Butterfly cake

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Butterfly cake

Description

Create an impressive birthday masterpiece like a professional with this colourful butterfly cake.

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :1 Min

Cook Time : 0 Min

Total Time : 1 Min

Ingredients

Serves :
  • 2 quantities butter cake (see related recipe)


  • 1 1/2 quantities butter cream icing (see related recipe)


  • Red, blue, yellow and green food colouring, to decorate


  • 32 green jelly beans


  • 24 pink jelly beans


  • 28 yellow jelly beans


  • 20 orange jelly beans


  • 8 Trolli Brite Crawlers


  • 1 x 200g pkt Swizzels Matlow Fizzers

Directions

  • Place 2 cakes on a work surface. Use a large serrated knife to trim 1 long side of each cake. Place cut sides together. Place template on top of cakes. Use a small sharp knife to cut out butterfly. Place a little icing on bases of cakes to secure to a cake board or serving platter.
  • Place two-thirds of remaining icing in a bowl. Add a few drops of red and blue food colouring. Stir until well combined and purple. Spread icing over the side and top of the cake to cover.
  • Place remaining icing in 2 separate bowls. Add a few drops of yellow food colouring to one bowl and stir until well combined. Add a few drops of green food colouring to the second bowl and stir until well combined.
  • Spread green icing on the top 2 wings in a teardrop shape. Place the green jelly beans around teardrop to make a border. Arrange the pink jelly beans inside the border. Repeat with yellow icing, yellow jelly beans and orange jelly beans on the bottom 2 wings. Place 3 crawlers between wings on both sides of the cake.
  • Separate the fizzers into colours and place in separate bowls. Place 2 white fizzers at the top to make eyes. Place coloured fizzers in rows, alternating the colours for each row, down the centre, overlapping slightly. Place 2 crawlers at the top of the head to make antennae.