This Thanksgiving cake is made from a 8×3 inch round cake pan vanilla cake with a chocolate buttercream layer frosted in vanilla buttercream. I outlined the turkey free hand and then filled in all the colors.
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
I wanted to make something different this year for a Thanksgiving cake so I came up with this idea. I used a dome pan and make two jumbo cupcakes for the turkeys thighs. I made two indentations on each to put the cupcakes in and tooth picks to secure them. Rolled up brown construction paper … Read more
I have made these Turkey cupcakes several different years, and taken them to playgroups and parties and sent them to my husband’s office Thanksgiving party. The idea is from a parenting magazine, and as soon as I saw it I knew I had to try them. They are fairly time consuming, but it is only … Read more
It was so much fun to decorate this Thanksgiving cake! First I made a two layer carrot cake and two batches of cream cheese frosting and one batch of chocolate icing. I frosted the whole cake in the white. I then filled a pastry bag with 1/2 Chocolate and 1/2 yellow frosting (if youre looking … Read more
I love to decorate a cake with my 5 year old son. He always draws a cake design and I start making cakes based on his drawing. This Turkey cake was the first time I made as a 3 dimensional cake. I normally made flat circle cake and added design on the top and the … Read more
I made this turkey into a Thanksgiving cake. Many people thought this was a real turkey, which was a huge compliment. I used 10 cakes to get the size I needed. I carved, shaped and butter creamed. I then dyed fondant a yellowish color.I wanted to make turkey frills out of gum paste but ran … Read more
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
The turkey thanksgiving cake was the 5th cake I had ever made. It is a white chocolate cake with white chocolate cream cheese frosting. It was covered in marshmallow fondant and decorated to look like a turkey using gum paste feathers, neck, head, and top hat. The turkey shape was created by layering two 12-inch … Read more
This is a turkey cupcake made out of frosting and 2 brown sprinkles. First I did the feathers and froze them overnight, then in the morning I frosted the bodies and their facial features. Finally I pushed the brown sprinkles into the eyes. These Turkey Cupcakes turned out so cute!
This thanksgiving cake was just for fun on Thanksgiving. Its sculpted from two sheet-sized layers of cake and airbrushed. The turkey legs had to be reinforced with dowels.s sculpted from two sheet-sized layers of cake and airbrushed. The turkey legs had to be reinforced with dowels.