Coolest Butterfly Cake Ideas and How-To Tips 1

A Butterfly cake pan was used. I made homemade icing (recipe below), used icing color for the brilliant colors. I used a cake decorating bag with the star-like shape to make the dots on the cake to frost it. M&Ms were used for decoration, also. Icing Recipe: 1 cup shortening 1 1/2 tsps clear vanilla … Read more

Coolest Homemade Butterfly Cakes 5

I made this cake for my niece who was having a flower fairy themed birthday party. The butterflies and flowers are made out of royal icing and fondant. I also made flower fairy cookie pops as party favors for all the girls to take home.

Coolest Butterfly Cake Ideas and How-To Tips 10

My husband and I made this butterfly cake together for our daughters first birthday. We were semi inspired by the butterfly in Bugs Life. For the wings I baked two regular rectangle cakes. I enlarged a picture of a butterfly so that each wing filled up a full page and printed it. Then I cut … Read more

Cute Homemade Butterfly Cake

Butterfly Cake

I made this Butterfly cake for my 22nd birthday. I’m practicing my cake making skills. I hired a Wilton’s butterfly cake tin from my local cake shop greased it well and baked a fudge cake because they’re delicious! The only thing about chocolate cakes and white icing is the crumbs get in the icing when … Read more

Easy Homemade Pink Butterfly Birthday Cake

Homemade Butterfly Birthday Cake

This butterfly birthday cake was a first try for me. My daughter turned seven and was really into the Camp Rock theme. She had asked for two cakes a Camp Rock and a butterfly. I made the butterfly in sponge. I used ready mix sponge cake recipe. The butterfly I just used my imagination. It … Read more

Cool Homemade Butterfly Birthday Cake Idea

Homemade Butterfly Birthday Cake Idea

My friend’s daughter requested a butterfly cake for her 7th birthday. I got the Butterfly Birthday Cake Idea from this website but tweaked it a little so I didn’t have to buy any pans. The wings are 4 heart shape pans made with 2 box mixes. The body is made of one cupcake for the … Read more

Cute Homemade Butterfly Birthday Cake Decorated With Candies

Homemade Butterfly Cake

My step daughter wanted a butterfly cake for her 8th birthday. So I traced a picture of a butterfly on to paper and placed it on top of a chocolate cake. I made the chocolate cake in a rectangle tin. I then pinned the picture down and cut around the shape of the butterfly using … Read more

Coolest Butterfly 3rd Birthday Cake

Homemade Butterfly 3rd Birthday Cake

This Butterfly 3rd Birthday Cake was made for a girl’s 3rd birthday party. I basically made a round cake and cut it down the center then made like a peace sign with toothpicks outlining the other 2 pieces. I needed to cut to get the butterfly effect. I then decorated it accordingly. Pretty simple.

Coolest Butterfly Cake Ideas and How-To Tips 2

I used a chocolate cake mix from a box. I baked it in one round pan. I cut the wings out of that and then used Twinkies to build the body. I then frosted the butterfly cake with homemade buttercream frosting. I tinted it light green (with food coloring) for the wings, and blue for … Read more

Coolest Homemade Butterfly Cakes 6

This was an 8″ cake, store-bought white cake with strawberry cream filling (a delicious blend of pureed strawberries, whipped cream, and meringue). I frosted the outside of the cake with a thin layer of store-bought strawberry frosting, and then I covered it with rolled fondant. It is a hassle to make homemade rolled fondant; you … Read more

Coolest Butterfly Cake Ideas and How-To Tips 11

I made this butterfly cake for my nieces 1st birthday. She loved butterflies so that’s what we decided to do. I outlined the shape of a butterfly onto a sheet cake with a knife then waited until it was cooled and shaved off the edges around the outline I made up the design and went … Read more

Cool Homemade Monarch Butterfly Cake

Butterfly Cake

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