Description
A delightful dessert featuring a charming butterfly shape and colorful decorations, perfect for any gathering.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 boxes of white cake mix
- 2 containers of vanilla frosting
- Assorted food coloring (pink, blue, yellow, orange, and green)
- Powdered sugar
- Small candy decorations (optional)
- Fondant for butterfly wings (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare the cake mix according to the package directions to make two 9-inch round cakes.
- Let the cakes cool completely on a wire rack.
- Once cool, use a serrated knife to cut each cake into a half-circle shape. Arrange the four pieces on a serving platter to form the shape of a butterfly with two top and two bottom wings.
- Prepare the frosting. Divide the frosting into five bowls. Leave one bowl white. Use food coloring to tint the remaining bowls with pink, blue, yellow, orange, and green.
- Apply a thin layer of white frosting over the entire cake to create a crumb coat. Refrigerate for 20 minutes to set.
- Apply a final layer of white frosting to the entire cake.
- Use a piping bag with a round tip to create small flower shapes with the different colored frostings. Create a long body down the center of the butterfly with the white frosting. Use a smaller tip to pipe a border around the edges of the wings.
- If desired, create and decorate fondant wings to place on top of the cake.
- Sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar and any other decorations.
Notes
Make sure the cakes are completely cool before cutting to prevent crumbling. Use gel food coloring for brighter colors.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 350mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
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