I was going to make an Octonauts cake for my 3-year-old son, but two days before his birthday, we went shopping for his presents and he got a very colorful “dinosaur” set with volcano. I realized that very soon, my boys wouldn’t allow me to make dinosaur cakes because they wouldn’t be “cool” anymore. So, … Read more
I started this volcano and jurassic scene cake by making 2 9×13 inch cakes. I then let them cool for a couple hours before I began cutting out the river about an inch deep and it went through the whole cake. I then put white frosting in the river in a thin layer so I … Read more
For the past three years I have had the pleasure of making birthday cakes for the same little guy. The first birthday was Dr.Seuss themed, the next year was “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”. This year for his 3rd birthday, it was Dinosaur themed cake. This cake was not to be just a any dinosaur cake, … Read more
We rented a party pirate ship for my son’s 6th birthday, but he wanted a volcano cake. So we decided to combine the theme. I went to the coolest cake website to find some brilliant ideas. I baked a few round sponge cakes to build up the volcano and placed a flower vase in the middle. I … Read more
My grandson wanted a volcano cake for his birthday, but not just any volcano cake: he wanted his to ERUPT!!! So, after spending several hours searching the internet (including Coolest Birthday Cakes) and looking through cookbooks, I decided to tackle the project. I baked two oblong cakes using cake mix, one white and the other … Read more
I had a request for a volcano cake for my sister’s best friend’s son for his 10th birthday. He is really into science and his mom thought a volcano cake would be a great surprise for him. I baked chocolate cakes in two different sized metal bowls. I then stacked the cakes on top of … Read more
Every year my son and I make a new cake for his birthday. This is the only time I bake, and each year I visit coolest birthday cakes to help generate ideas! This year my son wanted a volcano birthday cake. I found a lot of ideas here and on other sites. My favorite was … Read more
I had known for a while that my son had wanted a dinosaur party, and after scouring the internet (and this website) for decent dinosaur/Jurassic cakes, I decided that the volcano cake seemed the “easiest”. I received one of those giant cupcake molds from Baker’s Secret. It is a two-piece mold and you are able to bake a cake, one … Read more
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
My son was very inspired by these little Gormiti figurines and game cards and when I got them for his birthday and read the packaging I thought a volcano cake would go very well with them. He wanted a carrot cake so I used two packaged mixes and the Betty Crocker Bake & Fill pan … Read more
This Volcano Birthday Cake was a pretty easy cake to do. My daughter loves the episode of Backyardigans with the Volcano Sisters so I decided to do a Backyardigans Luau-themed party. I used store-bought cake mixes and made one mix in a 10″ round pan and another mix in a Wilton Wonder Mold pan that … Read more
My son wanted a volcano birthday cake for his birthday this year. When I started thinking about how I was going to make this cake, I thought it would be really neat if we could actually make it look like lava was coming out of the cake. So I came up with the idea of … Read more
My son wanted a dinosaur and volcano cake for his third birthday. The base is a rectangular cake iced with brown icing that had cookies broken up in it to make it look like dirt. The dinosaurs are molded from caramel then dipped in tinted candy melts. The volcano is made from chocolate rice krispie … Read more