Gobble Gobble! How to Make This ‘Roasted’ Vanilla Thanksgiving Turkey Cake
Thanksgiving is a time for family, food and cake.
— -- Thanksgiving is a time for family, friends and food. Lots and lots of turkey, stuffing and cake.
For those of you who want it all, behold: the turkey cake. It’s a sweet creation that’s baked, carved, painted and dressed to resemble the star of the Thanksgiving dinner table. It looks so much like a turkey that you may do a double take.
Yolanda Gampp, the novelty cake decorator behind the delicious-looking cake, told ABC News that she’s always been drawn to creating cakes that resemble food or other inedible items. Her Instagram account features images of her cake that look like a hamburger, an ice cream cone, a baseball, a pizza, a watermelon, nachos and a “Walking Dead”-inspired brain using red velvet cake and jam.
“Whenever I make a cake that looks like a food item, especially if it’s savory ... it really plays tricks on your mind,” she said.
Gampp, a Torontonian who has appeared on the Food Network Canada, trained as a chef before turning to baking and decorating cakes for a living. After she started posting cake decorating videos online earlier this year, her YouTube channel became so popular that she now shoots weekly videos for the channel full time.
“I’m just thrilled to share my work with the world,” she said, adding that receiving encouraging comments from viewers all over the world and to be able to inspire others to try some of her creations is “so amazing.”
Click HERE for full steps to create Gampp's turkey cake. Gampp uses vanilla cake but says anyone who wants to attempt this can use their favorite cake.
A word to the wise: This is time-consuming. Gampp said it took her three hours to carve the correct turkey shape by hand before she added the fondant and then painted it.
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