Cobweb-Covered Spider Cake

Name: Cobweb-Covered Spider Cake
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 16 - 20 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 boxes cake mix (any flavor); Cooking spray; 2 recipes (about 6 cups) Buttercream Frosting or storebought; 8 oz. marshmallows; 1 (24 ounce) package black fondant

Decorate this cake in 10 minutes flat!

By Carrie SellmanPublished: Oct 1, 2013

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two layered white cake covered in marshmallow cobwebs with fondant spiders all sitting on a black cake stand

John Kernick

Yields:

16 - 20 serving(s)

Total Time:

1 hr

Weave a tangled web—from melted marshmallows—for this elegantly eerie dessert by Carrie Sellman of The Cake Blog.

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Ingredients

2 boxes cake mix (any flavor)
Cooking spray
2 recipes (about 6 cups) Buttercream Frosting or storebought
8 oz. marshmallows
1 (24 ounce) package black fondant

Directions

1. Step 1Prepare two boxes of cake mix (any flavor) per the package instructions. You'll need two round cake pans: one 4"Wx 4"H; the other 7"wide x 4"high. (We recommend Fat Daddio's 4x4 and 7x4 pans.) Trace the base of one pan onto parchment; cut out and place in the bottom of that pan. Repeat for the other pan. Coat the inside of both pans, including parchment liners, with cooking spray.
2. Step 2Apportion cake batter between pans. In a 350°F oven, bake the smaller cake for 25 to 30 minutes and the larger cake for 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool.
3. Step 3Level the top of each cake. Frost the top of the larger cake with white buttercream. Then center the smaller cake atop it. Frost the entire two-tiered cake.
4. Step 4Microwave marshmallows in a bowl for 30 seconds, until gooey but still lumpy. Stir until smooth and cool enough to handle. Pinch off a bit of marshmallow; stretch to create a long, thin strand; and drape it onto the cake. Repeat, applying strands until the entire cake is covered in "webbing."
5. Step 5Make the spiders: Use your hands to shape one 1½-inch ball and nine ½-inch ones. Partially flatten the tops of the large ball and one small one; then use a drop of water to attach them, creating the head and body. Roll the remaining balls into long tubes for the legs, bend in the middle, and attach, using a drop of water for each, to the body, as shown. Repeat, using slightly smaller balls, to create a second spider.

Tip: To level a cake, set the cake atop a cake stand; then carefully slice away the rounded top with a serrated knife, turning the stand as you go.

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