The perfect cake for any would-be ghostbuster who likes being spooked 

SPOOKY TOWER CAKE 

MATERIALS

• 20cm ( 8in ) square cake
• 20cm ( 8in ) round cake board
• 1.5kg ( 3lb ) sugarpaste / rolled fondant
• dark blue, black & pink food coloring pastes.
• icing/confectioners' sugar in a sugar shaker
• 375g ( 12oz / 1 ½ cups ) buttercream
• sugar glue
• edible sparkle powder/petal dust/blossom tint 

EQUIPMENT

• large rolling pin
• sharp knife
• cake smoother
• small square cutter
• fine paintbrush 

SPOOKY TOWER CAKE METHOD:

Color 375g ( 120z ) of sugarpaste dark blue Roll out 280g ( 9oz ) and cover the cake then put outside to dry. Trim the crust from the cake and slice the top. Cut the cake into four equal-sized squares Trim each square to create four circles Sandwich together with buttercream, then spread the surface of the cake with a layer of buttercream.

Color 1 kg ( 2lb ) of sugarpaste pale blue-grey using a tiny amount of the blue and black food colorings. Position the cake down onto 875g ( 1 ¾ lb ) of rolled - out blue - grey sugarpaste Roll it around the cake, trimming any excess from the join and at either end. Stick the join together with sugar glue. then rub gently with the cake smoother to close. Roll the cake carefully on the work surface to smooth out any wrinkles.

Position the cake on the board, sticking it in place with sugar glue. Use a cake smoother to polish the surface. Roll out the remaining dark blue sugarpaste and cut a circle to fit the top of the tower. Remove pieces of sugarpaste to create the door and windows Thinly roll out dark blue sugarpaste and cut inserts for the door and windows.

Roll out the remaining blue-grey sugarpaste and cut a 5cm ( 2in ) deep strip. Using the square cutter, cut out the turrets. Moisten around the top edge of the cake with a small amount of sugar glue. Carefully roll up the turret and position it against the top of the cake, then unroll it all the way around. Glue the join and smoothly closed.

Color the grey sugarpaste trimmings slightly different shades by adding tiny amounts of blue, black, and pink food colorings. Shape flattened balls of paste and stick them over the tower and around the door and windows. Cut wedges for the window sills. Create the staircase by making the lowest stair the thickest, each further stair getting gradually thinner

Model a long, tapering sausage of white sugarpaste for the ghostly tail and stick it in position around the cake twisting up to the top window. Make all the ghosts with white sugarpaste and stick them in place with sugar glue, holding for a few seconds until secure Model their eyes using flattened balls of white. Using the fine paintbrush, paint the eyes and mouths with the black food coloring Brush the edible sparkle powder over the cake.

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