Have I ever mentioned how much I loathe spiders? Abhor. Revile. They strike terror into the very core of my being.
“Guess what Mom!? I’m having a spider cake for my birthday!”
Oh yes, he just did.
For this terrifying treat, I used a strawberry cake mix.
Not sure why he wanted the innards to be pink?
I baked two 9″ rounds and then stacked and roughly trimmed into a kind of dome shape.
Did I mention that I was sick and bordering on a DaQuil overdose?
That knowledge suddenly makes this impressive, doesn’t it?
Mix up any random buttercream recipe and color to suit.
He wanted orange and black. I couldn’t find black and didn’t have time to order from Wilton’s, so I made some nasty green-gray-brown stuff that he totally dug.
For the eyes I used my kitchen scissors and snipped the ends off a large marshmallow.
Genius. OK, maybe the medicine was making me easy to impress.
Use a bit of frosting on the sheet to anchor black licorice “legs” and viola!
Kids don’t judge.
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GrannyTrace says:
That is one awesome spider cake! What a good mom you are! Sick and all. 🙂
Granny Trace
http://www.grannytracescrapsandsquares.com
On July 12, 2011 at 7:09 am
mamma-leigh says:
Love it! The things that we will do for our kids!
On July 12, 2011 at 9:02 am
Rachel says:
I think the hardest part was holding my breath the entire time so that I wouldnt get germs on the cake…
On July 12, 2011 at 9:57 am
annesaneries says:
I actually quite like these little creepy crawlies and I love this cake, looks fab!How did it taste? xx
On July 12, 2011 at 10:46 am
Liz Pike says:
What a good mother your are, Rachel!!! The cake is adorable, and you’ve made memories, sick or not!
(I’m typing this in a bedroom next door to my grown daughter’s “spider” room…she breeds/grows/sells an assortment of weirdees–tarantulas (some as big as my hand–including fingers 8^O), scorpions and roaches. I cannot allow myself to think about it!) Yes, what we do for our kids.
On July 12, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Rachel says:
Anne, it tasted fine as far as I heard… I didn’t eat any.
On July 12, 2011 at 12:21 pm
carriej says:
THAT was pretty awesome!
On July 12, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Darlene says:
How cute and very happy he looks.
On July 12, 2011 at 5:13 pm
rileysmom says:
That was very creative! I bet he’ll remeber that cake for a long time!
On July 12, 2011 at 6:42 pm
lisabetholson says:
Rachel, thats wonderful you did a great work of spider art.
On July 12, 2011 at 11:59 pm
stacylee says:
Once I made a cake that looked like a rock, with dirt and worms and grass all around it. I also let them pick their birthday cake and sometimes it shows off their weirdness!
On November 10, 2011 at 12:37 pm