We baked two rectangular cakes and used one for the bottom blue layer. With the second, we carefully cut out a butterfly shape and laid it on the first with icing in between the two.
We wanted the colors on the butterfly to be realistic. We mixed edible color gel in a glass with a little vodka and painted all the color on the cake. The vodka evaporates off the cake leaving vibrant color behind.
For the outline of the butterfly we mixed food coloring with icing until we got the color we wanted. We also used icing for the white dots on the wings.
We used black and white candles with polka dots for the butterfly antenna. This worked perfect since she turned two! When we lit the candles, the cake really looked beautiful!
This was our first attempt at making and decorating a cake like this. I think we are both used to making typical dessert cakes. Needless to say, we are very proud of ourselves! I can't wait to make more cakes in the future. :)
