Description
This spider cake is so easy to make and decorate! This tutorial turns a box of cake mix, frosting, and Oreo cookies into a fun Halloween cake decorated with cobwebs and spiders.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box yellow cake mix (plus the ingredients listed on the box)
- Orange food coloring gel
- Black food coloring gel
- 1 recipe of my perfect vanilla buttercream
- 1 can of chocolate frosting
- 1 package of Mini Oreos
Instructions
To Make the Cake
- Grease three 6-inch cake pans with cooking spray, and set aside.
- Prepare the cake batter according to the directions on the box. Use orange food coloring gel to color the batter orange.
- Divide the batter evenly between the prepared cake pans and bake the cakes according to the package directions. Let the cakes cool completely.
To Assemble
- Prepare a batch of vanilla buttercream frosting. Color the canned chocolate frosting black using black food coloring gel.
- Place your first cake layer on a plate. Using a large open-round piping tip, pipe a border of vanilla buttercream around the outside edge of the cake.
- Fill the vanilla buttercream border with black frosting using an offset spatula. Place the second cake layer on top and repeat, then add the third and final layer.
- Once the cake is filled and stacked, use the remaining vanilla frosting to frost the top and sides of the cake.
To Decorate
- Add black frosting to a piping bag fitted with a #4 decorating tip. Pipe the frosting in a web pattern over the top of the cake, extending the web lines down the side of the cake. These will be the “strands” where the spiders can dangle.
- Press Mini Oreos into the cake as desired. Afterward, use leftover white and black frosting to pipe the legs and eyes.
Notes
- Feel free to substitute the boxed cake mix with homemade yellow cake or vanilla cake.
- You can also use my homemade chocolate buttercream and color it black using food coloring gel.
