My best friend Heather asked me to make her daughter Kaylynn a birthday cake to remember. She knew that I usually always make the birthday cakes for a few of my other friends’ children and I always, always make my son’s cakes. I never buy one that is pre-made from the store. It is more … Read more
I made this butterfly cake for a girl’s birthday party. The flavor was strawberry and color theme was pink. Baked two 9×13″ cakes with strawberry flavor, cut the sides to give the shape of butterfly. ( I drew the butterfly on a sheet of paper, cut it and then put it over the cake to get accurate shape). … Read more
This Barbie Mariposa cake was a very fun cake to create, we spent a lot of time laughing while trying over and over again to make Barbie’s “outfit” look just right. This cake started out as two simple chocolate 13 x 9 cakes. By shaping the first cake, tracing on paper and mirroring the cuts on the second cake … Read more
I made this Butterfly Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 9th birthday. This year she wanted a butterfly cake so I decided to make her one since butterfly cakes fuel my fantasy for cake decorating. For the cake I used a 9 inch cake pan. I made the cake with ground walnuts and hazelnuts and added … Read more
For my daughter’s 2nd birthday party, she wanted a purple homemade butterfly birthday cake design (after we talked her out of a pig cake!). Easy, I thought. I made a chocolate chip cake using four 10″ cake pans. Easy. I drew the shapes for the wings onto cardstock and carved the cake around the templates. … Read more
This Butterfly Garden Birthday Cake is a three tiered butterfly garden themed cake for my daughter’s second birthday. It is only the second properly decorated cake I have done (the first was for her first birthday – a carousel) and I am very proud of it, although I know it could be loads better if … Read more
I made a chocolate cake from a round tin for this butterfly cake and cut it in half to make the wings. The body is made out of a two tiny loaf tins which I purchased from House. I then covered it in a pink buttercream icing and sprinkled with fairy sprinkles which I got … Read more
This cake was made with the petal pan set. I made all the butterflies and flowers out of chocolate lollipop molds prior to making the cake. I iced the cake in purple (even though the pictures make it look brown, not good lighting I guess). Then I piped on the lace and placed the lollipops … Read more
We originally got the idea for a butterfly cake from the internet and improvised from there. We baked a round layer pan with a little less than one full box of cake mix. We then cut the cake in half vertically and flipped it to where the straight lines were on the outside. Then we … Read more
I made this butterfly cake for my daughter’s first Birthday. I baked two heart shape cakes that turned into the wings, the center is made of cake using the small pans used for cornbread, cut it to shape it into a body. Used gum balls for the eyes, m&m’s for the decoration of the body … Read more
I made this butterfly birthday cake for a meeting at my work, the staff loved it so much I had to cut it first or they wouldn’t eat it! I made another one just like it for my mother’s birthday and she just adored it. They tasted as good as they looked too! I enjoy … Read more
I made this Butterfly Birthday Cake for my mother-in-law’s 60th birthday. I made the chocolate cake using a cake mix. I added nuts and fruits to the cake batter to make a rich Chocolate cake. This was the first time I tried icing. I applied chocolate frosting to the round cake that I baked, cut … Read more