Spider Cakes!!

Source : Start With Orange Mix Cream Butter And Sugar Together Until Smooth Take Zest And Juice From The Oranges And Add To Mix Add Flour And Mix To A Smooth...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : October 21, 2025

Step:

  1. Start with orange Mix.. cream butter and sugar together until smooth. Take zest and juice from the oranges and add to mix. Add flour and mix to a smooth paste.

  2. Sort chocolate mix, cream butter and Sugar in a separate bowl. Add cocoa powder and eggs, mix to a smooth paste.

  3. Half fill 24 cake cases with chocolate mix, then add orange Mix.

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  4. Partly mix the two together until swirled but not even

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  5. Cook in Gas Mark 7/ medium hot oven for 10 minutes, then swop trays for a further 10 minutes until cooked, or until a skewer Inserted comes out clean. Leave to cool.

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  6. Icing/ Frosting Mix. Mix the Icing sugar with the Cocoa Powder. Add enough water to make a smooth paste and add to top of cooled cakes.

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  7. Add two, (or more!), glacé Cherry halves to each cake, to make “ bug out eyes”, smear with a little more Icing mix and stick Edible Eyes/ Cocoanut Kisses on..

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  8. Break Matchmakers into 3 segments, poke 6 (or more), pieces In to each cake.

    Spider Cakes!! recipe step 8 photo
  9. Serve straight away or freeze for up to six months ! Enjoy!!


Ingredients

  1. Orange Mix
  2. 170 Gram Butter or Margarine
  3. 170 Gram Castor Sugar
  4. 170 Gram Self Raising Flour
  5. 3 Eggs
  6. 2 large Oranges, zest and juice of
  7. Chocolate Mix
  8. 170 Gram Butter or Margarine
  9. 170 Gram Castor Sugar
  10. 170 Gram Self Raising Flour
  11. 3 Eggs
  12. 80 Gram Cocoa Powder
  13. Icing mix / topping
  14. 300 Gram Icing Sugar
  15. 2 teaspoons hot water
  16. 100 Gram Cocoa Powder
  17. Trimmings
  18. 1 tub Glacé Cherries (halved)
  19. 1 packet Edible Eyes / Bassets Cocoanut rings

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