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Thanksgiving Turkey Cake

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From Sandra Lee, for About.com

Thanksgiving Turkey Cake

Thanksgiving Turkey Cake

Makes 14 servings

  • 2 (1 pound) cans vanilla frosting
  • Food coloring
  • 2 (10-ounce) store-bought angel food cakes
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 9 chocolate turkeys
Prep time:15 minutes

Preparation:
Mix frosting with yellow and red food coloring, a drop at a time, until desired orange color is reached.

Place one cake upside down (narrow end down) on a serving platter.

Spread a thin layer of orange frosting on top.

Put second cake right side up (narrow end up) on top to form pumpkin shape.

Spread top and sides with orange frosting.

Spread chopped walnuts on the top and around the base of the cake.

Place one chocolate turkey on top of the cake, and the rest around the base of the cake. Gobble-gobble!

Copyright 2002 Sandra Lee

About the Author: Sandra Lee has been making everyday lives a little bit easier for over ten years with her Semi-Homemade techniques. Now, she brings her inspiring, practical ideas into the kitchen in her very first cookbook, with recipes that are quick, easy, and most of all delicious.

Semi-Homemade Cooking combines fresh ingredients with carefully chosen prepackaged foods -- everything from ready-made pastry to premade soups -- to create a worry-free, timesaving new approach to home cooking.

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