Post #40549 by kctiki on Tue, Jun 24, 2003 12:34 PM

Since I'm on the wagon, I'm considering doing a repeat of my infamous volcano cake in lieu of tropical cocktails.

Someone who knew I liked to bake and decorate once asked me to make a cake for a mutual friend's black belt party. He said to make the cake "huge, just like one of those big-ass wedding cakes".

I told him pastel rosettes don't really say kickboxing and he gave me the go-ahead to do it in chocolate.

Someone dropped by to help me with the project. She thought it would be a good idea for us to get stoned first. Needless to say, it ended up looking more like a big brown mountain than a big-ass wedding cake.

Then we got the idea to turn it into a volcano. The base was bedecked with flowers made of flattened gum-drops. Red icing lava flowed down the sides, with candy corn flames on top. We added fourth of July sparklers at the summit and lit them upon presentation.

If I do this cake for International Tiki Day I will try and figure out a way to make the top explode this time.