Name: Science experiment cake
Prep time: 90 min
Total time: 90 min
Ingredients: Equipment; 30 centimetre round cake board; Cake; 1 1/2 x 453g tubs vanilla frosting; black, green, yellow and blue food colouring gel; 2 x 600g packets round chocolate cakes; Decorations; 200 gram white chocolate melts; 2 large waffle ice-cream cones; 1 mini waffle cone; black writing gel; green, yellow and blue nerds

Science experiment cake

Crazy scientist experiment birthday cake for your little scientists! Fill the cone flasks with lollies so the children get a surprise when they lift the cone flasks!

Makes 1

Prep

1H 30M

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Ingredients

Equipment

30 centimetre round cake board

Cake

1 1/2 x 453g tubs vanilla frosting

black, green, yellow and blue food colouring gel

2 x 600g packets round chocolate cakes

Decorations

200 gram white chocolate melts

2 large waffle ice-cream cones

1 mini waffle cone

black writing gel

green, yellow and blue nerds

Method

1.Melt chocolate. Place cones on an oven tray lined with baking paper. Drizzle cones with melted chocolate to completely cover. Stand 10 minutes or until chocolate sets. Using picture as a guide, mark black lines onto cones with writing gel.

2.Reserve ¾ cup of the frosting. Using black colouring, tint remaining frosting grey. Level top of cakes. Secure one cake onto cake board with a little frosting. Spread a little frosting over cake then top with remaining cake. Cover top and sides of cake with remaining grey frosting.

3.Divide reserved frosting into three small bowls. Tint frostings green, yellow and blue. Spread base of each cone in one of the coloured frostings then sprinkle with matching nerds. Using picture as a guide, position cones on cake.

You could make lolly filled volcanoes by enclosing the base of the cone with a disc of chocolate. This could make for great lolly bags.
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