Skill level: Intermediate
Guest instructor Kristin Eagles from The Girl Next Door Bakes showcases a realistic turkey cake that will make your guests wonder, “Are we having second dinner?”
Kristin breaks down how to create this amazing cake, giving tips on how to place it in a turkey roaster pan, how to stack and carve the cake layers, how to provide internal support for the turkey legs and how to paint it and give it a realistic shine that will look just like the real thing.
45:00 Minutes of Instruction
What You Will Learn
- How to make a cake that looks just like a real turkey
- Learn how to create the internal structure to support the turkey legs
- How to paint the cake to look just like a delicious cooked turkey
Tutorial Chapters
- Stacking the cakes
- Carving the body
- Making the turkey tail
- Frosting the cake
- Making the drumsticks
- Making the fondant turkey skin
- Covering the turkey in fondant
- Covering the legs in fondant
- Making the wings
- Painting and adding the glaze