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Chocolate Spider Invasion~A Halloween Blog Tutorial!

October 25, 2012 By Melissa D. 37 Comments

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Today I’m going to show you how to make a cake filled with creepy chocolate spiders! As someone who hates spiders, I can hardly look at this cake, haha! But the design is SO simple and perfect for Halloween parties.

Creepy Chocolate Spider Cake- A free step by step Halloween Cake Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com!

First you’ll need to grab a cake and frost it. I frosted a six inch cake with vanilla buttercream frosting and went a bit rustic with the texturing. “Rustic” is code for I don’t feel like smoothing the frosting today. ;0)

To do this, I just spun my cake on the turntable as I pressed my small tapered spatula to the surface of the icing. Takes about 1 minute. Easy peasy!

I used our Classic Vanilla Buttercream Frosting for this cake, but any frosting will work with this technique.

Ridged buttercream technique as seen in our chocolate spider cake tutorial~ MyCakeSchool.com

Next, I melted some black Wilton Candy Melts and spooned them into a piping bag fitted with a small round tip. (I used a Wilton tip 2).

I proceeded to pipe lots and lots of spiders onto a waxed paper lined cookie sheet.

Learn to make creepy chocolate spiders in this free Halloween cake tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Perfect for Halloween parties!

Spiders galore! Vary your sizes and styles for more fun…and make extra. With thin legs, there’s always a chance of breakage.

Once the spiders are ready, pop them in the freezer or fridge. I chilled mine in the freezer for approximately 8-10 minutes. Chilly chocolate spiders are much stronger for placement than room temperature ones!

When the spiders are firm and your cake is ready to decorate, remove the tray from the freezer. Run your hand beneath the waxed paper to help release any stubborn spiders individually.
Learn how to make creepy chocolate spiders in this free Halloween cake tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com!

Pipe a small amount of buttercream on the backs of your spiders before “gluing” them to the cake.
Learn how to make a creepy chocolate spider cake in this free tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Perfect for Halloween parties!

I loved this part!  If your spiders begin to soften on the cookie sheet while you work, just refreeze for a few minutes.  Maybe our kitchen counters were unusually warm from the lights,  but I had to chill the tray a couple of times to keep the spiders nice and firm.
Learn how to make creepy chocolate spiders for your Halloween cakes and cupcakes in this free step by step cake tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Some of my spiders became black widows with a little dot of red buttercream (tinted with Americolor Super Red & piped with a Wilton 2 tip.) — I took some artistic license here… some of my spiders are of the very rare black widow daddy long legs variety ;0)

 

Learn how to make creepy chocolate spiders in this free Halloween cake tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com!

You can see that I added a little mound of buttercream on the top edge of my cake, so that I could press the top spider into it.  It almost looks like he is floating ;0)

Learn how to make creepy chocolate spiders for your cakes and cupcakes in this free Halloween cake tutorial! Ready for the creepy crawly grand reveal? ………….

Eeek! Learn how to make creepy chocolate spiders for your cakes and cupcakes in this free Halloween cake tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!  If you are looking for some great frosting and cake recipes, make sure to stop by our Recipes Section for our full collection!

We also have another spider cake tutorial to share! Check out this free spider cake video tutorial for a cute spider cake design: Chocolate Spider Cake Video

Creepy Chocolate Spiders! In this free Halloween Cake Video Tutorial, learn to create this CUTE Halloween party cake! MyCakeSchool.com

 

Thanks for stopping by! For more Halloween Tutorial fun, check out the Fall Section of our Free Cake Tutorials Section!

Learn how to make creepy chocolate spiders for your cakes and cupcakes in this free cake tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Perfect for Halloween parties!

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Comments

  1. Maureen Zaccaria October 25, 2012 at 9:31 pm

    This is so cute!!!

    Reply
  2. Aliya October 25, 2012 at 9:40 pm

    Oooooh I’ve gotta bake sale to make a cake for. I think I’m doing this one!

    Reply
  3. Anita Barron October 25, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    cute

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  4. Ruth October 25, 2012 at 10:47 pm

    It reminds me of one of my favorite movies: Arachnophobia! Love it!

    Reply
  5. Eleonora October 26, 2012 at 2:10 am

    Wow!!!!! Very nice :)

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  6. zarina bagga October 26, 2012 at 4:12 am

    It is really beautiful fasinated me went over 4 times

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  7. Carrie October 26, 2012 at 9:24 am

    Just LOVE!!

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  8. Lisa B October 26, 2012 at 10:44 am

    Arachniphobia! Love this :)

    Reply
  9. Tawna Richard October 26, 2012 at 11:34 am

    Awesome! I can’t find anywhere locally to sell me black chocolate melts but I got some dark chocolate and I think that will still look cool. Hay spiders are brown too right? Thanks for this!

    Reply
  10. Lisa T October 26, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    I love it! I’m going to make some of those to add to some cupcakes for tomorrow night!

