This
was a cake for a 5 year old boy who is so obsessed with spiderman; his clothes,
bed sheets, lunch box, toys---- everything is all of the spiderman theme. The
subject of Spiderman has been so very over-used, I feel like there is
nothing very creative about this cake. Nevertheless, I spent a lot of time
working on the city scape for the bottom layer; extending the buildings over
the sides of the cake to give an extra dimension. Spiderman on top of the
cake was a toy which the birthday boy promptly removed from the cake to play
with. It took a little coaxing to let him keep it on the cake until after
the cake is cut.
Best
quote from Spiderman: "With
great power comes great responsibility." Indeed, the challenge is to be
kind when in a powerful position. Unfortunately arrogance invariably
takes over and kindness goes out the window when individuals or even nations
are in power.
The cake was yellow chiffon cake
with strawberry filling. One layer had cannoli filling.