My sister and late Aunt shared the same Birthday that always managed to fall right around Thanksgiving. When my kids were little, I took to cake decorating as a means to earn some extra income, and decided to tackle the ULTIMATE Thanksgiving Cake the year their Birthday fell exactly ON Thanksgiving.
The cake was made in the shape of a turkey. 1/2 white and 1/2 dark(chocolate). The frosting was colored and textured to make the cake look just like the turkey had come out of the oven and I had even put some fancy frills on the "legs" to really show it off all the more. There was "Stuffing" made out of white cake protrouding from the "turkey". Surrounding the turkey on the tray there was a "baked Potato with a pat of butter", "peas", and "carrots".
My Aunt was a small and short, but she was a wild spitfire...and a nosey one at that! When she arrived I asked if she thought the turkey was going to be enough to feed everyone. She walked up to the cake, poked the leg and said "That is one tough bird!" It was then that I told her it was actually her Birthday cake. First words out of her mouth, "OH MY GOD!!!!" We heard those words repeatedly throughout the day...and sadly no one wanted to eat the Turkey Cake because they found it to be too fancy to eat.
This post was inspired by The Etsybloggers Team July 21 Blog Carnival. We could choose between two topics.
Theme 1: Your favorite creation. Tell about your favorite creation and share a picture.
Theme 2: It's a heatwave. Tell of things that you do to keep cool or have fun in the sun.
9 comments:
I've GOT to see a picture of this. Sounds so fun.
That is awesome!!!!! You know I'm all about dessert! Bring on the turkey cake!
Linda - that is SOOO cute!!
Thanks!! for adding the pic !!
Hey Linda, I LOVE your carnival post. I've heard of possum cake but never, ever turkey cake. Your creative mind is, is, ummm...delicious!
You remind me so much of my sister. We are siblings of three, I am the oldest, she is the middle.
She used to have a cake catering business, but now she does them for special friend and family occassions.
Enjoying you...
Lily
Is there anything you can't do?? ;) That is one amazing cake; I love "fool-you" foods.
Duff (Ace of Cakes) would be proud of you, you did good. I used to work as a cake decorator, loved playing.
That is absolutely astounding!
Awesome - a turkey cake!!!!!
You rock!
So fantastic! LOVE it, such a clever idea! gobble gobble
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