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Coolest Turtle Pull-Apart Birthday Cake

This Turtle Pull-Apart Birthday Cake was my 1st attempt at decorating a cake! I made it for my son’s 2nd birthday and he absolutely loved it. I got the idea from the Betty crocker online site.

The body is made of 7 cupcakes arranged closely in a circle and I used glaze icing to frost it together on top (it was way too sweet… you should use buttercream frosting. I didn’t know better as I had never decorated a cake before and didn’t know how to use the different types of icing!)

Then I frosted the feet and head separately with green tinted frosting and joined them to the body, then I piped some green to make the carapace pattern.

The recipe said to use licorice for the smile and tail, I had no idea what that was. I had some dried strawberry snacks so I cut out the smile for the turtle. Choc chips for the eyes and silver deco as toes. I used a piece of biscuit covered with the green icing for the tail.

You could also reverse the colours, a green bodied turtle with a brown head and feet.

Wish you have fun decorating your cakes!


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