    Reply
  11. FATTY October 26, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    QUE COSAS MAS LINDAS HACES.
    LASTIMA QUE NO VIVO AHI, PORQUE SERIA TU ALUMNA
    FELICIDADES!!!!

    Reply
  12. Melissa Diamond October 26, 2012 at 12:41 pm

    Thanks everybody! @Tawna~ I agree–brown spiders would be just as creepy! :0) —

    Reply
  13. Brenda October 26, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Why can’t real spiders be as cute as these?

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  14. Marilyn October 26, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Can this be creepy and beautiful at the same time? I love your cakes!

    Reply
  15. Tina October 26, 2012 at 2:44 pm

    Love this idea!!

    Reply
  16. Morgan Bell October 26, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    It gives me the shivers looking at it but, how clever, the kids will love it….thank you. xx

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  17. art deco cakes by gali October 26, 2012 at 4:41 pm

    very cool love them

    Reply
  18. Kathleen Hess October 27, 2012 at 9:08 am

    LOVE this cake!!

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  19. Jen October 28, 2012 at 8:53 am

    I hate spiders but this is WICKED!!!!! I love the idea!!!!

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  20. TRISHA October 28, 2012 at 1:03 pm

    Well this is so CREEPY COOL!!!!!! I had to tell you that we made little mini cakes using this idea yesterday and Sophia and I had a blast!!! It was easy for her to pipe the spiders so she could help out – fun! We had halloween movie night (Hocus Pocus and Casper!) and then our spider mini cakes!!!!! YOU ROCK!

    Reply
  21. Carol October 29, 2012 at 10:35 pm

    Fantastic spiders! I love them

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  22. Melissa Diamond October 29, 2012 at 11:17 pm

    More comments!! Thanks so much ;0) – @Trisha- So excited that you & Sophia made them! Chocolate spider cakes & Halloween movies…Perfect! ;0)

    Reply
  23. Janice Mulry October 30, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    Just finished my spidery cake for my son’s birthday – Séan is a Halloween Baby! Adapted it a little with a bit of green edible spray. Had a lot of fun! Thanks Melissa and BeBe!

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  24. Melissa Diamond October 30, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    Hooray! So glad, Janice! Happy birthday to your son!

    Reply
  25. HollyLE October 31, 2012 at 3:15 am

    I melted chocolate Almond Bark, but before I can squeeze it through the tip it seems to cool to quickly and it clogs. I’ve used the white before for lettering and it worked fine…this is my 1st attempt with the dark.
    Any suggestions would be much appreciated?

    Reply
  26. HollyLE October 31, 2012 at 3:29 am

    After searching for only a minute, I believe I found my answer! Obviously, I asked too soon :oP I do believe I overheated it…I just read that chocolate can seize up when overheated…I’m pretty sure that’s what happened! Will try again tomorrow being more attentive to the melting time…Still any suggestions are always welcome…thanks!

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  27. Melissa Diamond October 31, 2012 at 9:38 am

    Hi Holly! Yes, try again and see if you have better luck. Is there any chance that your piping tip had any moisture in it (for instance, if you washed just before)? That would cause seizing. Another common cause of seizing is if you used coloring gel to tint your chocolate. It doesn’t sound like this applies to you though…but just in case, candy coloring or powders can color chocolate effectively, but regular coloring gels cause seizing.

    Finally, while I like to use a piping tip… others just take a small snip off of the pastry or parchment bag . Just thought I’d throw that in!

    Good luck!

    Reply
  28. icetears October 31, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    this is very nice blog this is my favorite.
    cake boxes

    Reply
  29. Mary Buscemi October 31, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    So cute. Love it!

    Reply
  30. Sadie November 5, 2012 at 11:13 am

    That would be a cute idea to use ants for a picnic theme. :)

    Reply
  31. Melissa Diamond November 5, 2012 at 11:26 am

    @Sadie~ I like that ! ;0)

    Reply
  32. Deborah Griffin November 5, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    this cake is great, was wondering do you have a tutorial on stacked book cakes
    Thanks

    Reply
  33. BeBe November 5, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    Hi Deborah, Yes, click on Our Cakes under the Video Tutorial heading. There is a tutorial entitled Stack of Books.

    Reply
  34. Abigail November 5, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    This specialty cake is so simple, but the spiders add so much to it! I will have to bookmark this for next year!

    Reply
  35. Esmeralda September 18, 2013 at 1:39 pm

    Just came across your tutorial and its fabulous! I will definitely try it this year, thanks.

    Reply
  36. Beverly September 18, 2013 at 8:12 pm

    I will make this for my Halloween Bunko party!

    Reply
  37. Lexy October 10, 2015 at 9:48 am

    Must make this for the upcoming holiday. You mentioned using a 6″ cake……it looks sooo tall on the internet. How many layers was this cake? Can’t wait to try.

    Reply

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