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Turkey Cake




Source of Recipe


Parents magazine


List of Ingredients




Cake:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
13/4 cups sugar
4 large eggs
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 cup almond-toffee bits



Decorations:
1 can (16 oz.) milk-chocolate frosting
1 can (16 oz.) vanilla frosting
Orange food coloring
Brown paste food coloring
1 chocolate-covered cream snack cake (Ring Ding)
1 ice-cream cone, trimmed ½" on top
10 vanilla-cream-filled cookies (Vienna Fingers)
1/4 cup orange-colored sugar
1/2 cup each regular and large candy corn
1 9" piece red fruit leather
2 candy eyes
2 Tbs. chocolate sprinkles



Recipe



Heat oven to 350°F. Grease one 8" and one 9" round cake pan. Line bottom of pans with wax paper. Grease and flour pans again.

In bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In large bowl, with mixer on high, beat softened butter and sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each. In small bowl, combine milk, sour cream, and vanilla. Reduce mixer speed to low; add flour mixture to large bowl, alternating with milk mixture until combined. Stir in toffee bits.

Divide batter between pans, and smooth tops. Bake 8" cake 40 minutes and 9" cake 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Transfer cakes to wire rack, and cool 10 minutes. Invert and cool completely.

Cut a 2 1/2" slice from edge of 8" cake and a 2" slice from edge of 9" cake. Cut 2" slice in half for neck.

Spread chocolate frosting on top of 9" cake. Place the small cake on top, lining up cut sides. Stand cake up, cut side down, on cake platter. Frost back and side of 9" cake with chocolate frosting. Attach 2 1/2" slice of trimmed cake, cut side down, behind frosted cake.

Tint vanilla frosting with orange coloring and a hint of brown coloring. Frost back wedge and smaller cake in front, spreading frosting in even lines from top to bottom. Attach half of 2" slice to center of orange-frosted cake. Cover with chocolate frosting to make neck, and place snack cake on top for head. Secure with wooden skewer; frost.

Cut all but three vanilla cookies in half. Heat remaining orange frosting in microwave 2 minutes, or until texture resembles whipped cream. To make hat, coat cone with frosting and sprinkle with orange sugar. Set cone on wax paper to dry. Dip the rounded ends of all cookies in orange frosting and then in sugar. Set cookies aside to dry, about 5 minutes.

Insert toothpicks into cut end of cookies, and attach across top edge of chocolate cake for feathers. Place remaining whole cookies in back of cake as tail feathers. Arrange smaller candy corn on cake against cookies and large candy corn on top of orange-frosted cake.

Trim one candy corn; attach to cone as buckle on hat. Cut fruit leather into three equal pieces, and press together, overlapping. Trim to make wattle. Using frosting, attach eyes to face.