Volcano cake

Name: Volcano cake
Prep time: 2 h 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 300 grams butter, very soft; 350 grams caster sugar; 6 eggs; 300 grams self-raising flour; 2 Tbsps milk; 1 serving red paste food colouring; 100 grams apricot glaze or sieved apricot jam, warmed; 500 grams marzipan; 200 grams plain chocolate; 250 grams about assorted chocolate honeycomb chunks, chocolate raisins, Maltesers, caramel popcorn etc, plus plastic dinosaurs, cake sparklers or fountains etc, to decorate

The recipe Volcano cake can be made in roughly 2 hours and 15 minutes. For $2.64 per serving, you get a dessert that serves 12. One portion of this dish contains approximately 11g of protein, 40g of fat, and a total of 719 calories. A mixture of chocolate, sieved apricot jam, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. Users who liked this recipe also liked Paula's Volcano Cake, Volcano Birthday Cake, and Volcano Surprise with Lemon Mousseline Cake.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas

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Grease and base line an 18cm round cake tin, a 800900ml oven proof (Pyrex) bowl and a 1.2 litre oven proof bowl.

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Base

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Cake Form

Bowl

Oven

Put the butter, 300g of the sugar, eggs, flour and milk into a large bowl and beat well until light and creamy.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Milk

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Spread just under half the mixture in the cake tin.

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Spread

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Take just under half of the remaining mixture and put into a bowl and colour deep red with food colouring. Put 34 small spoonfuls of red cake mix onto the mixture in the cake tin. Using the handle of a teaspoon pull the red mix through to give a marbled effect.

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Food Color

Cake Mix

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Bowl

Using the remaining plain and red cake mix place spoonfuls in a random fashion in the two prepared bowls. Again use the teaspoon handle to give a marbled effect.

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Cake Mix

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Bake in the oven for about 30 mins for the small bowl, about 35 mins for the medium and 5060 mins for the cake tin. The mixture is cooked when firm to the touch and when a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

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When the cakes are cold trim off any peaks that have formed.

Place the round cake on a large cake board.

Cut three small v shapes on the edge of the cake, to make an uneven shape for the volcano base.

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Base

Spread a little apricot glaze all over the cake and place the larger bowl cake, rounded side up, on top.

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Apricot

Glaze

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Brush with apricot glaze and place the remaining cake, rounded side up, on top.

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Apricot

Glaze

Cut a small hollow in the top of this cake (to represent the mouth of the volcano) and then brush the cake with apricot glaze.

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Apricot

Glaze

Roll out the marzipan to a large circle to cover the cake. It can be quite a rough shape. Lift it onto the cake and drape in a random fashion in the nooks and crannies to make a volcano shape.

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Marzipan

Roll

Melt the chocolate in a microwave or in a bowl over a pan of hot water. Using a pastry brush, paint the volcano with chocolate. Attach chunks of chocolate, popcorn etc with melted chocolate.

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Chocolate

Popcorn

Water

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Frying Pan

Add the dinosaurs.

Drizzle any remaining chocolate over the volcano in a random fashion.

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Chocolate

To make the lava put the remaining 50g sugar into a small non-stick frying pan.

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Sugar

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Heat gently without stirring until the sugar has melted but is still clear. Lightly oil a metal baking sheet. When the sugar is just turning light brown at the edge, remove from the heat and carefully stir in a little red paste food colouring. Using a teaspoon, drizzle lava shapes onto the prepared tray. Leave to cool completely.

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Food Color

Sugar

Cooking Oil

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When cold, carefully lift the lava shapes and place in the top of the volcano. For extra effect use birthday candles, cake sparklers, or cake fountains.

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Servings:

300grams

butter, very soft 350grams

caster sugar 6

eggs 300grams

self-raising flour 2Tbsps

milk 1serving

red paste food colouring 100grams

apricot glaze or sieved apricot jam, warmed 500grams

marzipan 200grams

plain chocolate 250grams

about assorted chocolate honeycomb chunks, chocolate raisins, Maltesers, caramel popcorn etc, plus plastic dinosaurs, cake sparklers or fountains etc, to decorate

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port are great choices for Cake. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.