Spider Web Cake
The richest chocolate cake ever topped with a fudge buttercream and of course there's a spider too!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 50 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cup strong hot coffee (Use a Moka pot so it's basically espresso)
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound confectioners sugar (sifted)
- ⅓ cup fudge (nice quality)
- 1/3 cup white chocolate (melted)
- 1 Brown peanut M&M
- 1 Brown M&M
- 2 tbsp semi sweet chocolate (melted)
Instructions
- 1
For the Cake:
- 2
Preheat to 350 degrees.
- 3
Add parchment paper to a sheet cake pan, butter and flour the paper and sides.
- 4
Sift together the dry ingredients (including the sugar) into the bowl of a stand mixer and whisk to combine.
- 5
Add the wet ingredients into a large bowl and whisk together.
- 6
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredient bowl.
- 7
Whisk to combine then mix on level 2 for two minutes.
- 8
Pour batter into cake pan. Bake for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- 9
Allow time to cool. Invert onto wire racks to cool fully.
- 10
For the Frosting:
- 11
Beat butter in a stand mixer. Add cocoa powder on a lower level.
- 12
Combine confectioners sugar, then salt.
- 13
Add fudge in slowly.
- 14
Mix until incorporated.
- 15
For the Assembly:
- 16
Add buttercream to the top of the cake with an ice cream scooper. Spread over with an offset spatula.
- 17
Drizzle a white chocolate spiral.
- 18
Drag a point tool or toothpick through both layers, starting from the middle of the spiral. This will create a web look.
- 19
For the Spider:
- 20
Melt semi sweet chocolate. Transfer to a piping bag.
- 21
Pipe ‘L’ shaped legs onto parchment paper with the black gel bag. Transfer to the freezer for 5 - 10 minutes to set.
- 22
Add a brown peanut m&m for the body and a brown m&m for the head of the spider.
- 23
Stick legs around the m&m body.