MyCupcakeAddiction shares this fantastic video tutorial!

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!

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.
  

Video By MyCupcakeAddiction