Uploaded March 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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It's my birthday, and I made myself a butterfly cake. Hope you guys like it. I must admit, it was pretty fun to make!

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Materials -
• 10" square cake - made using 1 1/2 batches of our Vanilla bean & Rosewater cake (http://cake.style/2016/03/08/vanilla-bean-and-rosewater-cake/) cut into 2 layers, each 26mm (1 1/16")
• 1225g (2lb 11oz) Sweet buttercream (youtu.be/D64OhiUe4f4)
- 420g (14.8oz) light blue (3 parts Wilton Royal Blue 1 part Americolor Electric Blue)
- 50g (1.7oz) dark blue (5 parts Wilton Royal Blue 1 part Americolor Electric Blue)
- 75g (2.6oz) light purple (equal parts Americolor Electric Purple and Wilton Violet)
- 100g (3.5oz) dark purple (equal parts Americolor Electric Purple and Wilton Violet)
- 250g (8.8oz) grey (Americolor Super Black)
- 80g (2.8oz) black (Americolor Super Black)
- 40g (1.4oz) white (Wilton Whitener)
• 14" square cake board
• 3 Piping bags
• 3 Couplers
• Piping tips 2, 3, 10 - 2 for the white, black, 3 for the blue
• Large spatula
• Turntable (optional)
• Scraper
• Large Bread Knife
• Steak Knife
• 20 Gauge floral wire
• Small flower vile
• Black floral tape
• Wire cutters
• Sticky tape
• Scissors
• Butterfly template - online through Google search