Definitely an Amel Tessera. Like was said, a Candycane is line bred to have no yellow in the background. They should be white with red or orange saddles. You can't for sure call an individual animal a Candycane until it's 2 or 3, though if a baby is from a good Candycane linage, it's a good bet it will be. Corns get their yellows over the first 3 years, most of it between 1-2.
Tessera is one of the few dominant corn genes. It's a pattern modifier. Most of the ones out there, though that's starting to change, are het Tessera and if paired to a non Tessera, each baby produced has a 50/50 chance of being a Tessera. A homo Tessera will produce 100% Tessera offspring paired to any other corn but there is not currently any known way to tell a het or homo Tessera apart, aside from breeding it or knowing from what the pairing was. Amel is a recessive like most corn genes.
Here is a baby pic of mine. He actually is partly from a Candycane line.
He's three now and while he's got a little bit of yellow overwash on his background on the first third of his body, I think he could be called a Candycane, though not the very best example of one.
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