Over The Hill Cake Idea - Combover Cake

This is a combover cake. I came up with the idea right after we bought the OverTheHill.com name. I think it would apply to almost any over the hill birthday party as a 40th birthday cake or 50th birthday cake, especially if your friend can't let go of his last few strands of hair.

This cake requires:

• A Round Cake Pan
• Cake Mix (eggs, oil, water, whatever the label calls for)
• White Frosting (one jar)
• Thin licorice (use black if you can, I could only find red)
• Two brown M&M's
• One marshmallow
• One tube of black frosting
• One jar of brown frosting coloring, or brown food coloring

Bake the cake. Let it cool and then decorate it like the picture. Here are some tips:

• Lay out the entire design on a piece of paper beforehand.
• When frosting the cake, keep a glass of hot water handy. Rinse your spatulat or knife in it before smoothing the frosting.
• The ears and eyeballs should be at the same level.
• The nose should be just about in the center of the circle.

To get the licorice in the combover to look particularly stringy I rolled it between my hand and the counter.