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Here is a fun recipe that you can try at home. Have you ever seen a volcano erupt on TV? Well, it’s an amazing and explosive force of nature where hot lava pours out of the top of a Volcano mountain. You can now make your own volcano cake that actually erupts! Have fun and impress your friends with the exciting recipe.

This one takes some time, so make sure you’re patient and have at least a few hours to prepare this cake before you begin. Also, make sure you ask an adult for assistance. Preparing the lava mixture and setting it up so it erupts correctly can be a bit tricky.

• 4-6 baked round cakes
• Brown frosting
• Green frosting (and other colors if desired)
• 1 egg
• Red food color
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/3 lb dry ice
• Aluminum foil
• Large serving tray
• Hot water

1. Make 4-6 round cakes in any flavor that you want. Each cake should be approximately eight inches in diameter. You can make these cakes from scratch or you can use any box cake mix. Make sure you allow the cakes to cool for at least 30 minutes before you begin to cut, create and frost the final cake.
2. Place one cake on a large serving dish. Then cut each successive cake around the outer edge so it’s just a little bit smaller than the cake before.
3. Stack the cakes on top of each other one at a time using the brown frosting to secure the cakes in place. Each cake that you place on top of another cake should be a little bit smaller than the one underneath it. When you’re done, the cakes should be in a pyramid shape, with the smallest cake on the top.
4. Cut a small circular hole in the center of the top 1-2 layers of cake (You may want to do this before you stack the final 1-2 layers on the top).
5. Using a small piece of aluminum foil, line the hole in the center of the volcano cake.
6. Frost the entire outside of the cake using the chocolate frosting (leaving the hole at the top open), smoothing out the step-like ledges. Then use green frosting to make trees or other vegetation. You can also use other colors of frosting to decorate the cake in any way you want.
7. Now it’s time to make the lava. Crack open one egg and place the egg white in a small mixing bowl (This is best done by cracking open the egg very carefully then passing the yolk back and forth between the two egg shell pieces while allowing the rest of the egg to drip into the bowl). Add 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar and 2-3 drops of red food coloring into the bowl and beat with a fork until it forms a thick, foamy texture.
8. Place a few small chunks of the dry ice into the foil-lined center of the cake and pour in the red egg mixture. Don’t worry, nothing will happen to the lava mixture until you complete one final step.
9. When you are ready to produce this exciting special effect, bring the cake to the table or wherever you want to serve the cake. Pour a few ounces of hot water into the lava and dry ice mixture in the center of your cake. Your cake will then erupt with the red foamy and white smoke for several minutes!
10. Serve and Enjoy!