She insisted she wanted an Elmo cake for her birthday and heck if I'm going to tell her no with those big brown eyes staring up at me:). However, I did cringe inside knowing I was going to have to tackle red frosting again.
I threw an Elmo party for Rylie 5 years ago and tried in vain to get red frosting. I ended up tossing the botched frosting and buying the disgusting tube frosting. So this time I was determined to get it right.
I did some research online and several sites were saying to tint it pink first. OK. Did that. Then I put in half a bottle of the Wilton red and it turned a beautiful dark....pink. UGH. Some websites were saying to add some black. Did that. Added too much black. GRRRRRRRR. Now I had a nice mauve Elmo.
By the way, if you didn't know, the color also darkens with time. I found this out the hard way. When I woke to take a peek at Elmo, hoping it had miraculously turned red overnight, it had actually turned into a poopy brown color. BLAH!!!
(I texted my mom a picture and she said she liked it better than the original...isn't that so something a mom would say, ha!)
My redemption came when I showed it to Bri and she screamed....ELMO MOMMY! So, I guess it's still a win, brown or not.
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| I put some red sprinkles on that help a little....a very little. |
Happy Birthday Bri!
I love you so much that I would
try red frosting again!*
*Please don't ask though
