Witch Hat

Halloween baking works best when the shapes are legible from across the room, and a pointed crown above a wide sweeping brim is recognised instantly by every child at the table. This cutter stamps that outline into rolled dough, leaving a clean edge to ice, dust or leave plain. It earns its keep through late October, but it is not limited to one night a year. The same silhouette suits a Wizard of Oz party, a fantasy-themed birthday, a school book week, or a batch of biscuits for a village fete. Younger bakers tend to take to it because the shape is simple enough to decorate without much skill and still looks like what it is meant to be. A sensible addition to a printed cutter collection, particularly if the rest of the drawer is stars, hearts and gingerbread.