With Halloween just a few days away, it was a perfect excuse to practice making a stacked cake.  I made the top cake 6 inches and the bottom cake 10 inches. 

I used my new "the Mat" from Sweetwise.  I LOVE it.  If you haven't heard of it, it is essentially two silicone mats used to roll fondant.  You put the fondant on the bottom, then cover it with the top sheet and roll.  It keeps the fondant from drying out and it makes it much easier to roll. You can find out more here:  www.sweetwise.com

The cool thing about the mat is you can layer the fondant - so I rolled out the black fondant, pulled up the top layer of the mat, then added the spider webs.  I pulled the top sheet back down, and gently rolled over the top.  Now the spiderwebs were now part of the fondant!  So easy!

I used my Cricut Cake machine with the Create a Critter 2 cartridge for the "Boo".  One trick I found is to roll out the fondant onto the Cricut cake mat, then put it in the freezer for a few minutes.  It cuts really well frozen.  After cutting, remove the excess fondant and then put back in the freezer.  Once frozen, the fondant is hard and much easier to remove from the mat without distorting the image.

Inside the cake I used Halloween colors just to make the cake more festive!

Happy Halloween!!