3-d elephant

This turned out so cute, but it was a big challenge!  It is made using the 3-d Cuddly Bear pan by Wilton.. cutting off the bear ears and added cardboard elephant ears and an icing trunk.  It is not an easy pan to bake or decorate, but the results are so cute!

NOTE:  if you use the 3-d bear pan, the directions call for 6 cups of batter in the bear and 2/3 cups batter in the heating core.... it actually took about 8 cups of batter in the bear, 2/3 in the core, otherwise it would not have filled up while baking ( I imagine this will vary depending on your recipe)...it should bake over and leak out a little during baking to ensure that it fills out completely.  Also... all you should have to do to ensure a firm cake for this pan is reduce the amount of oil you use by 1/2... this worked great for me, and I didn't have to use a different recipe at all.  Follow all the included directions for assembling the pan and cooling the cake, though... otherwise the cake will fall apart.