This cheeky spider is sure to pip other contenders to the birthday party table
MATERIALS
- 2 liter ( 4 pint / 10 cups) bowl-shaped Cake
- 35cm ( 14in ) round cake board.
- Ikg ( 2lb ) sugarpaste / rolled fondant
- green, yellow, black, blue & red food coloring pastes
- icing/confectioners' sugar in a sugar shaker
- sugar glue
- 185g ( 60z/ 3 / 4 cup ) buttercream
- 140g ( 4 1/2 2oz / 1/2 cup ) royal icing
- lengths of licorice
EQUIPMENT
- large rolling pin.
- sharp knife
SPORTY SPIDER CAKE METHOD:
Color 500g ( 11b ) of Sugar Paste green and 75g ( 2 oz ) yellow. Roll out the green sugar paste and cover the cake board, trimming excess from around the edge. Thinly roll out the yellow sugar paste and cut two strips. Stick the strips onto the cake board with sugar glue, then put the board aside to dry. Trim the crust from the cake, keeping the rounded top where the cake has risen.
Turn the cake upside down and spread a layer of buttercream over the surface to help the sugar paste stick. Color 315g ( 10oz ) of sugar paste black, thinly roll it out, and cover the cake completely, smoothing around the shape and tucking the excess underneath. Pres a length of licorice into the surface to indent the spider's smile.
Color the royal icing black. Spread the royal icing over the surface of the cake. covering a little at a time, and stipple by patting with the flat of a knife. Spread a little more royal icing on the top of the cake to create higher peaks
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