The South Will Rise

I can’t believe it is Thanksgiving week already!!  We are headed up to the mountains tomorrow, and thanks to Mother Nature, it looks like it will be absolutely freezing up there with hopefully some snow.  My sister and her family are driving down from New York, and Walker can’t wait to see his cousins.  He is especially excited because we bought my two nieces Rainbow Looms as an early Christmas present and as a good way to take up a lot of time in the house when it is too cold to go outside.  Walker, as a ten year old boy, does not want a Rainbow Loom for himself, but he is super excited to play with his cousin’s new loom.  If you have not heard of a Rainbow Loom- it is the new fad way to make bracelets out of little rubber bands.  I am amazed at the huge amount of add ons that you can buy for your Rainbow Loom- loom cases, extra bands, carry cases to carry you loom case- it goes on and on.  In addition to the Rainbow Looms, I was digging around to find fun kitchen projects for the kids, and these Turkey cupcakes looked perfect. (Picture from FamilyFun Magazine and recipe from www.spoonful.com)

Turkey Cupcakes:

First, make cupcakes according to directions of your favorite box brand and frost with chocolate icing.

Ingredients for Decorations:

3 oval shortbread cookies
6 to 10 candy corn pieces
White icing
Black decorators’ gel
Red fruit leather (fruit roll ups work well)

Directions:

Frost the cupcake, then press in a cookie head and 2 cookie wings.  Press in a row or two of candy corn tail feathers.  To make an eye, add a small dot of white icing to the head, then add a dot of black decorators’ gel for a pupil.  For a beak, cut the white tip from a piece of candy corn and press it in place.  To make the wattle, cut a 1-inch square of fruit leather. Roll it into a tube and stick it in place over the beak.

Tags: baking, cake, Christmas, dessert, Rainbow Looms, southern baking, southern food, Thanksgiving, Turkey Cupcakes