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
This butterfly cake was prepared using Wilton’s Butterfly Cake Pan and then freehand etched the design. I used #3 and #16 tips with lemon yellow, orange, black, and leaf green colors, but of course the color scheme can be changed for other species or just because…. The colors was mixed with traditional Buttercreme Icing, while … Read more
My cousin stated (jokingly!) that she wanted a purple and green sparkly butterfly for her birthday cake. I took it as a challenge and made her a Butterfly Birthday Cake. It’s actually made with two butterfly cakes made with the Wilton butterfly pan. I had a ton of fondant and Italian buttercream in the freezer … Read more
I made this homemade Butterfly cake for my birthday. I love the color yellow and butterflies, so I decided to incorporate both of them into my cake. It is a two layer 6 in cake. I doctored up a white cake mix with lemon pudding and a few extra ingredients (I found this enhanced cake … Read more
My cousin had requested a butterfly birthday cake for her 3rd birthday, so I took a square funfetti cake that I’d baked and cut it in 1/2 diagonally. I cut little triangles out to better resemble a butterfly, squared off the points on the wings to give a more rounded wing effect, and put a … Read more
I am blessed to have 10 kids who regard me as Grandma and it is my privilege to make them birthday cakes. My 6 year old granddaughter wanted butterflies on her cake. I took some of my ideas from this site and added a twist of my own. The candles are butterflies made from Jolly … Read more
For my daughters first birthday I did a butterfly theme and made butterfly cakes. For each butterfly, I baked two cakes, one using the largest spring form round pan and the other a 9×9 square pan. After letting the butterfly cakes cool, I cut the 9×9 cake in half and put it in the middle … Read more
This beautiful butterfly cake is quite simple to make. First I baked a round cake and four cupcakes. The round cake is then cut in half and the cut edges shaped to resemble the edges of a butterflys wings as in the picture. The cake was iced with ready made soft white icing tinted light … Read more
I used a strawberry cake mix for this butterfly cake because I wanted the inside to be pink, in a 9 inch round cake pan. After cooling I put it in the freezer for a few minutes to hopefully make it easier to cut. Then I cut it in half and placed round edges together, … Read more
