Tigga Mac's Dancing Spider Cake

Follow the steps to create the Dancing Spider cake from Tigga Mac's Cake Hacks.

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Ingredients & Equipment

• 25cm round cake board
• 1 piping bag
• 1 grass tip nozzle
  
  
• 8 black or brown pipe cleaners
• 1 x 20cm round cake (pg 10-13)
• 1 batch Tigga's buttercream (pg 15) or another type of buttercream
• brown gel food colouring
• 2 x marshmallow eyes (pg 17)

Method

1. Colour: Time to make the coloured buttercream - remember to add the food colouring a little at a time until you are happy with the result. Add brown gel colouring to the buttercream to colour it dark brown.
2. Assembly: Now it's time to put the pieces together. Spread a little buttercream on the cake board where the cake will sit. This will be the glue that stops the cake from moving around while you are decorating it. Stand the larger body piece upright on the board.Then, use buttercream to stick the head piece to the front of the spider's body. Chill the cake in the fridge for 10 minutes or until firm and secure.
3. Carving: Next up, let's shape the spider's head! Using a small, sharp knife, round off the edges of the head by carving the corners away.
4. Buttercream Time: Fill a piping bag with the brown buttercream and cut off the end. Roughly pipe over the entire cake and smooth out using a palette knife. This is the crumb coat. Chill in the firdge for 10 minutes or until the buttercream is firm.Next, add a second coat of buttercream to the head ONLY, using a palette knife to achieve as smooth a result as possible. You don't need to do a top coat on the body as it will be piped over.
5. Hairy Piping: Pop the grass tip nozzle into the piping bag and fill the bag with more buttercream. Pipe over the entire spider's body (NOT the head) to create a 'hairy' look! Leave the spider's head smooth.
6. Eyes: Pop the marshmallow eyes onto the head. I've used 2 but you can use as many eyes as you'd like! Some spiders have 8 eyes!
7. Legs: Bend the pipe cleaners into shape before poking them into each side of the body. Your spider is complete! Give the board a wiggle and watch your spider dance!