Fashionista Witch's Hat

It's Halloween MONTH! (that is why I look ridiculous in this costume!)

This week we are Mixing-It-Up in the kitchen with a Fashion forward cake in the shape of a Witch’s Hat with some bling!  It’s the perfect cake to make for the center of your HALLOWEEN Table.

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Part of the OCTOBER PLAYLIST ON TASTEMADE 

WHAT YOU NEED:

Cake- four 4.5-inch rounds from sheet cake

Buttercream

MATERIALS

4.5-inch round cardboard

9-inch round cardboard

Serrated knife

*Pre-dyed black and purple fondant

Rolling pin

Cornstarch

Vegetable shortening

Piping gel

Brush

Paring Knife

White Glue

Tape Measurer

(Optional) For the Hat pin/brooch:

Small ball of fondant or Gum paste

Jewel Brooch Mold from Marvelous Molds: Gatsby

(http://marvelousmolds.com/silicone-molds/gatsby)

Luster dusts: gold, orchid pink

Lemon Extract

Black gel

Royal Icing

Small brushes

*(Fondarific brand is suggested)

STEPS:

1)Cut out cake with 4.5” round cutter

2)Place on cardboard, stack layers of cake and buttercream

3)Freeze cake

4)Cover 9-inch cardboard with Black fondant and cut away center with 4.5” ring (3/4 of a pound)

5)Carve cake

6)Frost cake

7)Cover with1.5 pounds black fondant

8)Roll out and apply purple band around cake

9)Make mold

10)Paint with luster, gels and royal- attach to hat

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