Volcano Cake

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My daughter's sketch

We made this for my daughter’s school project. Idea inspired by food network: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/volcano-cake-recipe-1939063


Here’s what we did!

Volcano Cake

Ingredients:

·        3 boxes of devil’s food cake mix

·        9 eggs (3 eggs per cake mix), oil and water as indicated on the cake mix box

·        4 16 oz containers of chocolate frosting

·        1 16 oz container of white vanilla frosting

·        1 tube of 4.25 oz red frosting

·        1 tube of 4.25 orange frosting

·        Blue food coloring

·        Cherry lifesavers

·        Two 9 inch cake tins, two 6 inch cake tins, and 1 jelly roll pan

Directions:

1)     Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and sprayed all cake pans with nonstick spray

2)     Made cake batter according to box

3)     Sprayed all cake pans, and filled with cake batter.

4)     Baked the cake in the jelly roll for 20 min, and the cake in the cake tins for 30 min until done.

5)     Let cake cool.

6)     Placed the two 9 inch cakes on top of the jelly roll, and put chocolate frosting in between layers.

7)     Placed the two 6 inch cakes on top of the two 9 inch cakes with chocolate frosting in between layers

8)     Shaved the 9 and 6 inch cakes so that it looks like a volcano, and covered with chocolate frosting. Placed in fridge and decorated the next day.

9)     Next day, covered the volcano with chocolate frosting, and the red and orange frosting.

10)  Made blue frosting by adding the blue food coloring into the white frosting. Spread at the base of the volcano.

11)  Made the flames by melting the lifesavers in the oven. Placed the lifesavers onto parchment paper for 5-7 min at 350 degrees. Stuck the flames on top of the cake.