J.C.
Oh wow, I saw the neatest idea for a cake that I think would be perfect for your son's mad scientist party on a morning show of some type like Martha Stewart or the like, I just for the life of me can't remember whose show! Anyhow I think if I remember correctly it was made like this: You bake two round chocolate cakes, ice the top of the lower layer with frosting and then put the second one on top then frost the top of that layer, then you put a bunt cake on top of that layer and trim off the sides of the bunt cake so that it evens out to look like a volcano when all put together. Then she put a small glass inside the hole of the bundt cake, (opening of the volcano.) She then frosted it with a lighter color chocolate frosting and then crumbled pieces of the cake parts she had trimmed off the bundt cake all around the bottom and some on the sides of the mountain, then drizzled a red glaze type icing all over it then she placed a small chunk of dry ice inside the glass and voila! A cool looking volcano cake! I'm thinking you could get creative and go with a wild color frosting or glaze like lime green! She had so many other ideas like serving a weird color koolaid in glass beakers she picked up at some store and goggles, rubber gloves, and little white lab coats which i think you could look for long sleeve white t-shirts or sweatshirts probably on clearance somewhere and transform them into lab coats somehow if you are creative. anyways hope this helps and have fun!Connie S.
