I am making a thanksgiving turkey cake and I am having problem how to make the drumsticks....Do I make them separately? and how do I attach them to the body? do you make them out of cake or just fondant? help please...

Are you talking about the turkey cake that looks like it just came out of the oven?

If you are talking about making the cake above, I've always made "meringue bones" instead of using gum paste or fondant. All you need to do is make up meringue, like you would for lemon meringue pie, and place the meringue into a piping bag or zip lock back and then pipe out "bones" onto wax paper. Bake for 1.5 hours at 200 degrees. They're a bit fragile so I always make extra just in case I break one (or need to eat one) but the look exacly like bones and taste awsome!

When I made my turkey cake, I just used cake balls that I shaped by hand and then covered with fondant.

How funny I literally just finished mine ten min ago, I used rice krispie treats for the drum sticks did not make wings cause it fd not work out, I did not attach them with anything I placed them in the right spot and then frosted it all together hope that helps good luck feel free to ask if u need more help

Look at the *Sticky* that is currently going to be right above this thread as soon as I post it, lol! It is literally the last sticky that is in the "How do I?" section.

I did a quick tutorial when I did mine last year

http://www.keeponcaking.com/2010/12/how-to-make-a-turkey-cake/

I used Rice Krispy treats for the drumsticks and wings.

CC article on turkey cake:

http://cakecentral.com/articles/

Turkey cake tutorial:

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-50723.html

HTH

thanks ladies

Thanks Charmed! I try and take pics as I go for most of my projects. I've learned so much from CC and the Internet, I feel I should give back when I can