Coolest Spider Cake Ideas 1

My daughter has a Halloween birthday and she asked for a Halloween theme for her 8th party. The goal of this spider cake was to be sufficiently “icky” but also fun. It featured a surprise inside – guts with bugs! The cake was baked in a Wilton dress cake pan (used for doll figures). I … Read more

Coolest Black Widow Birthday Cake

Homemade Black Widow Birthday Cake

I made this Black Widow Birthday Cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. All 3 of my boys at the time were really into learning about black widow spiders, so that’s where the idea came from. I used a ball cake pan for the body of the spider and for the head, a cupcake. I used … Read more

Coolest Spider and Web Cupcakes

Homemade Spider and Web Cupcakes

I did these Spider and Web Cupcakes last minute for a Halloween party we were having. Super easy though a little time consuming. My original idea was to use stencils (I was looking for super quick) but that didn’t work, so this was my back up plan. Made chocolate cupcakes, did a quick icing of … Read more

Coolest Spider Cake Ideas 2

For the cakes we simply used canned frosting to frost the entire round cake. I then piped a web with a Wilton #3 tip. The Spiders are made of Oreo cookies. We couldnt find licorice or pipe cleaners so we opened the cookies, smeared an additional layer of frosting in the cookies then added chocolate … Read more

Cool Homemade 2 Tiered Halloween Cake With Spider Topper

Homemade Halloween Spider Cake

This homemade Halloween Spider cake was my sister’s and my first attempts at fondant. The bottom tier is a 2 layer 10″ round cake and the top tier is a 2 layer 6″ round one. Both are boxed carrot cake. The tiers were crumb coated in homemade cream cheese frosting and then homemade marshmallow fondant. … Read more

Coolest Spider Cake

Homemade Spider Cake

I started this spider cake by baking yellow cake in two Pyrex bowls ( guess on time, just have to pay attention). You can make from scratch or you can just use box cake mix. Let cool completely. I did the cake the night before. Then I made the Wilton frosting recipe and split it … Read more

Spider Cake Designs for Kids Birthdays 7

I then molded a body and head, and legs I used large toothpicks to hold legs together. You need to work fast and with wet hands, I put Jaffas and Smarties on the back and Jaffas for eyes and licorice for eyebrows, the web is made of wool.

Coolest Miss Spider Cake Photos and How-To Tips 0

For this Miss Spider cake I used a 9″ contour for the body and a 6″ round for the head. I iced with Royal Butter cream. I used gum paste for her Sunny Patch friends and some of her facial features. I used gum drops for her eyes and colored sugars on her stomach.

Coolest Holloween Spider Cake

Homemade Holloween Spider Cake

I had made this Holloween spider cake last year for my dad’s 61st birthday, his birthday is on Halloween! I made it using a round bowl dish that can go in the oven then used Twizzlers for the arms and the teeth were the candles. I used regular cake mix,and vanilla frosting and food coloring … Read more

Spider Cake Designs for Kids Birthdays 8

For the head I made just a basic muffin. I covered the muffin and the cake body with chocolate frosting and chocolate sprinkles. Then used extra large black pipe cleaners to bend them into leg shapes. I placed these between the head and the body. Two ball shaped lollies as eyes and for the fangs … Read more