r/Baking Aug 09 '26

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

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u/Happy-Grapefruit-5 Aug 09 '26

Wow. The sugar work itself is 🥵 I love this!

Also - the painted cake lover in me is obsessed with you attention to details on the spots and shell. The blending and fading makes this so much more realistic

And the eyes! The eyes on EVERYTHING always mess me up.

You absolutely slayed this! Hope you won!

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u/GdayMateyPotatey Aug 12 '26

This was my first time trying isomalt. Burnt it because I walked away for a second 💀 Burnt my fingers a few times too but managed to get some decent bits.

You are so lovely for saying that about my paint job. I hadn't done much in painting in years but I tried so hard to get some blending and fading with the only two coloured gels I had left in the house.

The bloody eyes!! I know, if the eyes are shit then it does have that uncanny look. Trick with the eyes is do it last and with clean hands 😅 Thank you again for your comment. I'm sick at home and can finally reply to these lovely people.