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Learn how to make this easy and super cool smoking volcano cake – perfect for Hawaiian Luau themed parties and Dinosaur events! Yet another awesome idea for how you can use your giant cupcake mold! —SUBSCRIBE to MyCupcakeAddiction for more FREE Tutorials—–
You can also carve this cake using 2 x 6″ round x 3″ high cakes. This cake serves about 12 people.
Tools & Equipment:
Cake Board (I used a 9″ square)
Plastic toy dinosaurs & trees (I got them from the toy section of Kmart in Australia – $15 for 200 pieces!)
Wire rack / cooling rack
Baking Tray
Bread knife
Serrated edge knife
Butter knife
Circle cutter (I used a 2.5″)
Scissors
2 x Zip lock bags
For smoking effect:
Shot glass or small container (plastic or glass, it doesn’t matter)
Medicine dropper
Dried ice pellets (check online for your nearest supplier – mine were $8 for a whole kilo!)
Ingredients:
Giant Cupcake, baked as per our tutorials below (I used a chocolate mud cake recipe for mine)
Dark chocolate ganache (recipe below
White chocolate ganache (recipe below) – Half coloured red, half coloured orange. You can use liquid, gel or paste colours for this.
Ganache Recipes:
White Ganache: 600g white chocolate + 200ml whipping cream
Dark Ganache: 400g dark chocolate + 200ml whipping cream
Combine cream and chocolate – microwave for 1 minute at a time until all ingredients are melted – about 3-4 minutes total. You can also use a saucepan to heat the cream till it boils, then remove from heat and pour chocolate into the saucepan, stirring till its completely melted.
Useful Links:
Link to How to Ice a Cake Board: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGZfKH8Y1Xo
Link to Giant Cupcake Basics 1 (chocolate cupcake case): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG3n1OHwMYk
Link to Giant Cupcake Basics 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekRTQZPxtRA
Link to Giant Cupcake Basics 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJfs8gBbC8Q