I'm making a star wars cake for my son. He wants the fight scene at the end of Episode III (those who've made them and those with boys know what I'm talking about!). I know what I want and I've seen a ton of great ones on here for inspiration. But I dont know how to make the icing look like lava? I'm not all that great at this whole cake decorating thing, but my children just love it when I at least try.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

I did that cake for my son's b-day! There's a picture in my photos. I used lots of Wilton red and orange till I achieved the color I wanted.I used buttercream frosting thinned down. Ialso made pastillidge flames using red and orange. Good luck!

LOL! It sounds like I'm making the same cake for my son this weekend! I think I'm going to use a little red & a little orange & we'll see what happens I'm leaning towards making one batch of red BC, and another orange so I can swirl them together without actually mixing them - does that make sense?

-Lisa

Yeah I like mixing two or three icings in one bag, it does a great stripe/swirl effect! For lava, I might even add a bit of dark greyish/black icing as well, just a bit to swirl in with everything else...real lava has black crusts with red hot stuff coming up through it, as parts cool during travel...

I put my red and orange BC in baggies and zapped them in the micro for just a few seconds at a time until you could "pour" it, to look like flowing lava. I then alternated between the colors pouring on top of each other so they weren't really mixed but, looked real. It had a nice flow to it.
Be careful not to zap too long however, BC burns quickly. Good luck!