Halloween Marshmallow Cobweb Cake

Chocolate Cake, Black Ganache, and Filled With Halloween Candy!

BOO! Happy Halloween! This Halloween I am making a Scaredy Cake complete with grainy black chocolate ganache, a marshmallow cobweb and chocolate spiders with red eyes. Scared yet?! Don’t worry, you'll feel better once you cut yourself a slice. I dyed my favourite chocolate cake layers black and my Italian Meringue Buttercream orange. Then I filled my Scaredy Cake with Halloween treats a plenty! Smarties, gummy worms, jelly beans, and candy corn, of course. It's a trick AND treat! I want this cake to look like something you would find in a haunted house. Even though you have no idea how long it's been sitting there - you still want to eat it!

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1 x 8lb recipe of Yo’s Ultimate Chocolate Cake
1 x recipe Italian Meringue Buttercream
Simple Syrup
Candy Corn
Gummy Worms
Orange Smarties
Black Smarties
Halloween Jelly Beans
1 package Mini Marshmallows
6 Chocolate Balls
¼ Chocolate Candy Melts
16 oz Dark Chocolate
Red Sprinkles
Red Luster Dust
1 x Wilton Black Icing Colour
1 x Wilton Colour Right Black
ChefMaster Sunset Orange Gel Colour

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3 x 8” Round Cake Pans (lined with parchment paper)
Wooden Spoon
Serrated Knife
Ruler
Rubber Spatula
Icing Spatula
Large Offset Spatula
Small Offset Spatula
Parchment Paper Cone
Baking Tray
Silicone Mat or Parchment Paper
Paint Brush
Paring Knife

Preperation

Prepare Chocolate Cake

Prepare your chocolate cake batter. When complete, add the entire container of Wilton Black Icing Colour. Blend on low speed and watch your batter turn black.

Divide Batter

Divide your batter evenly into your three prepared 8” round pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a cake tester comes out completely clean. Let cool completely in pans.

Prepare Ganache

Prepare your chocolate ganache. Once complete, stir in an entire bottle of Wilton Colour Right Black food colouring. Let your ganache thicken until it is spreadable.

Level Cakes

Remove your cakes from their pans and level them.

Dye Buttercream

Take half of your buttercream, about 3 cups, and dye it a bright Halloween orange using ChefMaster Sunset Orange Gel colour.

Spread Buttercream

Soak your first cake layer with simple syrup, and lay it onto your cake board. Evenly spread on the orange buttercream. Pile on a variety of Halloween candy.

Melt Ganache

Take a ½ cup of you ganache and heat it in the microwave in 10 second increments. Drizzle half of your melted black chocolate ganache over your candy.

Layer Cake

Soak the remaining two cake layers in simple syrup. Lay the second cake on top of your ganache-drizzled candies. Repeat the process and then top your cake with the final cake layer.

Spread Excess Buttercream

Use your small offset palette knife to spread the excess orange buttercream poking out of your layers around the sides of the cake.

Crumb Coat and Chill

Crumb coat the entire cake with your set chocolate ganache, and chill for 30 minutes.

Ice Cake

Ice your entire cake with the rest of your set black chocolate ganache. Chill for 30 minutes.

Melt Marshmallows

Melt your marshmallows, 1 cup at a time, in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds. Stir out lumps. Use both hands to pull and stretch your melted marshmallow.

Wrap Marshmallows Around the Cake

Wrap the pulled marshmallow around your cake in every direction. Add until you like the look of your cake, but you can still see black chocolate ganache.

Prepare Chocolate Spiders

Cut off a bit of each chocolate ball so that they can sit flat on your silicone mat. Melt your candy melts and pour into a parchment paper cone. Pipe a little head onto each chocolate ball.

Pipe Spider Legs

Pipe V shapes of chocolate onto your silicone mat, these will resemble spider legs.

Add Spider Details

Add your chocolate balls to your cake using melted chocolate as glue. Brush a little melted chocolate onto the head of your spiders and add two red sprinkles as eyes. Finish them with red luster dust on their backs.

Congratulations!

If all went well, you should see something that looks like this...

Preperation

Prepare Chocolate Cake

Divide Batter

Prepare Ganache

Level Cakes

Dye Buttercream

Spread Buttercream

Melt Ganache

Layer Cake

Spread Excess Buttercream

Crumb Coat and Chill

Ice Cake

Melt Marshmallows

Wrap Marshmallows Around the Cake

Prepare Chocolate Spiders

Pipe Spider Legs

Add Spider Details

Congratulations!

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Prepare Chocolate Cake

Divide Batter

Prepare Ganache

Level Cakes

Dye Buttercream

Spread Buttercream

Melt Ganache

Layer Cake

Spread Excess Buttercream

Crumb Coat and Chill

Ice Cake

Melt Marshmallows

Wrap Marshmallows Around the Cake

Prepare Chocolate Spiders

Pipe Spider Legs

Add Spider Details

Congratulations!

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