Spider Cake

recipe and equally divide it between three 6inch round cake pans. Allow the cakes to cool. Level and then stack and chill until ready to assemble the cake.
PRO TIP When chilling cake layers place a layer of parchment between each layer to ensure they do not stick to each other. If you are chilling for longer than a few hours wrap each layer in plastic wrap and place each cake in an airtight plastic bag.
Prepare whipped vanilla buttercream. I love using a WHITE buttercream for this recipe so consider using my supersecret awesome tips on how to get white icing!! Scroll to the end to watch the secret video Set aside and prepare the chocolate buttercream.
Assembling the Spider Cake
When you are ready to assemble the Spider Cake place the first layer of chocolate on the cake stand. Not to brag but have you seen my collection of cake stands??? Anyway set your cake stand directly on a rotating cake stand. I place shelf liner on my rotating cake stand so that the cake does not slip. Spread about 12 cup of white buttercream onto the cake. Add the next layer of chocolate cake. Add another 12 cup of buttercream. Then place the final layer of chocolate cake on top. Cover the entire cake with a thin crumb coat. Chill both you and the cake for about 30 minutes.
After cake has been chilled add a final coat of white buttercream. Smooth out the buttercream as smooth as you can. I use an offset spatula to get frosting in place and then a bench scraper to get it as smooth as possible. But hey it doesnt have to be perfect so use what you have and go with it!
Next get a pastry bag fitted with a 4 tip and drop in pastry bag filled with black buttercream. See why I double bag my frosting here. If you have a lot of decorators tips and need some tips on storing them so they are easy to find when you need them not that I lose anything around here check out this How to Store Decorators Tips link.
Starting at the center of the cake apply pressure to the pastry bag and pipe a line of black frosting out to the edge of the cake. Repeat this around the cake leaving about 2inches between each line.
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