Creepy Crawly Spiderweb Cake
Bubby's friend was coming over after a bike ride and I wanted to make them a Halloween-themed treat. I've been wanting to make a spiderweb cake for a while. I sure came away with some do's and don'ts! I chose to use this recipe from King Arthur Baking. Not sure why but I had my heart set on making it in an 8x8 square pan, and this recipe fit the bill. It's a recipe that calls for no eggs and no butter! I was a bit anxious about greasing but not flouring the pan, but the cake didn't stick to the sides when cutting it so that was fine. The cake baked for 32 minutes (should have been 31) in my Corning Ware pan. Had I used an aluminum pan I'm sure it would have been ready much sooner. I'd never made ganache using chocolate chips and I wanted to try it so this was my opportunity. This recipe also calls for half and half rather than heavy cream, for the ganache. It was more difficult to melt the chocolate chips and incorporate the in...