Spooky Spider Cakes for Halloween
Serves | 12 cakes |
Prep time | 30 minutes |
Cook time | 25 minutes |
Total time | 55 minutes |
Allergy | Egg, Milk, Wheat |
Dietary | Vegetarian |
Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
Misc | Child Friendly, Pre-preparable, Serve Cold |
Occasion | Birthday Party, Casual Party, Halloween |
Region | British |
By author | Karen S Burns-Booth |
I JUST love these little spider cakes, every time I make them, their faces make me laugh ~ well, I am easily pleased! Furthermore, they are delicious ~ they taste much better than NORMAL spiders I find, as normal spider’s legs are a little too chewy…….. (This recipe was originally published in Good Food Magazine ~ I tweaked it slightly!)
Ingredients
Spider Cakes
- 200g butter, softened and room temperature
- 200g golden caster sugar
- 200g self raising flour
- 50g cocoa, NOT drinking chocolate
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 -4 tablespoons milk
- 100g chocolate chips, or 4 ounces chopped chocolate
- paper cupcake liners, cases preferably brown
Butter cream Icing & Decoration
- 100g softened butter
- 100g icing sugar
- 25g cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 -2 tablespoon milk
- liquorice allsorts, sweets (Liquorice Catherine wheels, shoe strings, boot laces etc for the legs.) or candies, for the eyes and the mouth (Liquorice Catherine wheels, shoe strings, boot laces etc for the legs.)
Note
I JUST love these little spider cakes, every time I make them, their faces make me laugh ~ well, I am easily pleased! Furthermore, they are delicious ~ they taste much better than NORMAL spiders I find, as normal spider’s legs are a little too chewy…….. (This recipe was originally published in Good Food Magazine ~ I tweaked it slightly!)