Hair-Raising Fun Cake

Step 1

Position cake vertically on surface. Using spatula, ice 6 inches of top and side of cake smooth with lime green icing.

Step 2

Pipe tip 12 ball eyeballs, tip 8 ball nose and tip 3 string mouth and eyebrows. Pipe tip 3 green eyelids; edge with tip 3 black outline. Pipe tip 3 dot pupils.

Step 3

Cut 1 in. pieces of licorice and insert into eyeballs for lashes. Pipe tip 10 curved outline ears; overpipe with tip 10.

Step 4

Attach black spice drops to sides of neck and wafers to cheeks with dots of icing.

Step 5

For hair, fit two decorating bags with tip 4B. Fill one bag with white icing and the other with gray.

Step 6

Begin at bottom border on cake side and pipe tip 4B wavy hair. Continue over the cake. On top edge of cake, pipe tip 4B pull-out stars.

**Note: Combine Lemon Yellow with Leaf Green to achieve lime green color for face. Add a small amount of Black color to white icing to achieve gray for hair.