Easy Spider Cake {Spider Web Cake}

Easy spider cake (spider web cake), homemade with simple ingredients. Easy cake decorating tutorial for beginners, using candies and Oreos. No fancy tools needed!

My love for candies and Oreos runs deep, which resulted in today's fantastic cake. It is the perfect combination of fun and freaky! Serve this cake alongside my Easy Chocolate Spiders {Without Mold}, Halloween Donuts {Spider, Monster, Mummy, Cat, Bat, Ghost}, and these Easy Spider Web Cupcakes {With Chocolate} for a cute Halloween celebration.

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• Key ingredients
• Variations
• How to make easy Halloween spider cake (web cake)?  
• Tips and techniques
• Recipe FAQs
• Storage
• More Halloween cakes
• Recipe

Key ingredients

• Cake- I used red velvet cake but you can use any flavor you like.
• Candies- You will need black licorice ropes and yellow Twizzlers.
• Oreos- These will be used to make edible spiders.
• Frosting- I decided to use cream cheese frosting but again, you can use whatever flavor you like.
• Fondant- You will need red fondant. Red fondant is so hard to color at home. I highly recommend just buying this.

Variations

• Black widow cake- Paint a red hour glass shape on the back of the Oreos for this version.
• Make a fondant spider- Mold fondant it into a spider just like you would with play doh or clay. Use this spider in addition or in place of the Oreo spiders.
• Make a tiered cake- Double the amount of cake made, and create a multi-layer cake. You may need to use dowels to support the tiers depending on how many you add.
• Make a taller cake- Double the cake recipe and add more layers. You must use a dowel rod for support and to prevent the cake from falling over.
• Try other cake flavors- Such as this Funfetti Cake/Confetti Cake {From Scratch}, Moist Triple Chocolate Cake {From Scratch}, Best Vanilla Cake Recipe {From Scratch}, or this Easy Pumpkin Recipe With Cake Mix.
• Try other frosting flavors- Such as Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting, Chocolate Ganache Frosting {2 Ingredients}, Marshmallow Frosting Recipe, or American Buttercream Frosting.
• Try another color combination- Like orange, greens, yellow, black, purple, gray, or any other spooky Halloween color combos you like.

How to make easy Halloween spider cake (web cake)?  

1. Assemble cake- Bake, cool, level, layer and frost cake smoothly in frosting (Image 1).
2. Roll out red fondant- Spread it over the iced cake (Image 2).
3. Make border- With cut up yellow Twizzlers (Image 2).
4. Crush non-creamy side of Oreos- With a rolling pin (Image 3).
5. Toss them randomly- Over a steamed cake (Image 4).
6. Cut black licorice ropes- With knife or scissors (Image 5).
7. Arrange them- In the shape of a web on top and sides (Image 6).
8. Make edible spiders- With Oreos (Image 7).
9. Stick them on cake- With melted chocolate (Image 8).

Tips and techniques

• Use kitchen scissors to cut the Twizzlers- You can use a knife, but if you like to have your small kids involved, the scissors can be a little bit easier.
• What to use for the web? You can use black licorice ropes. You can also use the "Pull N Peel" black Twizzlers.
• How to crush Oreos? Place them in a sealed Ziploc bag (with the air squeezed out), and crush them with a rolling pin.
• Roll fondant evenly- This helps prevent the fondant from tearing while placing it on the cake.
• Cut excess fondant with a pizza cutter- This makes getting around the round bottom edge of the cake much easier than using a knife.
• How to attach spiders? You can use royal icing or melted chocolate to adhere them in place.

Recipe FAQs

Storage

• Refrigerate- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container for up to 3 days but note that sometimes if the fridge is super cold and at a very low setting, fondant, candy decorations and Oreos can become sticky and soggy.
• Freeze- I would not recommend freezing this cake with the Oreos and candies on it because they will not hold up well when thawing plus fondant becomes sticky from all the condensation.
• Room temperature- This can stay out for 3-5 hours away from direct heat, sunlight and moisture.
• Make ahead- This can easily be made 1 day in advance.

More Halloween cakes

• Easy Candy Cake (With Halloween Leftovers)
• Easy Eyeball Cake (Tutorial)
• Easy Candy Corn Cake (With Buttercream Frosting)
• Easy Monster Cake (With Buttercream Frosting)
• Easy Halloween Cake (Twizzler Cake)

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