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Using electric mixer, beat powdered sugar and butter in large bowl until light. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Mix just to combine. Divide dough in half. Gather each piece into ball; flatten into disks. Wrap in plastic and chill 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 325°F. Roll out 1 dough disk on floured work surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out cookies in the shape of heads wearing sombreros. Use scraps of dough to fashion the nose, lips and eyelids or eyebrows for each face. Press firmly into place. Transfer cookies to ungreased baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart.
Bake cookies until golden, about 13 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks; cool.
 Mix powdered sugar and milk till smooth. Add a drop of red food coloring to the rest of the icing to make it flesh colored. Spread on facial areas of the cookies. Allow to dry and harden. Add hair with desired color of frosting. Use other frostings or decorator gels to fill in lips, eyes, and other facial features, and color in the sombreros. Let frosting dry and harden for about an hour.
Open chocolate cake frosting and dip your index finger into it, scooping up a dollop. Spread the fingerful of frosting liberally above upper lip to make a "mustache."
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