Butterfly Cake Decorations

by Joy
(Pa)

This is a Red Velvet cake with homemade buttercream frosting covered with butterfly cake decorations.
Stiff consistency orange icing was used for the border.

Chocolate was piped onto wax paper to make the butterflies and then frosting was used to adhere the butterflies to the cake.

If you pipe each side of the wings separately, you can set the two sides of the wings in between a piece of crumpled aluminum foil and align the wings so that that are bent (as though the butterfly is flying). Then pipe the body of the butterfly in chocolate and allow it to set. When you place the butterfly on the cake, the wings will be elevated from the surface of the cake.