Happy Halloween! 

Why not complete the evening with a spooky and adorable sushi cake. 

The rice is coloured with beetroot powder and black sesame powder or charcoal powder. The nori is cut into web shapes and also used for the eyes and mouth with a happy face nori puncher. A little bit of mayo is used on the eyes and mouth by dabbing it on with a toothpick. The spider was shaped by placing coloured rice in glad wrap and moulded into a head, body and eight legs. 

To make the cake, I used a 4in cake pan with a removable bottom bought from Daiso. I then lined the inside of the tin with glad wrap and started with the thin layer of red sushi rice for the top of the cake then I added a layer of white sushi rice, then a layer of avocado and smoked salmon and finally finished off with more white sushi rice. Cover the final layer of white sushi rice with the overhanging glad wrap and fridgerate for at least 30 min to set. Unwrap the glad wrap and flip onto a plate or cake board. Now cover the side with baking paper and finish with a ribbon on the bottom. The red rice is now ready for the cut up nori spiderweb and sushi spider.