I made this for my son's 3rd grade class i used white box cake mix with orange food gel mixed in...tried to make black b/c... the webs are made from melted white choc. chips piped onto a waxed paper covered cookie sheet then frozen they were easier to handle.. make extra they break! and then topped with festive spider rings like $1.00 for 50 of them. Teacher thought they were from a bakery and requested i do the rest of the class party cupcakes! Of course I will!!