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From Woman's World Magazine Oct 2001
1-16 ounce package pound cake mix
2-16 ounce cans dark chocolate frosting, divided
brown and purple edible glitter, divided
1-16 ounce can vanilla frosting
purple food coloring
1-.75 ounce tube purple decorating gel
assorted gummy candies(worms, spiders etc)
1-4.25 ounce tube each of red, yellow and orange decorating icing fitted with leaf tips
Preheat oven and prepare cake mix according to package directions. Butter and flour 6 cup oven proof bowl. Pour batter into bowl, bake 55-60 minutes until wooden skewer inserted into center comes out clean. Cool on rack 30 minutes.
Remove from bowl, cool completely on rack. With serrated knife horizontally trim wide top of cake to level. For base place trimmed slice, cut side down, on serving platter. Horizontally trim thin slice from top of base to make flat top.
Spread base with some chocolate frosting, sprinkle with brown glitter. Slide spatula under cake; invert and place cake on base.
Transfer remaining chocolate frosting to plastic food storage bag with corner snipped off; pipe around top edge of cake. Tint vanilla frosting purple with food coloring.
Spread on top of cake, swirling into peaks. Swirl purple gel into frosting; sprinkle with purple glitter. Top with candies. Using decorating icing, pipe flames around base.
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