Although spiders are not my best friends, I decided to overcome my fear of them by incorporating them into one of my favorite hobbies. I created 2 spider cakes for a friend’s Halloween party this year. My daughter was a little fearful at first, but soon grew accustomed to the freaky arachnids.
I used a ball pan to create the 2 bodies and 2 muffins to create the heads. I also used junior mints for the eyes and candy corn for the fangs. For the legs, I used melted chocolate to glue chocolate covered stick biscuits (pocky sticks) at different angles. For the gooey insides, I filled the bodies with vanilla curd and raspberry coulis. I used dark chocolate frosting for the black widow and a milk chocolate frosting for the brown recluse.
I was tempted to give the spider with the “hairy” legs a furry body by using the multi-holed piping type (typically used for making grass), but was worried I might mess it all up, so decided not to…maybe next year…
