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Marshmallow Spiderweb Cake

October 19, 2012 by Carrie Sellman

Melted Marshmallow Spiderweb Cake for Halloween  |  by Carrie Sellman for TheCakeBlog.com

As seen on the cover of Country Living Magazine, October 2013!

Now that we’re officially in the Halloween spirit and inspired to bake, here is a super easy DIY for you to try at home.  There’s no piping, no painting and no wrong way to do it!  You just need marshmallows, two hands and some imagination!  It’s a creepy, crawly Marshmallow Spiderweb Cake!  And I have a simple tutorial to show you how to do it!

How to Make a Marshmallow Spiderweb Cake for Halloween | Tutorial by Carrie Sellman for TheCakeBlog.com

You know how marshmallows get stringy when melted?  Well that makes for a super sticky, super easy spiderweb!

How to Make a Marshmallow Spiderweb Cake for Halloween | Tutorial by Carrie Sellman for TheCakeBlog.com

I think this cake would be a fun project, no matter your experience or skill level.  If you’re a medium to advanced baker, this cake will seem super easy and you’ll be finished in no time flat.  Beginners…. your end result will look more challenging than it actually was.  Bonus for you!  And you certainly don’t have to tell anyone how easy it was.  And if you really just don’t bake at all, why not try out the marshmallow technique on a plain white cake from the market.  It could be a fun way to get your hands a little sticky and surprise everyone, including yourself.  There’s really no right or wrong way for a spiderweb to look… so just go for it!

How to Make a Marshmallow Spiderweb Cake for Halloween | Tutorial by Carrie Sellman for TheCakeBlog.com

MARSHMALLOW SPIDERWEB CAKE
a DIY by Carrie Sellman

Supplies

  • Cake
  • White Fondant
  • Marshmallows (8 oz)

STEP 1 : Cover your cake(s) in white fondant.

STEP 2 : Place marshmallows into a microwave-safe bowl.  Heat for 30 seconds.

STEP 3 : Stir marshmallows.  {Warning.  Hot marshmallows will burn.  And it hurts!}

STEP 4 : Keep stirring.

STEP 5 : Stir, stir, stir some more!  Stir until marshmallows are cool enough to touch.

STEP 6 :  This is where it gets messy.  Or fun, depending on how you look at things.  Using both hands, stretch a small glob of marshmallow out into a long, thin, stringy strand.  Way, way longer and thinner than what is shown above (it was hard to get a picture of this exactly… especially with marshmallow covered hands).

STEP 7 :  Start wrapping the stringy marshmallow around your cake.  Go up, down, around and around.  Diagonal.  Every which way.  There is no right or wrong way for a spider web to look.  Just start wrapping.  Go light at first until you get the hang of it.  Less is more!  And thinner strands look better in the end.

STEP 8 :  Continue to pull, stretch and drape marshmallow strings.  Going every direction way you possibly can.

STEP 9:   Cover second tier in marshmallow strings.  Stack both tiers together.

STEP 10 : Add additional marshmallow strings to both tiers, draping some from one tier to the next.  Add a spider with long, spindly legs.  And you’re done!

BAKERS NOTE : I should have taken pictures while making the spider.  My bad.  But he’s made of fondant and very straightforward.  One oval for his body.  A smaller circle for his head.  And eight very long, exaggerated legs to make him extra creepy!  Hey, a big spider had to be responsible for such a crazy cobweb!

ADDITIONAL NOTE :  I realize I could have written this tutorial with much fewer steps.  But I was having fun with sticky marshmallows and my new chalkboard backdrop!  What to do you think?  Do you like it?  Want to see more of it in future posts?

How to Make a Marshmallow Spiderweb Cake for Halloween | Tutorial by Carrie Sellman for TheCakeBlog.com

I hope you give my creepy, crawly Marshmallow Spiderweb Cake a try!  I think even the kiddos would enjoy this tutorial.  Just make sure the marshmallow is cool enough for them to handle safely and be prepared to clean up some sticky hands.  And faces.  And tables.  You get the idea!


 

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UPDATE: I was tremendously honored to work with Country Living Magazine on their 2013 October issue.  As it turns out, they enjoyed playing with melted marshmallows too! I’m honored that my sticky spiderweb concept made the cover!


