This is the last up the group updates and this is the cake that prompted me to update the blog! After the success of my panda cake at work my boss asked me to make a spiderman themed cake for her son's birthday, so last week I got to work! (I don't have many photos of the process of this cake but next time I will take more!)
The cake was to be delivered on Thursday so I make the cake on Tuesday, I used a 10 oz home made cake recipe split between 4 layers of cake, once they were cool I wrapped them in cling film to be iced the next day.
I made a some batch of simple syrup and brushed it over the sponge, I then layered the cake in this way starting from the bottom; cake, jam, red buttercream, cake, jam, blue buttercream, cake, jam, red buttercream and cake. Phew that's a beast! I then crumb coated and chilled the cake. I then covered the cake in buttercream and smoothed and levelled it to create the perfect base for the fondant. I worked out the size of the explosion I needed, cut out a circle of black fondant, place it on the top of the cake and out a circle of baking paper on top of it yo protect it. I rolled out Renshaw Atlantic Blue fondant and used it to cover the cake, I then used two cake smoothers and marked out where I wanted the fondant to curl back. I cut the top of the blue fondant into 8 sections, carefully peeled them back and removed the piece of baking paper.
Using Renshaw Black fondant I cut out several buildings to cover the outside of the cake, I don't know if anyone else has has trouble with this icing but I found it incredibly sticky and quite hard to use. I then attached the buildings using water and made the moon and windows. Once they were attached I started on Spiderman's head.
What I love about this cake is that it can be adjusted for any superhero, the only part that makes it Spiderman is the toppper! For the topper I decided to make it out of rice crispies and marshmallows as it would be lighter than entire fondant, I melted the marshmallows, added the cereal and shaped 3 heads (I wanted backups just in case!) I then rolled out Renshaw Poppy red in to a small disk and started to stretch it around the head. Once I was happy with the shape I painted the web design, in hindsight I should of mixed the food colouring with a bit of clear alcohol to help the drying process. I then made his eyes, glued them and painted them. The decoration process took about 6 hours to complete.
The next morning I cut three skewers to size and placed them into the bottom of the topper and placed the topper on the cake. Once photos had been taken I removed the head leaving guideline for my boss to replace it when displaying the cake. I did this because the cake wasn't being served until over 36 hours later, the cake was boxed up and the topper was then wrapped in baking paper and bubble wrap for safe storage.
Sorry for all the text but enjoy the cake! If you want to see more cakes but without the wall of text, consider having a look at my Instagram! I post photos of my bakes there and maybe a few selfies too! @TheAlmightyKat
Keep Baking!
~Kat
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