Pick Me Up!

WORLD OF PURE IMAGINATION

As I pottered around my kitchen, a delicious smell was rising throughout.

I’d spent all day creating the most amazing Christmas cake.

Only, my Christmas themed treat was one like no other.

A life-size raw turkey cake, specially crafted to show the veiny, pale body of the headless bird, ready for roasting.

You see, my bakes have never been twee, or cutesy.

I have always loved the weird and the wonderful.

A life-size raw turkey cake was far more me than any yule log or Xmas pud.

I had always been creative, studying

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