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    Home » Dessert Recipes » Decorated Cakes

    Turkey Cake - Candy Filled Thanksgiving Dessert Fit for A Crowd

    Published: Nov 16, '13 · Modified: Jan 4, '20 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Shock your family this Thanksgiving and make this realistic candy-filled Turkey Cake. This 3D cake looks like the real deal and your guests will be so surprised when they cut into it and realize there's candy corn inside!

    Turkey Cake

    Surprise your family when you cut into this roasted turkey cake and candy corn comes spilling out onto the serving platter. This cake made from three Betty Crocker Cake mixes will serve a crowd.

    Just be warned that you may have some infighting as people grab for a cake ball turkey leg. Others will want  you to carve off some yellow cake turkey breast, and everyone is going to beg for some toasted cake stuffing complete with cake ball sausage.

    You can find the step-by-step directions to make this Thanksgiving Turkey Cake filled with Candy Corn over at Tablespoon.com. I'd love for you to leave some comments over on the Tablespoon site if you like the cake I created for them.

     

    Shock the world this Thanksgiving and make this realistic candy filled Turkey Cake. This 3D cake looks like the real deal and your guests will cry and applaud and scream encore when they cut into it and realize there's candy corn inside!

    Be sure to check out all of my amazing Thanksgiving Recipes

    Dress up your holiday table with some cute Thanksgiving food. Your family will adore these sweet and savory Thanksgiving recipes.

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    Hi, I'm Beth Jackson Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Farm Quilter

      November 27, 2013 at 5:54 am

      Love this - totally fun!! I went to tablespoon.com and checked out the recipe you did and tried to leave a comment, but there were no hot-links to do so 🙁 This is a fabulous idea!

      Reply
    2. Judy @ Season of Sweets

      November 24, 2013 at 6:48 am

      How fun is that?!!! My family would get a real kick out of that 🙂 Even the "skin" looks so real!

      Reply
    3. Veronica Spriggs

      November 23, 2013 at 5:06 pm

      Very creative I was wondering what you used to make the stuffing!

      Reply
      • beth

        November 24, 2013 at 1:21 am

        Thanks, Veronica. I really wanted realistic looking stuffing so I added cake ball "sausage" to my toasted cake stuffing. I was really happy with how it turned out.

        Reply
    4. Sumo @ Sumo's Sweet Stuff

      November 22, 2013 at 9:46 pm

      This is amazing! How fun would this be to have on Thanksgiving Day?!? I'll be featuring this on my blog tomorrow.

      http://www.sumossweetstuff.com

      Thanks for linking up to the Block Party!
      Sumo:)

      Reply
      • beth

        November 22, 2013 at 9:52 pm

        I'm so happy to be featured! Thanks so much.

        Reply
    5. Michelle | Creative Food

      November 22, 2013 at 8:32 pm

      This is just brilliant Beth!! So creative and genius! LOVE it!

      Reply
    6. Anonymous

      November 20, 2013 at 3:24 pm

      Wings are backwards.

      Reply
      • beth

        November 20, 2013 at 5:34 pm

        No, they actually are not. I used a real turkey as my guide!

        Reply
    7. Lisa FlourMeWithLove

      November 20, 2013 at 2:56 pm

      Oh my goodness is this cute and it's our Spotlight of the Week! Thank you so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday 🙂

      http://www.flourmewithlove.com/2013/11/featuring-you_20.html

      Reply
      • beth

        November 21, 2013 at 2:54 am

        Thanks so much for featuring this cake! I'm glad you like it.

        Reply
    8. Chelsea @ Gal on a Mission

      November 19, 2013 at 4:09 pm

      This is just amazing and creative. Stopping by Two Cup Tuesday

      Reply
      • beth

        November 19, 2013 at 4:25 pm

        Thanks so much for stopping by!

        Reply
    9. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

      November 19, 2013 at 10:35 am

      As soon as I saw this turkey I said, WOW..and I know Beth had to make it! This is awesome! I'm not even gonna lie and say I'm making one of these..but I sure wouldn't mind eating it..lol. (I tried to leave a comment at Tablespoon, but it would not accept my username. I even changed it up a couple of different ways) Love~Love~Love this cake!

      Reply
      • beth

        November 19, 2013 at 4:24 pm

        I totally get it, this cake was a lot of work!! I do appreciate you trying to leave a comment over at Tablespoon. They recently revamped their website, and they are having some issues.

        Reply
    10. The Crafting Foodie

      November 19, 2013 at 2:34 am

      What an amazing cake! The turkey looks so realistic, and the stuffing - it looks so much like the real thing I can't get over it! Brilliant!

      Reply
      • beth

        November 19, 2013 at 4:25 pm

        Thanks. The stuffing is my favorite part of this cake design too!

        Reply
    11. Lori @ A Bright and Beautiful Life

      November 18, 2013 at 6:43 pm

      This is one of the funniest cakes I've ever seen. It would be so fun to serve it up!!! Yours looks just about like the real deal. Would you be willing to share this recipe post and any of your other great ones at our Making Monday link party? We would love it and think our readers will, too. Thanks. Have a fantastic day. http://www.abrightandbeautifullife.com/making-monday-14/

      Reply
      • beth

        November 19, 2013 at 4:28 pm

        Thanks, Lori. I just linked up!

        Reply
      • Lori @ A Bright and Beautiful Life

        November 25, 2013 at 3:49 am

        Hi Beth. I just wanted to let you know that we are featuring this Turkey Pinata Cake post at our Making Monday Features. Come take a look ~ thanks for linking up. 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving. http://www.abrightandbeautifullife.com/making-monday-features/

        Reply
    12. Mom of 3

      November 18, 2013 at 5:38 pm

      Wow, I don't know if I'd have your patience, but it's impressive.

      Reply
      • beth

        November 19, 2013 at 4:26 pm

        You do need lot of patience and time to make this cake. It was a labor of love!

        Reply
    13. Anonymous

      November 18, 2013 at 4:28 pm

      You are so talented!!!

      Reply
    14. Sarah Fuller

      November 18, 2013 at 3:08 am

      So creative. This is awesome!

      Reply
    15. The Partiologist

      November 17, 2013 at 12:39 pm

      You did it again, that is, made another beyond amazing cake!

      Reply
      • beth

        November 17, 2013 at 3:25 pm

        Thanks, Kim. I've made and decorated more cakes this year than I have in years. It's been fun.

        Reply
    16. Lisa@hooplapalooza

      November 16, 2013 at 10:51 pm

      OMG!!! this is beyond ahhhhh-mazing! :>O i bow to you oh Queen of Awesome Creative Food! :>D

      Reply
      • beth

        November 17, 2013 at 3:25 pm

        LOL! Thanks, Lisa:)

        Reply
    17. Dani B.

      November 16, 2013 at 10:11 pm

      This is genius! So creative! My family would die if I brought this over for dessert! Thanx hun, I love your website! xoDani

      Reply
    18. Dani B.

      November 16, 2013 at 10:11 pm

      This is genius! So creative! My family would die if I brought this over for dessert! Thanx hun, I love your website! xoDani

      Reply
      • beth

        November 16, 2013 at 10:34 pm

        Thanks so much, Dani:) I shared this turkey cake with some friends and they all thought it was really fun!

        Reply

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