SPIDER WEB CAKE DECORATION RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 13x9-inch baking pan; set aside.
• Combine cake mix, melted butter, 1 1/4 cups water and eggs in bowl. Beat according to package directions to make marbled effect. Bake 29-32 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, at least 1 hour.
• Poke holes, 1-inch deep and every 2 inches, in cake with meat fork or wooden skewer.
• Dissolve gelatin in boiling water; stir in cold water. Slowly pour warm gelatin mixture over cake. Refrigerate 2-3 hours or until chilled .
• Combine all frosting ingredients in bowl. Beat at low speed until moistened. Increase speed to high; beat until creamy. Spread frosting over cake.
• Place 12 nonpareils candies on outer edge of cake. Draw a spider web design on frosting with toothpick, ending lines at each nonpareil candy.
• Pipe decorating gel over toothpick design to make spider web. Decorate with swirled chocolate chips and plastic spiders, if desired.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray; if desired, line bottom of pan with parchment paper to prevent sticking.
• Make and bake cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Frost sides and top of cake with frosting. Melt almond bark as directed on package; use spoon to drizzle almond bark over cake to make spider web, moving spoon quickly across cake as you drizzle.
• Separate tops and bottoms of chocolate sandwich cookies. Place the 5 cookie halves without creme filling on cake to make spider bodies. Separate licorice wheels into ropes. Cut 8 small pieces of licorice for each spider to make legs; place 8 legs around each cookie.