Volcano Cake Decorating Set
An erupting volcano cake. Dinosaurs included, obviously. If you want maximum reaction for minimum effort, this is the one.
The Volcano Cake Decorating Set has two sheets of edible designs with lava and dinosaurs, plus paper cut out exploding lava and smoke clouds. Bake your cake (yes, packet mix counts), ice it, and let it erupt.
Please note: cake mix, icing, cocoa and jelly are not included.
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What's in the Volcano Cake Decorating Set?
- Two sheets of edible paper designs: lava flows and dinosaurs.
- Paper cut out exploding lava and smoke clouds.
- Step-by-step Volcano Cake guide.
What do I need to make the Volcano Cake?
Shape Tins
- 1 x Dome Shape Tin
- 1 x Cylinder Shape Tin
Ingredients
- 2 packets of cake mix (about 24 serves, based on 12 serves per packet mix and how generous your slices are)
- Icing coloured with cocoa or brown food colouring
- Orange or yellow jelly for the molten lava
Volcano Cake recipe and guide
Bake a dome and a small cylinder from two packet mixes. Together they make the mountain, with a crater on top for the lava, and the guide shows you how. Ice it rocky brown, add the dinosaurs and lava, then top with jelly and the eruption just before the party.
Decorating your Volcano Cake
The jelly lava
Make the jelly the day before and let it set in the fridge. Just before the party, spoon it into the crater at the top so it looks like molten lava.
Rocky texture
Rough up the brown icing with a spoon. Crushed chocolate biscuits make great rocks.
Timing
Leave the top of the crater un-iced so the jelly sits right in it, and add the jelly close to serving so it stays glossy.
Here's the colour this one calls for. Add it while you're here.
Or add another colour
Want the full step-by-step guide?
Buy this set and unlock the full Volcano guide, with every step to bake, build and decorate your cake.
- How to bake
- How to build
- How to decorate
Your unlock code is emailed as soon as you order, and it comes in your delivery too.
An Easy Volcano Cake You Can Make at Home
Simple cake shapes, finishing details and a little imagination.
You don't need a volcano-shaped tin or hours of sculpting a cake from scratch. Shape Tins uses simple cake shapes that come together to create the Volcano Cake, and the Decorating Set adds the details that give it character.
Tins this cake uses
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Cylinder (used in this cake)
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Cube
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Dome (used in this cake)
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Rectangle
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Round + Ring
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Bake
Bake your cake in the Cylinder and Dome Shape Tins, ready to build your volcano.
- 2
Build
Follow the step-by-step guide to bring your cake shapes together.
- 3
Decorate
Add your icing, then bring your volcano to life with your Decorating Set.
- 4
Celebrate
Bring out your finished Volcano Cake, take plenty of photos and enjoy sharing it at the party.
Volcano Cake Options Compared
| Option | Approx. cost (AUD) | Reality check |
|---|---|---|
| Custom volcano from a cake shop | $150 to $600+ | Spectacular, but premium. |
| Bake and shape your own | $60 to $100* | Fun, but the eruption is the hard bit. |
| Shape Tins | About $49 to $59 per cake* | Eruption and dinos done for you, reusable tins. |
*$33.95 set plus $15 to $25 ingredients, using tins you own.
One Set of Shape Tins. So Many Cakes to Make.
Your Volcano Cake might be the first cake you make with Shape Tins, but it doesn't have to be the last!
Instead of buying a different novelty cake tin for every birthday, Shape Tins offers reusable baking shapes you can combine in different ways to create many cake designs. With the Complete Set, you'll have all five Shape Tins to explore everything from 3D animal and character cakes to number cakes and other birthday creations.
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Volcano Cake FAQs
Does the volcano really erupt?
It looks like it! Paper lava and smoke clouds burst out of the top. No chemistry required.
What makes the lava?
Orange or yellow jelly spooned into the crater, plus the edible lava designs down the sides.
How many does it serve?
About 24 serves from two packet mixes (based on 12 serves per packet mix, depending on how generous your slices are).
Is it a dinosaur cake or a science cake?
Both. It suits dino parties and science parties equally.
Are the dinosaurs edible?
Yes, the dinosaurs are edible paper. The smoke and eruption cut outs are paper.
