Description
These Spider Web Cupcakes are a festive Halloween treat featuring moist cupcakes topped with vibrant orange frosting and decorated with a spooky black spider web design. Perfect for parties or themed celebrations, these cupcakes combine simple decorating techniques with fun, creepy-crawly accents to delight guests of all ages.
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcakes
- 24 cupcakes (baked and cooled)
Frosting
- 2 cups orange frosting
- black decorator icing
Decoration
- 24 black plastic spiders
- skewer or toothpick
Instructions
- Frost Cupcakes: Using a butter knife or frosting spatula, place about a tablespoon of orange frosting in the center of each cooled cupcake. Hold the knife still and rotate the cupcake to spread the frosting smoothly over the top, creating an even, rounded surface.
- Create Spider Web Circles: Snip off the tip of the black decorator icing tube to make a small opening. Pipe a dot of black icing in the center of each frosted cupcake, then pipe three concentric circles around it to form a bullseye pattern.
- Draw Spider Web Lines: Using a skewer or toothpick, drag straight lines outward from the center dot through all the circles, like spokes on a wheel. Make 5 or 6 evenly spaced lines to create the spider web effect.
- Decorate with Spiders: Place one black plastic spider on top of each cupcake, positioning it on the web design to add a fun and spooky finishing touch.
Notes
- Spider Web Cupcakes made with cake mix, orange frosting, and black frosting.
- For best results, ensure cupcakes are completely cooled before frosting to prevent melting.
- Use a steady hand when piping the black icing circles and lines to create a neat web pattern.
- Plastic spiders can be reused or removed before serving if desired.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 232 kcal
- Sugar: 27 g
- Sodium: 175 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 37 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 1 mg
