This cake was made on the days of April 22 and 23. Reason I never posted this before? Er. Laziness I suppose. >__>
VOLCANO CAKE! For a novel project. :3 The novel in question is Iris Johansen's "Blind Alley", which takes place partially in Italy. One of the characters continued to have nightmares/dreams about being in a volcano, namely Mt. Vesuvius, which not only destroyed Pompeii but also the city of Herculaneum, which is what the lumpy parts in next to the 'ocean' is supposed to be.







Mt. Vesuvius and Herculaneum (Italy!), in cake form. It was for my novel project, I was extremely happy with it and I still am to this day. And yes, it IS a cake. 100% C-A-K-E. .. Okay, 99.9999% cake, .0001% toothpicks for structural support.
This was the first non-traditional cake I've ever done and it's inspired me to go after a career in the culinary arts. :3
Cake is 2 layers chocolate cake (the volcano part) and one part vanilla (bottommost layer), chocolate icing, vanilla icing, and an icing made of butter, powdered sugar and food coloring. I er, forgot that I was supposed to use
unsalted butter, but it still tasted great all the same. It tasted like lava. XD