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Erupting Volcano Cake
Whether you’re having a groundbreaking celebration for the construction of your new subterranean evil lair, or throwing a 5 year-old a birthday party, an erupting volcano cake is always the perfect pastry choice.
The magic in this cake comes from 2 special effects:
The dry ice in the magma chamber, and the hard candy lava streaming down the sides of the volcano.
We constructed our volcano using 3 seperate cake sections:
- Bundt cake base
- Dome cake middle (baked in medium bowl)
- Inverted cupcake peak
We used a small juice glass to first cut out the center of the middle layer before stacking it on top of the bundt cake base. Next, insert the glass into the cavity. This is your magma chamber.
Cut a vent through the center of the cupcake peak section. Frost both the main cake and the cupcake peak, but dont put the top on just yet.
To make the candy lava you’ll need:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup Karo syrup
- 1/4 cup water
- Red food coloring
Combine these ingredients and bring to a boil in a saucepan. Heat to 300 deg F. Remove from heat. Pour candy lava into the desired shapes onto a foil-lined baking sheet. Allow to cool.
Just before you are ready to serve the cake, drop a chunk of dry-ice into the glass, and pour in some cold warm water. Put the top piece onto the volcano and arrange the candy lava on the sides.
If you want your cake to actually bubble over with oozing lava, then add sweetened, colored egg white to the dry ice in the magma chamber rather than water. We didn’t think that sounded very apetizing, but it sure would look cool. Here is the recipe for the oozing goo:
- 1 egg white
- 2tbsp sugar
- food coloring
Dropping that into your volcano will result in a nice eruption that should last for a few minitues.
Finally, bask in your guest’s delight.
I have the urge to bake! I like this…
excellent!!!!!
who’s torsos and fingers are those??
where does one obtain “dry” ice ????
I got the dry ice from a fish-monger, but you should be able to find it at either a party supply house, or possibly the meat/fish department of your local grocer.
steve
Kerchenko, you are a sketchy sketchy character. I would hate to think of how dangerous you’d be with a case of dry ice.
You should also be able to obtain dry ice from welding supply shops.
Is “Dry Ice” kind of like “Dry Cleaning” no, liquid, no mess… ?
It’s called dry cleaning. You heard
me right, brother, ‘dry cleaning’–
wash without water, no suds, no
tumble, no stress on the clothes.
It’s all done with chemicals, friend,
and your garments end up crisp and
fresh. And here’s the capper: no
shrinkage.
Boy, what I could do with a case of “dry cleaning” !!!!! Unleash clkeanliness to unsupectin’ slobs…. justy slip a piece ‘o ‘dry cleanin’ in their pocket and watch in wonder…..
in the US, you can get Dry Ice at your local grocery store usually (I know Safeway has it)
Dry Ice is solid (frozen) carbon dioxide ( CO2.).
it is very cold, and when it melts goes directly to vapor, not liquid, thus, the name.
it is easilly obtainable at places like ice-cream shoppes, and other places that ship or pack cold items.
If you have a Baskin Robbins nearby, they also sell dry ice.
Kazen should have been more specific. Dry ice sublimates (goes directly from a solid to a vapor) at normal pressures. When you put
enough pressure on CO2 (5 times the pressure at sealevel) it goes to a liquid then to a gas. I’m not trying to be a know-it-all, but I thought you all could use a science lesson. Chemistry is fun! 8 )
http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c123/phasesdgm.html
This experiment is great and wonderful!
It’s sweet
Good hints for my 4-yr-old’s Rescue Hero party cake. Help! The volcano’s erupting! Call the Rescue Heroes! Thanks!
I like it we have a restuarnt here in Costa Rica were there is a volcano that allways erupt we are going to make it for the holidays.
Thanks
hehe to all, especially you Vladimer….
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omg! what a brilliant idea thanks so much this has really helped me with my geography homework!!!
try making it out of a taco next time
a quesadila might work next time to hater!
i had that cake when i was turning 60
yummmmmmmmmmmm yum i love it !!!!!!!!!!!!
i want more more cake
that is a kool volcano
I love this. We are doing it for my children’s science party. However, the egg lava is yucky so we are making the lava from a recipe for pudding “slime” and dying it red instead of green. It’s perfect.
can you tell me. It the glass supposed to go all the way to the bottom (and top) of the cake or just that middle layer? I am going to try and make this for my son’s 5th Birthday party and hope I can pull it off. Any tips you have on making or executing the dry ice thing would help. Thanks!
mmmmmmmmmmmm cake i heart cake i dream of cake every night and its my gay lover
i’m going to try and make this for my science project. i’m in 8th grade and we’re learning about volcanoes right now. it looks super cool. and i’m gonna make a practice cake for my birthday (which is next weekend!
i am gonna try and make this for my science project 2! i hope the dry ice thing works cuz that’ll definately get me an A+.
this is gay ill get an F-
Has anyone actually tasted the egg white and sugar? It’s good, it’s called meringue if you bake it.
That’s a great cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is for a project, but it will be great, i know it!!
what is Karo syrup?
i don’t no? dose anybody else no?
i don’t no? dose anybody else no?
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ur an idiot brent/i like pie
im gay, i like girls
this is an ausome idea 4 cakes and kids i am 33 and still love dowing this crap
snap thats good
Karo Syrup is corn syrup. That small juice glass looks awfully tall.
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this cake is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this cake is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this cake is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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u told me i could eat it all i ate the dry ice now it burns!!!!!!!!!!!!1
u told me i could eat it all i ate the dry ice now it burns!!!!!!!!!!!!1
u told me i could eat it all i ate the dry ice now it burns!!!!!!!!!!!!1
u idiot robet! You are not supposed to eat dry ice, what’s wrong with u? of course its gonna burn. lol its CO2
THat Is sUcH a KoOl CaKe!?!
is the candy lava and the oozing goo ateable ?
because im doing an volcano cake for geography and would love to eat it after with my friends and teacher =P
REPLY A.S.A.P thanks x
it is good but i will receave a+
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a small blast from a CO2 fire extinguisher onto a wad of cotton or similar – a cheap way to get the CO2 if you have access to one. We used it for smoke/steam from a witches cauldron for stage effects.
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yaa the cakes cool but how does it taste ???…. ever think of that ???…..
i have 2 ?. the first one is that how do you make sure the ooze or mist doesnt touch the cake and where do you buy dry ice?
Hey the ppl who left a comment are seriously weird this one not included