Coolest Animated Butterfly Cake
by Daniela G.
(Curitiba, Brazil)
Homemade Animated Butterfly Cake
I've been baking all kinds of fun cakes for my friends and family for the past year, just as a hobby. So, for my own birthday, I wanted to make something really special and unique!
I had this idea of having a garden cake and I really wanted butterflies that would actually "fly" around it.
I asked my uncle, an industrial designer, for help and he developed a motor for me. The only problem was that the motor was bigger than I expected and I couldn't place it inside the cake. So, instead, I put it inside a cut-out PET bottle that I later covered with fondant in the shape of a tree trunk.
I wanted the butterflies to be as real-looking as possible, but they also had to be very light in weight so the motor would spin them. The best solution I came up with was printing pictures of real butterflies onto transparency sheets(those used for overhead projectors). After cutting them out, I just added some glitter, for a sparkling effect, and attached them to the motor using very thin wire.
I then placed the tree trunk on the cake (which was chocolate) and decorated the rest with buttercream grass and fondant flowers.
The result was wonderful! Everyone loved it and people at the restaurant actually asked me for my business card, not believing when I told them I wasn't a professional cake designer. This one made me really proud! :)
Comments for
Coolest Animated Butterfly Cake
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so pretty!
I think your cake so so so pretty! I LOVE IT! |
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sell them
Can I have a motor too?Ask your uncle to mass produce them. |
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you are very creative!
This is an awesome idea. Fantastic job! |
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WOW!!!
I love this cake! All of these cakes are amazing! Where would I get a motor from? You had your uncle make yours, but can you buy them somewhere? I would like to make one for my daughter's first birthday at the end of this month |
