Make this pretty butterfly cake to celebrate spring, summer, a birthday or any day!
Butterfly Cake
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 3 hr 0 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- Tray or cardboard (10x10 inches), covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil
Frosting and Decorations
- 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
- 1 candy stick (8 to 10 inches long)
- Betty Crocker™ Classic Gel Food Color (assorted colors)
- Betty Crocker™ Writing Gels (assorted colors)
- Betty Crocker™ Sugar Sprinkles (assorted colors)
- 8 jelly beans or candy coated almonds
- Small round candy decorations or candy sprinkles
Diagram/Template Download
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease or spray bottoms and sides of two 8- or 9-inch round pans. Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box for 8- or 9-inch rounds. Wrap and freeze 1 layer for later use. Freeze remaining layer 45 minutes before cutting to reduce crumbs.
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Step2Cut off rounded top of cake to make flat surface; place cake cut side down. Cut cake in half crosswise; cut each half into 1/3 and 2/3 pieces. (See link below for diagram and template.) Place cake pieces on platter to form butterfly. Gently separate cake pieces to form wings.
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Step3Reserve 1/2 cup frosting; set aside. Spread top and sides of cake with thin layer of frosting to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting. Frost cake with remaining frosting. Place candy stick between cake pieces for butterfly body.
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Step4Stir desired food color into reserved frosting until well blended. Spread over cake in desired pattern on wings. Outline wing patterns with gel. Sprinkle with sugar crystals. Place jelly beans on corners of wings. Decorate butterfly with candy decorations. Store loosely covered.
Nutrition
330
Calories
13g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
53g
Total Carbohydrate
39g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving (Cake and Frosting Only)
- Calories
- 330
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 20%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 25%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 9%
- Sodium
- 260mg
- 11%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 53g
- 18%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 39g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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