Erupting Volcano Birthday Cake
I think most kids go through a dinosaur phase. Can you blame them? They are pretty amazing creatures to learn about! When my son decided he wanted to have a dinosaur party for his fifth birthday, I was pretty excited. There were so many fun things I wanted to do! When he told me he wanted to have a working volcano birthday cake, I started feeling a little overwhelmed.
But, as it turns out, the hardest part about making this cake is finding the dry ice! This cake looks awesome, it is a huge hit with the kids, and it comes together really easily! You can do it too! Here is how I put it together:
I started by stacking up a combination of dishes and pans that would look roughly like a volcano when assembled. Here is what I came up with:
1 Bundt Pan
2 8 in cake pans
7 in bowl
Prepare your cakes in the pans. Allow to cool completely. The trickiest part of this cake is creating the well to hold your dry ice. Coat the inside of your bowl with non-stick spray. Place a cup that is about the same height as your bowl upside down in the bowl. Make your Rice Krispie treats and pack then around the cup, filling the bowl. This will sit on the top of your cake and the dry ice will sit inside of the cup.
Using frosting, assemble your layers. You can use wooden skewers to stabilize your layers if you want, I didn’t find that it was tall enough to worry about it. Once it is all stacked go ahead and decorate it. I used store bought chocolate frosting for the mountain and homemade royal icing to create the lava and water. Add some dollar store dinosaur figures and greenery for a really fun affect.
Right before your guests arrive, add a chunk of dry ice and hot water to the top of your cup. You can repeat as often as you need to to keep your fog rolling. It is handy to keep a syringe or baster near by to remove excess water from the cup as the it cools from the dry ice.
There you have it! An impressive looking, but easily made, show stopper of a volcano birthday cake!
How creative! It looks like the kids were thrilled! I would be too! Great party piece! Thanks for linking up with Delicious Dishes Recipe Party!
Wow that cake is amazing, cool idea ! Thanks for sharing on our Delicious Dishes Recipe Party!
This was a really good tutorial and the cake is awesome, Pinning!
I love fun birthday cake ideas! This is so cool, pinned it!
What a crazy great idea for a cake! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on FB! Have a great week!
Kim
It looks like everyone was very happy with how it turned out! I wish I was creative enough to come up with this! Way to go!
That is quite a project to undertake, but wow! It turned out amazing!
I used to make fun cakes like this for my son all the time. I never knew he remembered or cared until one day (he is soon to be 25) he mentioned how he missed those. Now I just might have to recreate this!
oh man. how freakin cool. i love it. i have never seen a erupting volcano cake before. lol. very nice job.
My niece is obviously a girl but she really love dinosaur so much so i showed this cake to her and he jumped and clap her hands. She’s so happy seeing this!
That’s such a cute idea. I bet your child will never forget all the work you put into making such a colorful, memorable cake.
Now THAT is a birthday cake!! Wow!! Love your creativity with this, the kids look so excited.
This is such a cool cake idea. I have to share this with my friend. Her son is having a birthday this month and he would love it.
What an awesome cake!!! So far none of my kids have been too into dinosaurs, but we do love science experiments, and baking cakes!
That’s an awesome cake! My daughters would have loved something like this. Now I know what to make next time. So neat!
Such a FUN birthday cake! I think every kid would love to see this at their party!
Am I too old to say I want one of these for my birthday? Haha! This is so cool! I have to make one for my son.
That cake is probably one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Oh my goodness, my kids would flip. Thanks so much for sharing
What an AMAZING cake! I had no idea how to make one of these….and you make it look so easy and DELICIOUS!
That is so much fun! I would go as far as saving I LAVA this cake. My kids would definitely get a kick out of it.
That cake is insane, it’s like it came right out of Cake Wars. Your son’s friends must have been jealous.
I bet you were totally your son’s hero! That is one seriously FUN cake. 🙂
This looks so darn cool. My son would think this was the coolest cake ever!
That looks like a fun cake to try. It looks like something my son and I could do together and we really couldn’t mess it up too much since the fire in the lava can really slow anywhere.
That is the best! What kid wouldn’t love a volcano birthday cake. It looks tasty AND interesting.
That is the COOLEST cake ever! WOW!
That is the coolest cake ever! My boys would flip their lids over this.