This children's cake is really simple to
make yet very effective. It is ideal for a Halloween party.
Ingredients : Serves 15-20
900 g
2
350 g
Materials/equipment
23 cm
Sugar paste icing black food coloring
Madeira cakes, baked in 18cm square cake tin
and a 300ml pudding basin
Butter icing
Round cake board fine paintbrush
Method :
Tint 115g cup of the sugarpaste icing
dark grey and use to cover the cake board.
Cut two small corners off the large
cake.
Cut two larger wedges off the other
two corners, then stand the cake on the board.
Divide the larger trimmings in half and wedge around the base of the
cake.
Secure the small cake to the top of
the larger cake with butter icing.
Completely cover both of the cakes
with the remaining butter icing.
Roll out the remaining sugarpaste
icing to an oval shape 50 x 30cm / 20 x 12in.
Lay if over the cake, letting the
icing fall into folds around the sides. Gently smooth the icing over the
top half of the cake and trim off any excess.
Using black food coloring and a fine
paintbrush, paint two oval eyes on to the head.