What is Spider Web Cake?

A spider web cake involves piping a delicate web pattern onto a frosted dessert using chocolate or icing, often for seasonal or themed baking.

Essential Ingredients and Tools

• Base cake: Vanilla or chocolate sponge, fully cooled.
• Frosting: Buttercream or ganache for smooth coating.
• Web piping medium: Melted dark chocolate or stiff royal icing.
• Piping bag with small round tip.
• Offset spatula for surface smoothing.

Step-by-Step Process

• Ensure cake surface is flat and chilled for optimal adhesion.
• Fill piping bag with medium; test consistency for easy flow.
• Pipe concentric circles from center outward in steady motions.
• Drag tool from center to edge through circles to create web lines.

Expert Tips

Work in a cool environment to prevent melting. Use fine-tipped tools for precision, and practice patterns on parchment first for consistency.