Halloween desserts

Would you like a recipe for a Witch's Hat Cake? It looks great sitting on the middle of your kitchen table. First it is a centerpiece or decoration, and then it is your Halloween dessert. Here is the recipe:

Cooking spray, for greasing pans

Flour, for flouring pans

1 box cake mix, any flavor, and whatever else it calls for on the mixing directions.

1 cone shaped ice cream cone

3 cans prepared chocolate frosting

Powdered sugar

Light corn syrup 2 tablespoons

Green fruit roll up (hatband)

Gummy worms

Grease and flour 1 round baking pan and 1 square baking pan. Make the cake mix according to package directions. Pour the batter into prepared pans. Bake as directed. Cool. Remove cakes from pans. Using a knife, trim the tops of each cake so the tops of the cakes are flat and the thickness of the cakes is even.

Find something to make 4 circles, either cookie cutters or glasses, one 5-inch circle, one 3 1/2-inch, one 2 1/2-inch, and a 2-inch circle. Cut these 4 circles from the square cake layer. Press the cutter straight down into the cake without twisting. If you twist, you can cause the cake to be uneven or break. Use the scraps to fill the ice cream cone to make it a little more sturdy. Pack the scraps firmly into the ice cream cone.

Drape a cake stand or plate or a box with black fabric. Place waxed paper (3 pieces) around the edges of the stand or plate. Leave an open space in the middle. Place the large round cake in the center of the stand, on the waxed paper. You will be pulling out the waxed paper, which will prevent the cake stand from getting frosting on it while making the cake. Frost the large round cake with the chocolate frosting.

Put the 5-inch circle in the center of the large round cake. Frost this completely. Place the 3 + inch cake in the center of the 5-inch cake. Frost this completely. Place the 2 + inch cake on top of the 3 + inch cake and frost this. Place the 2 inch cake on top of the 3 + inch cake and frost it. Put the ice cream cone on the center of the 2 inch cake top. Frost the cone. With a spatula, spread frosting up and down the sides so that it now looks like a witch's hat. Spread the frosting so it is smooth between the layers. Wrap the hatband around the 5-inch cake. Decorate the cake with gummy worms. Have the worms crawling up the hat and over the hat band and let them drape off the tip of the hat. Hold the cake firmly with a spatula and gently pull out the waxed paper.