Thursday, July 14, 2011

Butterfly Cake

My mom's friend Martha found a Betty Crocker video which showed you how to cut, ice, and decorate a butterfly cake.  She asked me if I could make one for her since her relatives were coming to visit.  I, of course, jumped on the opportunity because I have never made anything like this especially considering that there are shaped cake pans that do most of the labor for you.  Martha wanted a one layer chocolate cake with a fresh strawberry filling and vanilla buttercream frosting.  She let me use my imagination when it came to the decorating. 

For the most part, the cake itself was easy to make.  However, it did require a lot of labor.  Cutting a one layer cake is not the easiest but thanks to my cake cutter, I was able to do that easily.  After that, I had to cut the butterfly shape, fill, and ice each individual piece.  Icing the parts was definitely the hardest.  Since I cut the layer in half and then into pieces, there were a lot of crumbs.  Since I was using vanilla frosting, it was pretty difficult to keep the crumbs from spreading all over the icing.  The trick that I found helped was to have a crumb coat and then ice it again once the crumb coat was set.  That ended up being a great help and although the cake still had a few crumbs, it was definitely less noticeable.

After the base was ready, I piped stars and circles and added little pearls for decoration.  I also added some shredded coconut around the cake to make it a little more special.  Overall, it was a great learning experience and I would totally do it again!  Check out the pics!



Thanks for the idea and inspiration Martha!

xo,

Daniella :)

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