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
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
I am so happy with how this butterfly birthday cake turned out. I owe my success to another “Coolest Cakes” butterfly photo (the orange and black monarch). As I explain below, I use the baker’s technique of tracing the image with black gel and pressing it onto the cake to make an outline. Here’s how … Read more
I was trying to decide what kind of cake to make for my mom, who likes to work in her garden and whose favorite flowers are yellow roses. Lacking the skill to make presentable roses, I decided on a Butterfly Birthday Cake Idea on a yellow background. The cake is just a boxed spice cake … Read more
