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Halloween Recipe: Spooky Spider Cake

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Presenting the Spooky Spider Cake: a Halloween-themed masterpiece with a purple base, intricate spider web designs, and candy corn accents. Crowned by a round black spider-shaped cake with big eyes and a white grin, encircled by black licorice legs. Perfect for any Halloween recipe collection!.
Spooky Spider Cake

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Such a fun Halloween easy cake mix recipes cake to make!

Get ready to wow the crowd with this appetizing arachnid. By using different frosting techniques and traditional Halloween candy, you too can create this fun creepy crawler!
— Gina Feger, Louisville, Kentucky

Presenting the Spooky Spider Cake: a Halloween-themed masterpiece with a purple base, intricate spider web designs, and candy corn accents. Crowned by a round black spider-shaped cake with big eyes and a white grin, encircled by black licorice legs. Perfect for any Halloween recipe collection!.

Spooky Spider Cake

Kelli Miller
What a fun cake for Halloween!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Holiday
Calories 1188 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • CHOCOLATE CAKE:
  • 1 package 18-¼ ounces chocolate cake mix
  • 1-½ Cup(s) water
  • 2 eggs
  • WHITE CAKE:
  • 1 package 18-¼ ounces white cake mix
  • 1-1/3 Cup(s) water
  • 2 eggs
  • FROSTING:
  • 2 Cup(s) shortening
  • ¼ Cup(s) plus 2 tablespoons water divided
  • 2 teaspoons clear vanilla extract
  • 2 pounds confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 tablespoons meringue powder
  • Purple and black paste food coloring
  • ¾ Cup(s) baking cocoa
  • ¼ teaspoon light corn syrup
  • ASSEMBLY:
  • 2 wooden dowels 2 inches x ¼ inch
  • 1 cardboard cake circle 6 inches
  • 16 wooden toothpicks
  • 8 black twist licorice ropes
  • 20 pieces candy corn

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, beat the chocolate cake mix, water and eggs on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Pour into the two halves of a greased and floured sports ball baking pan. Bake at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

  • Meanwhile, in another bowl, beat the white cake mix, water and eggs on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

  • Cool all cakes for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

  • For frosting, using a heavy-duty stand mixer, combine the shortening, ¼ cup water and vanilla. Combine confectioners’ sugar and meringue powder; beat into shortening mixture.
    For base cake: Tint 2-¼ cups frosting purple. Using a serrated knife, level tops of white cakes if necessary. Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread remaining tinted frosting over top and sides of cake.

  • Combine 3 cups frosting, cocoa and remaining water until smooth; tint black. Combine ¼ cup black frosting and corn syrup. Using round tip #2 and black frosting with corn syrup, pipe webs and spiders around sides of cake.

  • With ¾ cup white frosting and shell tip #18, pipe border along bottom edge of cake. Insert dowels into center of cake. Cut cardboard circle to measure 3-¼ in.; place over cake.

  • For spider cake: Using a serrated knife, level the rounded side of one chocolate cake; attach to cake circle with a small amount of black frosting. Spread top with 1/3 cup black frosting; top with remaining chocolate cake.

  • Using grass tip #233 and black frosting, pipe hair over cake. With white frosting and round tip # 12, pipe eyes and teeth. Pipe pupils with round tip #2 and black frosting. For legs, insert a toothpick into the ends of each licorice rope. Insert one end into side of spider; insert other end into top of purple cake. Garnish with candy corn.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 1188kcalCarbohydrates: 159gProtein: 7gFat: 60gSaturated Fat: 23gPolyunsaturated Fat: 33gCholesterol: 129mgSodium: 274mgFiber: 2gSugar: 136g
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10 Comments

  1. What a super cute cake for Halloween! I’m sharing on fb and pinning! Thank you for sharing this with us gals!

  2. 5 stars
    Hi Kelli,
    Your Spooky Spider Cake is just precious and Spooky too. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great weekend!
    Come Back Soon,
    Miz Helen

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