My 4 year old son wanted a volcano cake with dinosaurs for his birthday. So, I stacked several cakes together to make it big enough. I used 10 inch, 9 inch, and 8 inch cheesecake pans and 2 Pyrex bowls to make the main volcano pyramid. I then cut away the hard edges to make … Read more
First I made the base of the Dinosaur Volcano Cake with a 9×13 cake pan and the volcano with a Pyrex bowl, glass and oven safe. After the cakes had cooled I cut the cakes to make them flat, then I placed the rectangle base on the platter and the half sphere on top. I … Read more
I made this cake almost 2 feet high – it was quite amazing I must say! The kids all loved it. First, I made a chocolate cake from scratch, as the box cakes are far too crumbly and weak to support this cake (the homemade cake is really firm and heavy). I used several round … Read more
The volcano cake was for 50th Birthday. We were looking to do Tropical Theme, what better than a Volcano Island. I used different sizes of round yellow cake, 5 layers. For frosting I used butter cream. Cake crumbs for racks and gel for lava.
My son was requesting a homemade volcano cake, I’m not sure why or where he even got the idea. He just says “I like volcano’s”. So that is what I made. We used two round tier cakes for the base and the volcano was made using the Wilton’s Barbie doll base pan. The lava is … Read more
For my sons 3rd birthday we had a tiki/luau theme so I made this volcano cake. I used a bundt pan and a basic cake pan and just “shaped” the cake into the form I needed. I used red velvet cake and store bought icing. I put a small ramekin in the top, and put … Read more
I was planning a ‘Star Wars’ party for my son’s 7th birthday, and was scratching my head for an easy, yet attractive idea for a cake. I saw a picture of a Mustafar Volcano toy, and realized that it would be easy to build a cake to resemble the volcano. My dearest Mom volunteered for … Read more
We used a bunt cake pan to make the volcano. Some candies chocolate rocks (which the kids loved most) and a bit of green colored shredded coconut for depth. I am not a cake decorator (as you can see) so I just winged it with canned frosting and colors. To get the multi-color water river … Read more
This volcano cake was my middle sons 9th birthday cake. I made this cake using the Pampered Chef Batter Bowl. It makes a dome shaped cake and the possibilities are endless. I used one box cake and cut it into 4 layers. I used 2 cans of icing between the layers and on the outside. … Read more
For my son’s 7th birthday party he wanted a volcano cake. So I obliged. The bottom layer was a 11x15x2 sheet cake (chocolate) split with a layer of chocolate icing in between layers. I also baked a 10″ round an 8″ round and a 6″ round cake. I cut a hole in each of the … Read more
My son had a Mad Science party for his 7th birthday. He wanted a cake that blew up. So we decided on a Volcano cake that erupted with dry ice. The cake was made using the Wilton doll cake pan. I took a small playdoh can (ran it through the dishwasher), cut a hole in … Read more
My son wanted a dinosaur volcano cake for his second birthday, so I dug up my old standby Jello-lake in the cake idea and was going to have some dinosaurs playing in the water. The only problem? I only had red Jello, and had already been to the store once that day. SO, the lake … Read more