Spiderman cupcakes

Got a little boy who is infatuated with Spiderman? 

 

Here is a technique for making Spiderman cupcakes that so easy, even my 5 year old can  and has done it.

 

Start out with a cupcake frosted in red.

 

Using a Wilton's black gel frosting tube, put a large dab of frosting in the center of the cupcake.  Next draw a circle around the dab leaving about 1/4 inch gap.  Then draw one last larger circle leaving a gap between the medium sized circle and the edge of the cupcake.

 

Or you could be like my creative husband and draw a spiral.

 

Then with a toothpick, start in the blob of black in the middle of the cupcake and draw a line to the very edge.

After Jacob had fallen asleep for the night, we got Bree out of bed to come help make Jacob's birthday cupcakes.  Its special moments like these that she'll never forget.

 

Repeat this 6 or more times to achieve a spider web look.

 

 

Simple, no?

 

Don't forget to do some blue cupcakes too.

 

For added Spiderman detail, you can attempt to add eyes made from mini Oreos cut in half (left hand side, middle cupcake) but I was running out of time and the Oreo filling kept falling off the cookie part so I abandoned the idea.

 

 

The cupcakes for the Spiderman themed party were a hit - Spidey eyes or not.

 

Jacob had one cupcake....

 

...after another.