Please be kind I am no professional….This Mad Science Cake was an original idea for my oldest who at the age of ten decided he wanted me to make him a science cake that “did” something. Not knowing exactly what he wanted I drafted my idea from several thoughts into one big mad science cake. First I made the bottom layer out of the biggest size pan that I had, the second layer I added was a smaller rectangle pan. For the top layer I used a bundt cake pan for the purpose of having the hole in the top.
The cake itself was not difficult, the decorations just look elaborate. For the decorations I went a little crazy in Hobby Lobby lol…I got several little science kit accessories, as well as a pack of crazy straws, and some plain plastic tubing. I covered the cake in plain white icing from top to bottom, and I must admit guilt, I did not pay close attention to the detail and smoothing because I knew it was so busy you couldn’t even see the icing…shhh. After I added the the icing I took a assortment of blue sprinkles and covered the entire cake. After that I took the crazy straws and attached the plastic tubes to them to insert them from different angles to create the appeal of a science project. After the straws and tubes were placed I added the other pieces from science kits.
The overall idea was to create a science project cake. Oh my I almost forgot the part that “did” something. In the top layer where the hole was from the bundt cake pan I placed a glass beaker with water and food color (green) and just before lighting the candles I dropped in a piece of dry ice to fiz and smoke. Hope you enjoyed. It was a big hit. My big baby was absolutely radiating when he saw his cake. He told me it was just what he wanted!
Love your cake idea my son loves science im going to try this cake for his birthday at school.Thanks for the great cake :)
You rock super mom. Thanks for the great ideas.