If your own little Peter Parker is clamoring for a Spidey style cake this year, just combine your favorite cake and these creative decorating tips for a personalized Spiderman treat that's sure to make the little web slinger's birthday party a hit.
Spiderman Cake Ingredients & Tools:
- 8" baked cake, two layers, unfrosted
- Vanilla frosting, homemade or store bought
- Black gel icing, one tube
- Plain white prepared fondant
- Red food coloring
- Blue food coloring
- Paring knife
- Decorative cookie cutters
- Rolling pin
- Medium mixing bowl
- Small mixing bowls
- Small paintbrush or Qtips
- Metal spatula or butter knife
- Wax paper
- Spider Man figurine or cup cake spike
How to Make a Spiderman Cake:
- Place prepared fondant on wax paper and use the rolling pin to roll out fondant to about 1/8" thickness.
- Use a paring knife or small cookie cutters to cut rolled fondant into desired shapes, such as small and medium circles, starbursts or diamonds.
- Remove excess fondant and store in an airtight container for another use.
- Pour a small amount of blue food coloring into one small bowl and red food coloring into another small bowl.
- Using a small paintbrush or Qtip, paint one side of the fondant shapes red or blue, as desired. Allow shapes to dry, uncovered, for several hours or overnight.
- Bake your favorite 8", two layer cake, then set side to cool completely.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine vanilla frosting with red food coloring to create your desired shade of red.
- Use the spatula or a butter knife to frost the top of one layer of your cake with plain vanilla or red colored frosting, then place the second layer on top and align edges.
- Frost the stacked layers of your cake with red frosting, filling in the seams. Make sure tops and sides are covered evenly and surfaces are smooth.
- Starting in the center or slightly off-center, pipe a small circle of black gel icing as your starting point for the spider web.
- Start at the black circle and pipe lines of black gel icing radiating from the center, across the top of the cake and down the sides.
- Pipe swags of black gel icing between the lines on top of the cake to create a spider web effect.
- Use black gel icing to pipe your child's name, age or other words on to the fondant cut-outs.
- Place cut-outs on top or sides of cake as desired.
- Place Spider Man figurine or cup cake spikes near the center of the spider web to your liking.
- Serve and enjoy!
Tips for a Successful Spiderman Cake
Making this Spiderman cake takes some level of skill, but is relatively easy to decorate. If you follow the directions above, your Spiderman cake is sure to come out perfectly. But here are a few tips to help you make this Spidey cake without a hitch. Make sure your cake is completely cool before attempting to frost it, since warm cake will definitely melt your frosting. Fondant painted with food coloring will be sticky, so handle with care and make sure to let it dry for a minimum of three hours before placing it on your cake. You can purchase Spider Man figurines at your local toy shop. Pick up prepared fondant, black gel icing, food coloring, decorative cookie cutters, and other cake decorating supplies at craft and party supply stores.
Andrea Gifford - Andrea Gifford writes about everything from travel to cooking, with articles at USAToday.com, the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Odyssey ...
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