 
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October 19, 2012 by Carrie Sellman

Carrie Sellman , Founder & Editor

Carrie Sellman is the Founder & Editor of The Cake Blog. Her work has been published in BRIDES Magazine, Country Living Magazine and featured online at People, Today, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Redbook, Real Simple, TLC, The Cooking Channel and more.

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Comments

  1. Maria @ Love & Sugar Kisses says

    October 19, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    Carrie this is fabulous!! What a fun idea!

  2. Kayren says

    October 19, 2012 at 4:18 pm

    Very cool! I will have to try this soon.

  3. Kim - The TomKat Studio says

    October 19, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    Amazing! I love it!

  4. elizabeth says

    October 19, 2012 at 4:29 pm

    It’s pretty awesome!

  5. Erin Schaefgen says

    October 19, 2012 at 5:00 pm

    Carrie you are so clever, this looks like so much fun and I’m loving the chalkboard back drop!

  6. Yvonne Herron says

    October 19, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    Wow… very creative, I would have never thought about using marshmallow as a cobweb/spider web. Your cake is very lovely. Even though it suppose be creepy… how can it not, it’s too cute. Lol

  7. Dawn | KitchenTravels says

    October 19, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    Hi Carrie – I am a first-time visitor to your blog, and I absolutely LOVE this cake! How pretty would something like this be for a Halloween wedding? Yeah, I guess a Halloween wedding would be a little strange, but kind of cool, too… right? 😉 I’ve been sneaking around your blog for the last 20 minutes, and it is dangerously wonderful. Have a great weekend! xo

  8. Laurel says

    October 19, 2012 at 5:10 pm

    This is sooooo awesome! THanks so much for sharing this technique..i would have never thought this up!

  9. claudia says

    October 19, 2012 at 5:57 pm

    Beautiful! I wonder how a chocolate cake would look like….

  10. Diane says

    October 19, 2012 at 6:07 pm

    Very Cool!!
    I wonder if you could do it over a butter-cream iced cake ?
    Love the back drop!

    • Carolyn says

      October 20, 2013 at 10:22 pm

      In the magazine article, the cake was frosted with white buttercream frosting. The white-white of the marshmallow looks good against the dingier white color of the buttercream. I’m going to try chocolate buttercream, I’ll wait untill it crusts before I add the cobwebs. I hope it holds up, it’s still warm and humid here in Florida.

  11. Jauquetta says

    October 19, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    What a clever person you are. I loved it and the chalk board idea. Hope to see more things on your site.

  12. Jaime says

    October 19, 2012 at 7:50 pm

    Love it! Thank you for sharing. I love the chalk backdrop!

  13. Beverley Munro-Lynch says

    October 19, 2012 at 9:05 pm

    oh this looks so much fun and i love the chalkboard backdrop shows up cake beautifully
    Thank you for sharing with us all.

  14. Lisa B says

    October 19, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    This technique is so awesome!! thanks for sharing..and I LOVE the chalkboard background 🙂

  15. Stacy says

    October 19, 2012 at 11:29 pm

    This is a wonderful idea. Thank you so much fir sharing!

  16. Stacy says

    October 19, 2012 at 11:30 pm

    This is a wonderful idea. Thank you so much for sharing!

  17. gloria says

    October 19, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    Making this on the 29th of October for my grandson’s 15th birthday! So excited, wish me luck!!! 🙂

  18. gloria says

    October 19, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    P.S. Thanks for sharing! Love it!

  19. Tammy Prater says

    October 19, 2012 at 11:44 pm

    Fantastic idea! You’re so dang smart…I would have never thought of this!

  20. Jamie says

    October 20, 2012 at 12:26 am

    Genius!!! Really!

  21. Janet says

    October 20, 2012 at 2:50 am

    Brilliant thank you so much for sharing.

  22. Valérie ILoveCakes says

    October 20, 2012 at 5:40 am

    This technique is awesome !!!

  23. Julia says

    October 20, 2012 at 6:22 am

    Awesome idea and it seems so super easy!

  24. Robert Bence says

    October 20, 2012 at 9:15 am

    I absolutely LOVE this cake!.This is a wonderful idea.A huge thank you to the the five bakeries who participated in this special week of Halloween inspiration!
    Birthday Cakes Louisville

  25. Susan says

    October 20, 2012 at 11:02 am

    Awesome! And so easy!
    How hard it is to cut the cake?! Should I heat the knife with hot water for example?!

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