Turkey Cake Balls!

Turkey Cake Balls!

Welcome to post #2 of my Thanksgiving Blog Blitz!  I will have a new blog post for you every few days from now until Turkey day. I hope you enjoy.

It's Turkey Season!

Yay!

I don't know about you guys, but I have  serious crush on cute little turkey themed treats. I love seeing all the adorable confections that people come up with  this time of year. I did a post a couple of years ago about Thanksgiving cake balls, which we make every year. But I wanted to kick them up a notch this year, and turn them into something  more fun and eye catching.

And here is what I came up with:

Tee hee hee.

They tickle me pink. Well, they tickle me orange and yellow, anyway.

Here is how you make 'em:

You will need Whopper candies and your dipped cake balls in the flavor of your choice.

Cut the fondant  "feathers" by  using 3 sizes of blossom cutters. See the brown ones? Ignore those. I decided later that I did not like the brown feathers so I  left them off.

If you like, hit the edges of them with some airbrush color to make them pop and give them dimension.

To make the little front wings,  cut two petals out of a blossom with an exacto knife.

Attach a whopper for his head, 3 blossoms for his fan of feathers, and his side wings with melted chocolate.

Attach candy googly eyes, and pipe his beak and that jiggly red thing with royal icing.

To make the base he is standing on, pour some melted chocolate into a round cookie cutter that has some wax or parchment paper under it.

Pop it into the freezer until fully firm and release it from the cutter.

Use two more petals cut and carved out with a knife to make his feet.

Attach the turkey and his feet with chocolate to the base.

SO STINKIN 'CUTE!

What you lookin' at Willis?

I simply adore these turkey cake balls. I can see them sitting on top of a bread plate at each place setting on the Thanksgiving dining table.  Your guests will simply go nuts over them, and you will get rave reviews for being such a clever confectionery creator. 

I hope you try them out!

Happy turkey-ing,

Sharon

www.sugaredproductions.com