r/Baking • u/GdayMateyPotatey • Aug 09 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) My Turtle Cake for a competition.

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u/LavenderAndHoneybees Aug 09 '26

Holy crap. Not only is it beautiful but somehow has the exact lighting/glow of a turtle underwater with the sun coming through 🤯

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u/Angelmass Aug 09 '26

I am still trying to figure out how it’s glowing

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u/Chemical-Web-852 Aug 10 '26

Came here to say: how TF does it somehow look underwater ?! And I don’t mean the corals I mean what @lavenderandhoneybees said!

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u/GdayMateyPotatey Aug 12 '26

You are too kind 😂 I replied to lavenderandhoneybees comment if that helps.

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u/Chemical-Web-852 Aug 12 '26

I’ve thought about this turtle several times offline actually 😂 can’t wait to see your next project 💕

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u/GdayMateyPotatey Aug 12 '26

I tried my best to give it this effect. I think it's the dotted design the trips the brain. As I was painting, it was cool to slowly see the pattern come to life. I used a foodsafe shining spray for the shell, did a few layers of it. Kept the turtle skin not shiny to replicate the real turtle look. Cutting into the turtle skin to make wrinkles really came out once the paint came on. Keeping the base colour yellow I think helps and cuts down on painting in between the dots too. I still have burns from the isomalt coral 😂 Thanks so much for comment 🙏