*ahem* But without further ado, meet Edgar the Turkey!
Edgar may appear stoic, but he is sad for two reasons: 1. He's upset that I have nothing but a camera phone to "capture his glory". (He's a very arrogant turkey, you see.) and 2. His decapitated head is now chillin' in my freezer. (Pun intended.)
Anywhoooo....
The concept of Edgar began the week before Thanksgiving, as I was announcing to my bestie, Janey, that I was going to make a "pumpkin flavored pumpkin cake" for my mom's Thanksgiving. To this, Janey replied, "Or how about a turkey flavored turkey cake!" She was kidding...hooopefully ;)... but when my dad requested a Thanksgiving cake as well, I picked up the idea, minus the turkey flavoring of course. :P
This cake is made mostly out of chocolate cake (the box mix kind, because I'm fancy like that), Scotcheroos, buttercream, and fondant. I formed the middle part of his body by baking in a 10" round pan, cutting the cake in half, stacking the two halves, and then placing them flat side down. I used a Bake and Fill pan that I picked up at Goodwill to bake the front part of his body, but I think the same shape could be achieved from smaller round pans cut in half and stacked.
His tail-feathers were made out of Scotcheroos, that I pushed into half a saucepan to get the curved shape. (I think chocolate covered rice krispies would have worked just as well.) Lastly, his head is made out of an ice cream sugar cone for support and Scotcheroos (minus the chocolate) to give it shape.
It is all covered in fondant and I used the buttercream to coat and paste pieces together.
If you'd like any more directions on how to make yourself an Edgar, feel free to email me. Also, I'll be happy to share the recipes I used, if you don't feel like waiting for me to post them in a later entry.
Hope everyone had a happy thanksgiving :)
<3 Rachel
Wow, that's awesome!
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