butterfly cake design

by katie rickard
(wodonga,australia)

I made this butterfly cake design for my daughters 2nd birthday i cut the butterfly out of a sheet sponge cake using a template i had drawn up and secured to the top ogf the cake using tooth picks so it didnt move whilst cutting it out i cut 2 exacly the same then i joined them together using jam in the middle you could use frosting or cream then i did a crumb coat using a pink buttercream frosting then i made another batch of frosting and tinted half purple and half pink and then place in a piping bag using a small star tip i piped the intire cake using pink for the body and wings and purple for the est of the cake i them used sugar flowers to decorate and attached a sugar flower to florist wire using royal icing to use for the antenne i then used pink and purple edible cake glitter and sprinkled all over to make the butterfly sparkle