| Spider Web Cake IngredientsOne pkg. Chocolate | | | | bag; squeeze mixture onto cake as directed |
| Cake MixOne Can Prepared White Frosting OR | | | | ---------------------Making the Spiders:Gumdrop |
| (1/2 cup white chocolate chips & 1/2 tsp. | | | | Spider: Cut 6 one inches pieces of the black |
| shortening)Butter knife or Wooden PickFor | | | | licorice whip. Poke 3 holes on each side of a large |
| Spiders:Large Black Gumdrop & Black Licorice | | | | black gumdrop and insert licorice "legs". Plop the |
| WhipsORPeppermint patty & Red Licorice | | | | spider on your wonderful web cake.Mint Patty |
| WhipsORChocolate Doughnut Hole & Black Pipe | | | | Spider: Cut 6 one inch pieces of the red licorice |
| ----------------------Making the Cake:Bake the cake | | | | whip. Place a small mint patty on your cake, |
| according to package directions. Let cool and | | | | pressing slightly into the frosting to hold. Add 3 |
| remove both layers from pans.Place first layer | | | | red licorice pieces to each side of the mint patty. |
| upside down on cake plate or cake board. Frost | | | | Pipe a little reserved white frosting onto the mint |
| top of cake and place second layer right side up. | | | | patty for eyes.Doughnut Hole Spider: Cut 6 one |
| Frost entire cake with chocolate | | | | inch pieces of black pipecleaner. Form each one |
| ----------------------Making the Spider Web:Using | | | | into a rounded "L" shape. Insert 3 pipecleaner |
| white frosting, make 4 to 5 concentric circles | | | | pieces into each side of a chocolate doughnut hole. |
| from the center of the cake outward, starting | | | | Place spider on your |
| small and ending about 1 inch from the cake's | | | | -------------------Cake Design Variation:Instead of |
| edge. It should look like you've drawn a bull's eye | | | | chocolate cake, bake a pumpkin spice cake, white |
| on the top of your cake.Now draw a butter knife | | | | or yellow cake. Color white frosting with orange |
| or wooden pick carefully from the cake center | | | | food coloring. Simply add red and yellow food |
| outward like the spokes of a wheel. This will pull | | | | coloring to the white frosting a drop at a time |
| the white frosting to resemble a real spider web. | | | | until you have a nice deep shade of orange. Make |
| About 8 lines will make an authentic-looking | | | | the spider web with black decorating gel for a |
| ------------------Spider Web White Frosting | | | | completely differently and unique cake |
| Alternative:Place 1/2 cup white chips and 1/2 | | | | presentation.View the finished Chocolate Spider |
| teaspoon shortening (do not use butter, | | | | Web Cake...Patricia B. Jensen is a mother of three |
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