16
Nov
Volcano Birthday Cake
Author: Heather // Category: 3D Cakes, Birthday Cakes, Fondant, Party CakesThis is a volcano cake I made recently for a very cool mad scientist-themed birthday party.
Volcano Cake for a mad scientist themed birthday party!
The lucky birthday boy has maybe the coolest parents in the world; they put dry ice in the top of the cake to create a smoking effect.
The cake inside is vanilla bean, with layers of strawberry filling for good measure, and covered with fondant. I wish I had gotten pictures of the volcano before I covered it with lava; it was really quite awesome. The lava is mainly royal icing, and has some piping gel in it for shine. The book is also made from vanilla cake with strawberry filling, covered with fondant and although it’s hard to tell in this picture, it is titled “Weird Science.” The test tubes are shot glasses I found coincidentally, and the mysterious scientific stuff oozing all over the board is coloured piping gel.
The volcano cake with dry ice smoke
Although the lava is a little more day-glo than I had meant it to be, I think the whole thing is quite striking.