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My post on the Giant Cupcakes was an unbelievable hit I could not believe how many people got involved and read it!! I mentioned on the bottom of it that I would follow on with a piece about my Elmo cupcake.

 As I mentioned before I invested in a silicon cupcake mould for this. I have heard of people making them using normal round sponges and carving them and there are Youtube tutorials detailing this but I find this to me alot handier and I have also used the base of it when making round sponges so I find it doubles as a really deep tin. I was very wary of silicon at first but I have now grown to find it so handy as you can release cakes alot easier by turning them upside down onto a wire tray and almost pealing it away slowly. There are traditional tins available in this shape too and I know Wilton makes a particularly good one however they were all out the day I bought this and I was eager to try out the silicone phase that has been sweeping through the world of baking.

Another aspect I really like about this as you can see below is that there is a lid that goes on top of the base so that you can have an indent to fill with extra icing/frosting (because you can never have too much!)

 To make Elmo I used a normal Victoria Sponge but separated the mixture just before putting it into the oven I put some of the mixture into another bowl and added some red dye and then added 'blobs' of this to the normal mixture while filling the mould to give a marbelled effect. Unfortunately I don't have  pictures of the inside of the cake but the next time I make one I will post it. the cake iteself was made using red butter cream, covapaste dyed to requirements and then carefully made. This picture below was after it was made a little while and the eyes started to move, making the nose run down into the mouth. This happened mainly because the kitchen was very hot at the time. Also when your hands are very hot it can have a bad effect on sugar paste (just like with pastry).