Editor's note: This recipe is reprinted with permission from Cakes for Kids, by Matthew Mead.

　　Super fast and not at all scary—these whimsical ghosts gather ever so sweetly around a purchased angel food cake. Use any sort of Halloween candy or favor you like to complete your presentation.

　　Skill Level: Easy

　　

Ingredients

Makes one 9-inch cake; serves 12 to 16

　　One purchased 9-inch angel food cake

　　2 recipes Seven Minute Frosting , at room temperature

　　Small sugar candy eyes, 2 for each ghost

　　

Equipment:

10-inch cake plate, for serving

　　Small offset spatula

　　Disposable decorating bag

　　Assorted eggcups and salt wells, for serving

　　

Step 1

1. Place the cake on the cake plate. Reserve 1 cup of frosting to make additional ghost figures. Using an offset spatula, fill the hole in the center of the cake with frosting and then spread frosting over the top and sides in a wavy pattern.

　　

Step 2

2. Add the reserved frosting to the decorating bag; snip off the tip of the bag to create a 1/8- to 1/4-inch opening.

　　

Step 3

3. Referring to the photo, pipe as many ghosts as you like onto and around the cake and into the eggcups. For each, apply pressure to squeeze out some frosting for a base, then lift the bag slowly, decreasing the pressure until the ghost is the desired size; stop the pressure and lift off the bag. Add 2 candy eyes to each ghost.

　　Adapted with permission from Cakes for Kids by by Matthew Mead, (C) © March 2008 Chronicle Books