for an Elmo cake pan there are actually two options. The first is the common and current Elmo shaped cake pan that is just his face and smile. The other pan is from 1996 and is retired, and rather than just his face it’s his entire body with a gift in one hand and an ice cream cone in the other. Both pans are easy to find, since the retired pan has yet to hit “collector’s item” status. They’re also both made by Wilton, so you know that you’re getting the finest quality at the best price. In this post I want to offer some decorating tips for the cake as well as show you where to get the best prices on the Elmo face cake pan and the Elmo body cake pan.
In the pictures that you see around the web of this cake finished, Elmo’s face is pure red. If you have prior baking experience you’ll know that it’s tough to get icing to be that red without having it taste nasty from the food coloring’s ingredients. Most times when adding red food coloring to white frosting the best you can get is a medium pink color. I assume that Wilton decorated those cakes just for taking the pictures, but normal people will have a hard time getting it right.
So how do you do it? Add and taste! Add food coloring to the point just before you can taste it (usually a tablespoon) and then give it a good mix. It should be a medium pink color. From there you can add beet juice to continue getting it more red without giving it a nasty taste. Beet juice is actually pretty sweet and will enhance the icing’s flavor. Add it a 1/4 teaspoon at a time until you get as close to red as you can without making it too liquidy.
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