Black Widow Spider Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

The stand is perhaps the most important part of this design so it’s essential that we get it right. Watch how Dot explains how to place the feet taking special note that the middle two legs are from one piece of bing wire and the outer two are another piece.

NOTE: You’ll need the templates from the tab below. The spiders legs are bent from the body out at 7,11,10,5 and 7cm.

Using the side template as a guide Dot and Paul get to work carving away the distinctive spider shape. Watch how Dot takes little shavings a bit at a time until she is happy with the cake, using the sketches as her reference points.

With eight legs to content with, Dot manages to get the cake onto the board, which is the first time the stand gets put under some weight pressure and thankfully it stays floating on the wires.  They then add a layer of ganache in preparation for the covering.

This is a very awkward shape and takes quite a bit of cutting, massaging and manipulating into shape. As this is a live feed there are no second chances, but they manage to pull it off leaving a smooth finish.

This is where the spider really starts to look realistic as the legs get covered. Each piece is added separately to give the legs their realistic joins.

NOTE: Dot adds the sugarpaste over the wire. If this is for a customer then you must make the wire food safe.  

The spider now needs an antenna and other distinctive features so always referring back to the reference images they add bit by bit, which is worth it for the overall shape and look.

Just a case of covering the board, adding the ribbon and some extra decoration and finishing with a spray of colour from the airbrush.