Spooky Spiderweb Cake 

Source: Cooking Village

“Eeeeek!” Little goblins, ghosts and ghouls will go ga-ga over this great Halloween cake! 

 1 package (18.25 ounces) white cake mix 
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting 
Red and yellow food coloring 
1 tube (.68 ounce) black decorating gel 
2-3 black licorice laces 
4 large black gumdrops 

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour a 13- x 9-inch baking pan. Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake cake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 28-38 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. 

Set aside 1/2 teaspoon vanilla frosting. Place remaining frosting in a medium bowl. Add red and yellow food coloring, a few drops at a time, until orange color is reached. Frost cake with orange frosting. Pipe spiderweb, using black decorating gel, on top of cake. 

Cut eight 1 1/4-inch pieces of licorice lace for each spider. Make 4 holes with a wooden skewer on each side of each gumdrop. Insert 4 pieces of licorice into each side of gumdrops for legs. Make eyes with small dots of reserved vanilla frosting using a toothpick. Add dots of black gel for centers of eyes. Place spiders on cake.