help with icing/decorating cakes

[illawarramumof2boys]

hi

it's my sons birthday shortly and i want to attempt to make my own cake for him for the first time and i need to make a spiderman cake of course.:thumbsup:

can anyone give me any tips on how to make the picture on the top. are there special icing pens or something i need to buy to do the detail or stencils i can buy. any tips are appreciated and can you also tell me where i can purchase items from.. thanks in advance :) :o

[punkbaby]

i cheated with ds cake i did the webbing myself and bought a card with spider man on it and cut him out, hung it on the side, and a little statue thingy and stuck that on the cake in the spider web. Making the spiderweb was though but enough for me i couldnt imagine making spidey to match :)

[m0nal1sa]

You can buy an edible cake topper. It is a decal you put on top of the iced cake that is edible.

http://www.partyinapack.com.au/en-gb/dept_44.html
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Spiderman-2-EDIBLE-CAKE-ICING-IMAGE_W0QQitemZ270120694708QQcmdZViewItem
http://www.invitationsandboxes.com.au/categories.asp?cID=247&c=21310
http://www.partysurprise.com.au/miscellaneous.html (http://www.partysurprise.com.au/miscellaneous.html)

Or if you really want to make your own, look at these - they give instructions

http://www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com/pictures-of-a-spiderman-cake.html

m0na

[HoopDeeDoo]

Spiderman is tricky, I'd go with the ediable pic, and then you can do fancy piping or whatever around it :yes:

[HoopDeeDoo]

wow there are some clever cakes in that last link!