11.15.2010

marshmallow turkey cupcakes {martha stewart cupcakes club}

The most pressing question of the day: what do you call that red thing that hangs off of the turkey's beak?

Thank goodness for the internet.  At first I thought it was a wattle, but now I know it's a snood.  (The wattle hangs down the neck.)

The second most pressing question of the day: how long will it take me to make these cupcakes?  I spent the better part of an uncharacteristically glorious 60º November day cutting up sticky fruit slices (I subbed those for swedish fish, which I could find only in red,)  toasting coconut (you have to keep a watchful eye over it- I've burnt more pans than I care to admit) and

assembling turkeys.
(I used chocolate jimmies for eyes, candy corn for beaks,
and fruit slices for feathers and snoods.)

Toasted coconut marshmallows proved to be a problem to find (we looked in five different stores.)  With a little simple sugar syrup and a lot of busy work, The Daughter made the eighteen turkey heads.


The resulting flock of turkeys: time-consuming but worth it.

Thank you, Rachel at Simple Girl, for picking a great cupcake. It's the perfect Thanksgiving treat for The Daughter to share with her soccer team.  

7 comments:

  1. What adorable turkeys! I love your cupcakes, too cute. I bet your daughter's soccer team just loved these =).

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  2. Wow, that is dedication to the turkey cupcakes! I just subbed a whole bunch of different stuff. Yours look adorable.

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  3. I love the addition of the snood! Your cupcakes will surely be a hit and thanks for the turkey anatomy lesson! :-)

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  4. Adorable! Your turkeys have great personality!

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  5. Oh, great job. I like your adaptations. :)

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