Ingredients
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- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 24 ounces white rolled fondant
- 4 ounces black rolled fondant
- Black royal icing ingredients (powdered sugar, meringue powder, water, black gel food coloring)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans.
- In a bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cream butter until fluffy; beat in eggs one at a time and add vanilla. Alternate adding dry ingredients with milk until combined. Divide batter between pans.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks.
- Beat butter for frosting until creamy; gradually mix in powdered sugar, then add cream and vanilla until fluffy.
- Level cooled cakes and stack with buttercream in between layers. Apply a crumb coat and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- Roll out white fondant and cover the cake smoothly; trim excess.
- Prepare black royal icing by mixing powdered sugar and meringue powder; add water to reach piping consistency and tint black.
- Pipe spiderweb design on top of the cake using royal icing.
- Shape the spider from black fondant and place it atop the web.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (80g)
- Calories: 310
- Sugar: 34g
- Sodium: 170mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 46g
- Fiber: <1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 55mg