High Climb to Fight Crime!
Spider-Man themed decorated cake featuring a blue fondant wall background, a red spider, and yellow lettering. Ideal for superhero parties.
Ingredients
White fondant (dye 68 oz light blue and 4 oz yellow)
72 oz
Buttercream frosting (made according to recipe, used for smoothing)
to taste
Food coloring (Spider-Man color set (blue, red, black), golden yellow)
to taste
Spider-Man baking pan (made according to mold)
1
Wilton tips #3 and #14 (for various decorations)
Nos. 3 and 14
Foam core board (used as base)
16 x 22 inches (1/2 inch thick)
Non-toxic chalk (blue, for defining wall cracks)
to taste
Letter cutter set (for cutting letters)
1
Instructions
1
Prepare the base board in advance
Dye 68 oz of fondant light blue. Prepare and wrap the foam core board with rolled fondant (page 123). Use a small texture tool to mark random lines as wall cracks and openings. Starting from the bottom, mark 1 x 2 inch wide bricks. Grind the blue chalk with a tea strainer; brush the mixture over the marks to enhance the effect.
2
Make the letters
Dye approximately 4 oz of fondant yellow. Roll out to 1/8 inch thick. Use the letter cutters from the set to cut out the message. Let dry on a surface dusted with cornstarch.
3
Process the cake
Bake and cool the cake. Place it on a wrapped and trimmed cake board (page 112). Smooth the cake sides and background area.
4
Outline the spider and eyes
Use tip #3 to outline and fill in the eyes and spider (smooth with fingers dipped in cornstarch). Use tip #3 to outline all of the details.
5
Cover with decorations
Cover the surface with stars using tip #14.
6
Assemble and finish
Place the cake on the fondant-wrapped base board. Pipe a bead border along the bottom edge with tip #3. Attach the letters using a wet brush.
