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Spiderman Cake

Another year, another cake. Knowing that the subtleties of a made-from-scratch cake would be lost on preschoolers, I took the easy way out and made a double batch of yellow cake mix in a 15 inch round pan.

We carved away excess to shape the head then did a simple vanilla frosting with about three gallons of red food coloring. White and black piped accents and voila! Spiderman.

I think he liked it.

Spiderman Cake

10 Comments

Kat said:

That is a LOT of food coloring, but I think it came out very nice! I also like the other cakes you have made in the past, very creative!

alan said:

Okay, maybe it wasn't three gallons but it seemed like it as I kept dumping more and more food coloring in. The frosting went from white to pink to Spiderman. Maybe it was my imagination, but I swear I could taste the food coloring itself in the final cake.

Topher said:

Best dad ever.

alan said:

Thanks man.

kealohi said:

been there--worth all the work, definitely, but red doesn't taste good!

alan said:

Kealohi, speaking of the work, each year I say to myself that I will make the next year simpler. By the time the next birthday finally rolls around, I've forgotten my good sense and do it all over again.

Lisa said:

Awesome Cake! To get red frosting faster with less food coloring...start with pink frosting not white :D

alan said:

Pink frosting... of course! Thanks for the tip. -alan

Laura said:

Reduce your food colouring drops to about 2 drops needed by using this simple trick- ice your cake with regular white. Then paint on the food colouring using a paint brush. Not only do you need only a drops of red dye to cover the entire cake, but if you need to do different colours (ie. the multi-colour butterfly cake I did for my daughter last year), you can brush different colours on.

alan said:

Laura, that makes perfect sense now that you say it, and would seem to give a lot more control over where color is applied and where it isn't. Thanks for the tip!

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