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Recipe Chocolate Spider Web Cake (Cake)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1/2 cup HERSHEY®'S Cocoa Powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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- 6 tablespoons butter
- 2 2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup HERSHEY®'S Cocoa Powder
- 6 tablespoons cold milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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- 1/2 cup HERSHEY®'S Premier White Chips
- 1/2 teaspoon shortening
Preparing/Cooking:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Thoroughly grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
- Combine dry ingredients in large bowl; add eggs, shortening, buttermilk and vanilla.
- Beat on low speed of mixer 1 minute, scraping bowl constantly.
- Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
- Pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake about 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes, remove from pans to wire racks.
- Cool completely.
- Frost with One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting.
- Immediately pipe or drizzle Spider Web in 4 or 5 circles on top of cake.
- Using a knife or wooden pick, Immediately draw 8 to 10 lines from center to edges of cake at regular intervals to form web.
- Garnish with a "spider", using a caramel, licorice and other candies.
- 12 servings.
- One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting: Beat butter.
- Add confectioners' sugar and cocoa alternately with milk, beating to spreading consistency.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Makes about 2 cups frosting.
- Spider Web: Place 1/2 cup Hershey's Premier White Chips and 1/2 teaspoon shortening (do not use butter, margarine, spread or oil) in small heavy seal-top plastic bag.
- Microwave at HIGH (100%) 45 Seconds.
- Squeeze gently.
- If necessary, microwave an additional 10 to 15 seconds; squeeze until chips are melted.
- Make small diagonal cut in one bottom corner of bag; squeeze mixture onto cake as directed.
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