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Volcano cake
Photo: David Holifield

Volcano cake

10 ingredients Serves 12 openrecipes
Volcano cake

Decorate a towering chocolate sponge with sweets and molten toffee 'lava' to create a dazzling children's treat

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1067
Calories
30g
Protein
35g
Fat
157g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Marzipan not in our table 0
Popcorn not in our table 0
Cake not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 300g butter , very soft
  • 350g caster sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 300g self-raising flour
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • red paste food colouring
  • 100g apricot glaze or sieved apricot jam , warmed
  • 500g marzipan
  • 200g plain chocolate
  • about 250g assorted chocolate honeycomb chunks, chocolate raisins, Maltesers, caramel popcorn etc, plus plastic dinosaurs, cake sparklers or fountains etc, to decorate

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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