This is Louie – My Roasted Pig Cake!

This is my roasted pig cake. His name was Louie. We ate him. I got mixed reviews on him. My cakes freak  my sister out. She says they are weird. I love weird. I made 3 batches of my special pound cake and stacked them. I put a thin layer of butter cream and then … Read more

Zombie Luau Roast Pig Birthday Cake

Zombie Luau Roast Pig Birthday Cake

For my birthday I had a zombie luau party. I did not want a gory cake so I decided to make a cute little “ready to roast” pig birthday cake! How I Made This Roast Pig Birthday Cake I found a vintage Betty Crocker pan set on ebay for $10. Once it arrived I went … Read more

Coolest Turkey Cake

Coolest Turkey Cake

This turkey cake was my third attempt at using fondant. I found a recipe for fondant on Pintrest and started working with it and got hooked. For Thanksgiving I wanted to make special deserts for two parties. I decided to see if I could make a turkey cake for each party. They turned out better … Read more

Coolest Turkey Cake

Turkey Cake

One of my friend’s commissioned me to make this turkey cake for her family’s Thanksgiving dinner. The cake was then driven to the final destination 4 hours away, so I had to make sure it would be intact and look the same when it arrived. The drumsticks were made from rice krispies treat, as per … Read more

Coolest Roasted Turkey Cake

Homemade Roasted Turkey Cake

Everyone seems to spend a lot of time carving round cakes or something, I highly recommend using the Wilton football cake pan – make 2 cakes and put them together, then simply notch the edges! The secret to getting this Roasted Turkey Cake just right was a 4 day process – day four, fondant cranberries … Read more

Coolest Homemade Turkey Cake

Homemade Turkey Cake

I made this Turkey cake for Thanksgiving and quite a few people had to look twice. I made it out of pound cake and covered it with fondant.

Coolest Turkey Cake

Homemade Turkey Cake

My son’s 11th birthday was on Thanksgiving and he requested a turkey cake, one that looked like it was cooked and we could put it on the table and fool everyone into thinking it was real! I used 2 boxed banana cake mixes and baked them one at a time in an 8 cup glass … Read more

Coolest Thanksgiving Turkey Cake

Homemade Thanksgiving Turkey Cake

This Homemade Thanksgiving Turkey Cake was inspired by the pictures I’d seen up on this site. I was afraid I could not do this but the other submissions really inspired me. I started with yellow cake mix and Duncan Hines cream cheese frosting on the inside. I got the oval shape by using a football … Read more

Coolest Thanksgiving Turkey Cake

Homemade  Thanksgiving Turkey Cake

This Thanksgiving Turkey Cake is a pumpkin spice cake with cream cheese frosting. I used 3 rectangular cake pans, frosted the layers and let it sit in the freezer for about an hour. I then carved out the basic shape of the body and covered it with fondant that was tinted with a copper tone. … Read more

Coolest Turkey Cake

Homemade Turkey Cake

I made this turkey cake for a thanksgiving party. My goal was to make a cake that looked like a real cooked turkey. It turned out fabulous. It had a lot of rough spots but I think that it actually made the cake look more realistic. For the cake inside I did a vanilla cake … Read more

Coolest Turkey Cake

Homemade Turkey Cake

I baked a 13×9 and an oval cake for this Turkey Cake. I let the oval cake dome when it cooked so I could use it to make the turkey look round. I put the oval cake on top of the 13×9. The exposed parts of the 13×9 are what I cut off to make … Read more

Coolest Thanksgiving Turkey Cake

Homemade Thanksgiving Turkey Cake

For this Thanksgiving Turkey Cake I used an eight X twelve rectangular pan for the bottom base and topped it with a cake baked in a football shaped cake pan. I used spice cake mix and cream cheese frosting. The drumsticks and wings were formed with rice krispie treats. I blended copper, brown and a … Read more