Ghostly Graveyard Cake

Host a haunted Halloween bash with this boo-tiful cake. This hauntingly fun cake features two tiers separated by fun fondant pumpkins.

Ingredients:

• Orange Icing Color
• Red-Red Icing Color
• Violet Icing Color
• Rose Icing Color
• Black Icing Color
• Lemon Yellow Icing Color
• Golden Yellow Icing Color
• Leaf Green Icing Color
• 48 ounces Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant
• Piping Gel
• Buttercream icing

Makes:

Cake serves 40.

Tools:

• 6 in. Round Pan
• 10 x 2 in. Round Pan
• Tip: 2
• Tip: 10
• Tip: 12
• Tip: 16
• Globe Pillar Sets 2 in.
• 2 Globe Pillar Sets 2 1/2 in.
• Globe Pillar Sets 3 in.
• Decorator Preferred® Smooth-Edge Separator Plates 8 in.
• Decorator Preferred® Smooth-Edge Separator Plates 12 in.
• Confectionery Tool Set
• 11 3/4 in. Lollipop Sticks
• Perfect Height™ Rolling Pin
• Round Cut-Outs™
• Decorator Brush Set
• Paring Knife

Instructions:

step 1

In advance, tint 36 oz. of fondant Orange/Red-Red combination.

step 2

Tint a 2 in. ball of fondant Lemon Yellow/Golden Yellow combination, 1 in. ball black and 3/4 in. ball Leaf Green/Lemon Yellow combination. To make pumpkins on globe pillars, roll orange fondant 1/8 in. thick. To cover 3 in. pillars, cut fondant 3 1/2 in. wide x 10 in. long, for 2 1/2 in. pillars cut fondant 2 1/2 in. wide x 8 in. long, for 2 in. pillars cut fondant 2 in. wide x 6 in. long.

step 3

Cover four 3 in. pillars for bottom; four 2 1/2 in. pillars for middle and one 2 1/2 in. and one 2 in. for top; attaching fondant with brush dipped in piping gel.

step 4

Use veining tool to mark indentions on pumpkins. Use large opening of tip 12 to cut yellow eyes, use small opening of tip 12 to cut pupils and noses.

step 5

Use medium round Cut-Out to cut mouth. Attach facial features to pumpkins with damp brush. Roll a 5/8 in. high and 1/2 in. round log of green fondant and attach to top 2 in. pumpkin for stem with damp brush.

step 6

Bake and cool 2- layer 6 and 10 in. cakes. Prepare cakes for globe pillar construction. Ice cake smooth with buttercream. Pipe tip 2 fences on cake sides.

step 7

Pipe tip 12 ghosts with tip 10 arms; tip 2 facial features. Add tip 16 pull-out grass bottom borders. Assemble cakes. Position 2 1/2 in. pumpkin and 2 in. pumpkin stacked on top pillar.

*Note: Combine Orange and Red-Red for orange shown. Combine Lemon Yellow and Golden Yellow for yellow shown. Combine Leaf Green and Lemon Yellow for green shown. Combine Violet and Rose for violet shown.